In article <0001HW.BC307A9C00060D0B4EAC6700@news.newsgroups.st>,
:::Willy G.::: <not@this.pal> wrote:
> On Sun, 18 Jan 2004 14:19:15 -0800, Y-Not:: wrote
> (in message <180120041715129133%Y-Not@host.com>):
>
> > In article <%GzOb.5988426$Of.947483@news.easynews.com>, cosmos
> > <cosmos@6thplanetfromthesun.net> wrote:
> >
> >> Hi group
> >> I thought I would post some links that may be of interest .
> >> AVI movies seem to cause much problems with many people, which is a shame
> >> as their potential quality is far higher
> >> for a given file size . the following link was posted recent in another
> >> group for a avi player of wonderful simplicity
> >> Its only 150k but it works a treat does not write to the registry, simply
> >> unzip to a folder and create a link to desktop
> >> I still cannot understand how such a small programme can work so well.
> >> www.avipreview.com
> >> it will happy play partial download without fuss of Divex player without
> >> all the crap spyware that Divex is loaded with
> >> if you aren't running the latest media player you may also need to
> >> download the latest codex for mp3/4
> >> To play most of the ZZ vids, you need to install the Indeo Video codec
> >> 5.x. This codec was developed by Intel, but later sold to ligos who now
> >> charges for it's use:
> >>
> >> someone did however find a site where you can download this codec for
> >> free:
> >>
> >> http://www.soft-ware.net/multimedia/video/kompression/p00660.asp
> >>
> >> This is a German site, but just click on the big Download button under
> >> "Indeo Download" on the lower right of the page. Then select the
> >>
> >> "Download-1" link. Save the file to disk, then double-click it to install
> >> the codec.
> >>
> >> hope this is of use to some of you
> >>
> >> Cosmos
> >
> >
> > An extra note:
> > The Intel Indeo codecs have been part of Windows installations for some
> > time. That situation stopped after the first version of WinXP.
> > Here is what Ligos says about it:
> >
> > With the September 2002 update to Windows XP (known as Service Pack 1),
> > Microsoft suspended distribution of the Indeo codecs as a base part of
> > its operating system. This only affects users with new PCs that are
> > shipping with Windows XP Service Pack 1, or clean installs of Windows
> > XP SP1 on an older system. Unfortunately, a number of game and
> > multimedia titles require Indeo to be installed on the OS in order to
> > function.
> >
> >
> > Y Not
> >
> >
> > "Don't computerize people.
> > They would have to analyze that."
>
> And what about Mac people?
> Who don't have the right stuff? like me.
The codecs are available at the Apple web site, for OS 9. There is
*nothing* available for OS X that will play videos that are made with
the Indeo codec. You could play them in Virtual PC, but only when
Micro$haft makes it compatible with the G5 hardware.
Y Not
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