(meteorobs) Video of Taurid fireball (29 October 2008)

[Chris Peterson]

There are a bewildering array of video codecs out there. Any computer that 
has been used for a while will have acquired its own collection, in addition 
to the standard ones that ship with the major media players.

The 3iv2 codec isn't standard, but it isn't all that rare. It could have 
been installed on your machine when you added a different media player, or a 
browser plugin might have installed it, or some application might use it. 
Even if the thing that installed it isn't around anymore, the codec itself 
could be. And if the codec is present, WMP will generally be able to take 
advantage of it.

Video production on computers is a messy business if you have a goal of wide 
compatibility. It affects everyone on this list, as meteor videos become 
more common.

Chris

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Chris L Peterson
Cloudbait Observatory
http://www.cloudbait.com


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Leo S" <l.stachowicz at btinternet.com>
To: "Global Meteor Observing Forum" <meteorobs at meteorobs.org>
Sent: Friday, November 07, 2008 12:40 PM
Subject: Re: (meteorobs) Video of Taurid fireball (29 October 2008)


> That's odd. I'm also using XP and WMP, and had no problems playing the
> video.
>
> Leo