Posted by Clubsprint on 03/11/07 11:37

Thanks all for your suggestions, although now I've watched the game using
VLC the urgency
has subsided until the next game I have to downbload because of the AFL's
f$%#ed policy
as to who get to show what.
Mark
Aus
(Go Hawks)

"Ken Maltby" <kmaltby@sbcglobal.net> wrote in message
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> "Shoo" <shoofly@yahool.com> wrote in message
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>> "Clubsprint" <spamspamspamspam@nospam.com> wrote in message
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>>> "Ken Maltby" <kmaltby@sbcglobal.net> wrote in message
>>>>> Its a pain when people choose to use obscure codecs, hey?
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> If you count all the places H.264 is in use, you could hardly
>>>> call it "obscure". And given that this is crossposted to "DVD"
>>>> Newsgroups, the HD-DVD and BluRay DVD, can use it.
>>>>
>>>> Luck;
>>>> Ken
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>> Don't know as I'd call it particularly common. I've had a pretty hard
>>> time
>>> trying to find a codec or player to view the files. Better part of a day
>>> searching and testing various stuff. Still haven't been able to find a
>>> downloadable codec so I can play the files in Mediaplayer etc.
>>> Mark
>>
>> Look the person that originally capped the program is probably a Mac
>> user.
>> Apple has built H.264 into the QuickTime media architecture for a couple
>> of years now.
>> I personally find it easier to use VLC to play them on a pc as I don't
>> like to install QuickTime and they don't always play in WMP.
>>
>
> The free ffdshow will provide most of the common formats
> including H.264 in most of its flavors. Perhaps the best
> decoding codec is the CoreAVC codec. Elecard (MainConcept)
> has a good mp4 mux/demux filter, and the Haali renderer works
> well with many formats. There is plenty out there, you don't
> have to look very hard anymore.
>
> Luck;
> Ken
>
>

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