Drive, He Said

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I thought I'd start playing around with running short video clips from time to time. I'm thinking it'll be especially cool from the Cannes Film Festival and other such destinations. I know MPEG is the easiest loading, most accessible format (I'm buying some video-converting software as we speak), but I'm wondering how difficult it is to view less common video files. I've loaded two -- an avi file from my Canon PowerShot A540 and a video clip shot by a Treo 700. I'll be converting to MPEGs, for sure, but can anyone view these inane driving clips with any ease or comfort?

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Posted by Jeffrey Wells on March 23, 2007 at 3:14 PM

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Josh Massey says ...

Because it worked so well for Poland...

Posted by Josh Massey at March 23, 2007 3:47 PM

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Chris D. says ...

The Canon clip took too long but now I can show my kid what L.A. looks like. The Treo clip is in a proprietary phone format.

Posted by Chris D. at March 23, 2007 4:09 PM

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KevinTC says ...

AVI worked for me pretty easily, but not the Treo stuff.

Posted by KevinTC at March 23, 2007 4:21 PM

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gruver1 says ...

Wells to Massey: No, no, no...no mouthing off like Poland's "Daily David"...just shooting stuff that I happen to encounter or experience, like I do with digital stills.

Posted by gruver1 at March 23, 2007 5:18 PM

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anti-sardine says ...

Ahhh...
The old "California Stop"
10 feet before you come to a stop sign you slow the car down to 5-7mph, when you hit the crosswalk push the breaks down for 1 second (this may slow you down another mph or 2) and then keep on rollin! Saves you approximately 3 weeks worth of time if done correctly over the course of an average lifespan.
AVI worked fine for me, Jeff.

Posted by anti-sardine at March 23, 2007 5:42 PM

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Thrudvangar says ...

Please limit your uploads to 5 MB as I'm on dial-up. Just kidding. They both worked for me.

Posted by Thrudvangar at March 23, 2007 7:31 PM

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heun says ...

Both worked for me. The Treo clip opened with QuickTime.

Posted by heun at March 23, 2007 7:48 PM

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Hallick says ...

"I thought I'd start playing around with running short video clips from time to time. I'm thinking it'll be especially cool from the Cannes Film Festival and other such destinations."

whine-But the clips I wanna see from Cannes are the ones in the movies!-unwhine

(or a topless beach maybe...)

Posted by Hallick at March 23, 2007 8:25 PM

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