On Tue, Jul 28, 2009 at 1:41 PM, Andreas Wenk<a.wenk@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Bill Moran schrieb: > > While I've no objection to someone helping out by converting files, I >> >> find it odd that flv is suggested. I've yet to find anything that can >> play flv files on my FreeBSD desktop machine. I'm pretty sure mplayer >> can play mov files ... I guess I'll find out this evening when I take >> time to watch them. > > You will not need to watch them on your desktop. If your browser supports > flash, then you simply watch them with your browser. I think flash (flv, > swf) is more supported by the browser than mov - as long as you don't > download the videos. For sure mplayer can play them. But why download them > at all? ;-) Why not use a standardized openly documented container format like mpeg4 with mpeg4 part 2 compression instead of one controlled by a single company like flv or quicktime? That would let people play it using any of various open source codecs which can play mpeg4 part 2. -- greg http://mit.edu/~gsstark/resume.pdf -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general
