Mar 18, 2008
codec-atuere
I have been using flash as the codec for my latest video installations on my blog. This was because the plugin I was using (podpress) was struggling to display the MP4 files for some reason. I am really anal about these things and it was giving me the sh*ts.
Our discussion in class alerted me to fact that flash was by no means an ideal codec – the primary problem I would have with it is that it restricts the playing of your media file to a limited amount of media players (even though I think it looks very nice).
Never to fear, I am now aware of two new players, embed quicktime (or is it quicktime embed??) and Vpip, both of which I will have installed asap, allowing me to hopefully publish videos with greater ease and in the preferred format. Great news for all.