?? AVI of MPEG...
AVI is normaal altijd groter in formaat maar eigenlijk wat de grootste rol speelt is de compressie methode.
AVI uncompressed is gigantisch groot en heeft null de botte kwaliteits verlies.
http://www.mediachance.com/faqvideo1.htm (na 10 sec google !! een tip !!)
The AVI format is supported in all versions of Windows. The MPEG format is not supported directly by OS and it require a MPEG software player installed which supports MCI.
New Windows Media Player can play many formats and MPEG as well. All new Windows 98 installation should have MPEG support already installed (or not...). For older versions of Windows you have to carry the Windows Media Player installation or DirectShow 6 and newer with you.
MPEG format has better compression and quality than standard AVI, however it needs more CPU to play the video.
To make it more difficult not all AVI's are the same. AVI uses Codec's to compress its data. (And in fact it can also use MPEG codec)
What is CODEC ? You can use uncompressed AVI, but you will end up with hundreds of MB of data just for few minutes. Instead you should use a compression/decompression software. CODEC is such software component. In order to be able to play the video encoded with any CODEC the component must be installed on the computer.
As always there are many Codecs, producing better or worse video quality. You can choose any one, but remember if you go wild you will have to also install the CODEC on the user computer before he will be able to play your video.
There are already few Codecs installed on every Windows95, 98, 2000 by default:
Cinepak, Indeo 3.2, Indeo 4, Indeo 5, Microsoft Video 1.
Each codec is identified by 4 letters code in AVI file (for example Cinepak is CVID)
