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Date:	Tue, 29 Aug 2006 17:48:30 -0700
From:	Jerry Rash <jerry@scoug.com >
Reply-To:	scoug-help@scoug.com
To:	scoug-help@scoug.com
Subject:	SCOUG-Help: AVI files

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Ray Davison wrote:
> What is the story on AVI files? Once upon a time Warp came with an
> AVI test file - maybe a macaw - and it would play it. Now I do not
> find any AVI files nor can I get any version of OS/2 to play one.
>
You woke me up out of my sleep.
Ray poses a good question.

AVI just like MPG, and MOV extensions are loosely used so to speak.
Multiple codecs / file formats use these extensions.
To answer what OS/2 supports out of the box .
AVI Codecs - Ultimotion (OS/2, AIX and Win16 Only), Intel Indeo 4.
MPG Codecs - MPEG-1, Video CD-1, MP2 Audio.
MOV Codecs - None (But registered with MMOS2 anyway)
It was a theory that The never completed Apple Quicktime for OS/2 was
going to be packed in. (Available on Hobbes)

Let's compare eCS 1.1-1.2

AVI Codecs - Ultimotion (OS/2, AIX and Win16 Only), Intel Indeo 4,
Avpocodec (A collection of AVI codecs usually used in win16 products).
MPG Codecs - MPEG-1, MP2 Audio.
MOV Codecs - Practice - QuikFlicks (Compatible with Apple Quicktime 4)

This is just Video support. Audio is another subject.

Even with the extra codec support in eCS, There isn't much on the
internet you would be able to play.

Current day AVI, MPG, and MOV files can be many possible codecs.
Most of these can be played with Warpvision or FFPlay. To my suprize,
Even though both products are based on the same open source codec
libraries, Each can play some codecs the other can't. So it pays to try
both.

> I have two similar cameras - still video combo - from the same vendor.
> They both create AVI files. The older one is marked MP3 and the newer
> one MP4. Under WXP Win media player will play the MP3 but not the
> MP4. W2K will play both. No version of OS/2 that I currently have
> loaded will play either. What do I need to play them?
I bet the "MP" refers to MegaPixels. The cameras resolution quality. The
AVI files you are getting from both cameras are different codecs neither
of which are OS/2 supported. I have had better luck with FFPlay on most
of the cameras I have tried video with.
If the camera doesn't record sound then Warpvision usually works.
>
> Any recommendations for video editing software?
Look at Mainactor on Hobbes.
It supports a fair amount of codecs, But I found using FFMPEG to convert
the video to high quality MPEG-1 and then using Mainactor to edit it.
Then convert using FFMPEG to MPEG-4. Sets it up nice for. (See next reply)
>
> Cut and splice and burn as a standard DVD.
DVD Author - Get FFPLAY, FFMPEG, And DVD Author from Paul Smedleys site
@ http://smedley.info/os2ports
> Maybe clip stills, make slide show.
Mainactor will do that...
> OS/2 OS would be nice, but I'll take what I can get.
> I am not looking to make a career out of it so I would rather not
> spend a lot.
>
>
Time well spent.....
Time to back to sleep.......zzzzzzz

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