[SLL] Need advice on Portable Video Compression

[Rob Smith]

On 2/24/07, Bill Campbell <bill at celestial.com> wrote:
> That doesn't answer the problem of converting to a video format that's
> generally readable.

No, but it does answer the other question he asked. The main issue
with even attempting to give a answer to that question is it's all
dependant on the platform(s) you are targeting. mpeg-2 is the most
commonly supported, but even then, certain sony clies can only read
mpeg-2 TS and not mpeg-2 PS and other's can only read PS and not TS.
Rinse and repeat for other units and codecs.

> The last time I had a .avi file that I wanted to see on an Apple, I found
> something would convert from avi to mp4 format.  Unfortunaely the video was
> pretty horrible as the avi had been created with a codec that is designed
> to produce good output from computer screen capture.  I forget the details
> offhand, but there was supposed to be a codec that would work with Apple's
> QuickTime, but I never could get it to work.

ffmpeg now supports h.264, which looks great on ipods and quicktime
players, as it's apple's 'offical' codec of choice.

~Rob