Video useable on windows XP and 2000 without any install

[roboteux]

Hi,

I'm trying to encode a small film I've made.
My goal is that he can be read on a standard PC with windows XP but with no specific codec installed.
And if possible on Windows 2000.

I've try to encode it in MPEG1 with MP3 audio in a MPEG container, but the file I can barely be read.
And I can't seek in the file.

I've also try MPEG1 with MP3 audio in a AVI.
Here it work just fine if FFDSHOW is intalled but not on my office PC.

Have you any suggestion of setting that may work ?

Thanks.

[itspete]

Hi,

I'm trying to encode a small film I've made.
My goal is that he can be read on a standard PC with windows XP but with no specific codec installed.
And if possible on Windows 2000.

I've try to encode it in MPEG1 with MP3 audio in a MPEG container, but the file I can barely be read.
And I can't seek in the file.

I've also try MPEG1 with MP3 audio in a AVI.
Here it work just fine if FFDSHOW is intalled but not on my office PC.

Have you any suggestion of setting that may work ?

Thanks.

Hi. I'm no expert but......
I can't understand why, when in an MPG format you can't see it correctly.
You don't say what your main file format is, size, Frame Rate and so on.
May be your system at work is not in a higher resolution to view it.
I can't answer your question without more detail, unless someone else
has any ideas?
Let me know please.
Charles

[SpankyRabinowitz]

I've found MS-MPEG4-V2 gives acceptable results, encodes quickly, and works on WMPlayer 10 out of the box. It's fast enough that I often use 2 or 3 pass to get the extra quality boost and accurate bit rate. This codec also plays OK in VLC, though not in quicktime.

I typically encode at a video rate around 1500 and I use LAME mp3 for the audio track.

If the codec crashes, enable the console. That works around the problem.