Hello,
I would like to recommend a more portable movie format such as flash be used. Thank you.
suggest flash movies
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NoelC
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I'd like to say I agree that some animation formats are better than others.
The .mov format alienates PC users who choose not to install Quicktime. I'm sure Mac folks have problems with .wmv and other Windows-specific formats.
MPEG (.mpg), for example the animation link from the March 12 Jupiter rotation APOD, is better in that it is platform nonspecific. Personally I'd rather see MPEG (with a simple, universally available codec) used than flash format, though I do have Flash installed.
-Noel
The .mov format alienates PC users who choose not to install Quicktime. I'm sure Mac folks have problems with .wmv and other Windows-specific formats.
MPEG (.mpg), for example the animation link from the March 12 Jupiter rotation APOD, is better in that it is platform nonspecific. Personally I'd rather see MPEG (with a simple, universally available codec) used than flash format, though I do have Flash installed.
-Noel
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iamlucky13
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Agreed 100%.NoelC wrote:I'd like to say I agree that some animation formats are better than others.
The .mov format alienates PC users who choose not to install Quicktime. I'm sure Mac folks have problems with .wmv and other Windows-specific formats.
MPEG (.mpg), for example the animation link from the March 12 Jupiter rotation APOD, is better in that it is platform nonspecific. Personally I'd rather see MPEG (with a simple, universally available codec) used than flash format, though I do have Flash installed.
-Noel
The Jupiter movie was pretty cool. I can't wait (8 years!) to see the same thing from Pluto.
"Any man whose errors take ten years to correct is quite a man." ~J. Robert Oppenheimer (speaking about Albert Einstein)
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Stan Welsh
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APOD Movies
When I click on the new APOD movie "play" button, the movie downloads but does not run. Any ideas or suggestions as to how to run the downloads?
Thanks to all,
SW
Thanks to all,
SW
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Andy Wade
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Re: APOD Movies
Works for me.Stan Welsh wrote:When I click on the new APOD movie "play" button, the movie downloads but does not run. Any ideas or suggestions as to how to run the downloads?
Thanks to all,
SW
Regards,
Andy.
Andy.
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iamlucky13
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http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap070329.html
Are you talking about the March 29, 2007 APOD?
Clicking anywhere on the image should take you to a new page showing an animated GIF image of the photo frames. If you have a slow internet connection, it will take a while to download and will typically (depending on your browser) show just one frame until the next is loaded.
Are you talking about the March 29, 2007 APOD?
Clicking anywhere on the image should take you to a new page showing an animated GIF image of the photo frames. If you have a slow internet connection, it will take a while to download and will typically (depending on your browser) show just one frame until the next is loaded.
"Any man whose errors take ten years to correct is quite a man." ~J. Robert Oppenheimer (speaking about Albert Einstein)