[ale] What's the magic in getting a video file created?

Fri Dec 26 14:22:32 EST 2014

That is why Flash still exist. Browsers/platfforms cannot come up with
agreement on what container should be used ...

On Friday, December 26, 2014, Jim Lynch <ale_nospam at fayettedigital.com>
wrote:

> I'm using SimpleScreenRecorder to record a short demonstration of a web
> site.
>
> I've built a half dozen combinations of containers and codecs that all
> worked fine with FF and Chrome on Linux but never found the right
> combination that any browser on Windows 7 or 8 could view. I'm very
> unfamiliar with video formats, but have learned a bunch, albeit not
> enough.  I can't seem to find the answer on Google.  I know that it can be
> done, after all Youtube does it.
>
> I suspect Youtube might be using flash.
>
> Anyway I thought for sure HTML5 would work on IE 11, but no, it says H.264
> isn't a supported codec. Huh?  Neither is mp4.  Nor could I get any variety
> of avi working.
>
> So if someone knows the magic, please tell me.  I'd keep trying things but
> I don't have a MS system with anything later than IE 8 so I have to ask
> others for help and they are getting tired of it.  :( For that matter, so
> am I.  ;)
>
> For the HTML5 test I used the <video> element:
>
>     <body>
>
>         <video src="vid8x.mp4" id="movie" controls height="1024" />
>     </body>
>
> file vid8.mp4
> vid8.mp4: ISO Media, MPEG v4 system, version 1
> I think it was the H.264 codec.  I don't know how to determine that from
> the file.
>
> Thanks,
> Jim.
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