Re: mpeg4 asf vs. avi .. why is AVI less accessable and requires CODEC ???

jason@xxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
I have this cheap mpeg4 recorder that produces ASF. I find mpeg4 ASF
files to be very accessable and mobile. I'm looking to upgrade, but
many mpeg4 video recording cameras produce AVI files... That format is
not so accessable, requiring a codec be installed for windows media
9.0. What's up with that? Will i have no choice but to convert my
videos to make them most accessable over the internet? What format is
recommended for accessablitly and speed?

The camera I'm looking at is the Samsung A55w because of it's mpeg4 vga
30fps capability and 5x optical zoom. The camera I've been using for
video is an AIPTEK which can do VGA at about 11 FPS. Mainly, I'm
looking to merge photo and video, and don';t really mind the AIPTEK
less than perfect video quality. Other cameras I've looked at include
CASIO exlim 7

Can anybody recommend a prefered format and possibly a camera. I only
need it to do VGA at 15fps in MPEG4 format in a codec that can be read
by the default Windows Media Player .. I suspect ASF and WMV file
types.

Thanks in advance for any help or information!


Everything requires a codec to play. Windows simply comes pre-installed with a few of the specific windows ones.

First, get a program like Gspot, which will tell you what codec those Avi files are in (Standard one sentence tutorial: Avi is not a format, its just a file extension and the file can be encoded in several different formats.)

Find out the codec, then get an install it.

Wanna convert that to mpg4? www.videohelp.com is a good place to go for detailed tutorials.

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