Here is a little tutorial in movie format done by David.

If you have QuickTime installed it should just run.

If not you may need to go to http://www.download.com/3000-2194-10002208.html to download the free version of Quicktime.

http://engravingetc.org/Harvey/upload/2405Attachments.mov

It will take about 10-15 seconds to download the video, then it will start.

Philadelphia, PA (Really Bensalem)

When you finally understand it completely... it changes.

I don't know where you get the safer part. But your correct on older seldom used part B-)
You mentioned Macs, didn't they use to be made by that music company?

David & Harvey,

Thanks for the tutorial. It loaded quickly and smoothly for me. It will be a nice help for those who aren't familiar with the attachment process.

Actually it's installed as a Service not activeX as such. If your worried about security, you should dump IE and use a GOOD browser like Firefox :D

That music and phone company is pushing flash now and phasing out quicktime.

Ken,

That is a good sign that you were able to see the video. I know you are a big advocate of the Firefox browser. I've heard Firefox has had some compatibility issues with Quicktime videos. You're living proof that may not be the case.

I'd hate to have to defend any of the video players as "best". They all seem to be getting better and better. With most web technologies, there will always be some compatibility issues with so many browsers out there. I guess that is why I am continuing to stay with the corporate and casual user's standard, which currently seems to Microsoft Internet Explorer.

Dave,

Firefox did have a quicktime problem in the beta stages, it was called a license for the apple quicktime plug-in. But since apple dropped the licence requirement since they are phasing out quicktime the problem went away.

Don't get me wrong about quicktime, I was on the design team, it was a great product, it just has seen it's time. The main core of the software hasn't been upgraded in several years.

Ken,

We certainly value your expertise here. Since David is at the beginning stages of developing the standards for the forum videos, etc., it will be important for him to know the best options.

What ever format he chooses, he should upgrade to a PC, it has a much greater choice of software to use. And he will be able to see what the majority of the members will be viewing. It's a real pain at times to use different browsers and different machines to test changes and videos before posting them, but it has to be done. What works on one machine and one browser doesn't always mean it will work on other machines and other browsers. (yeah, I even test on a mac).

I know WOE members are 99.1% PC users, .2% unix users and only .7% mac users. (I just pulled my server stats)

I never thought a simple video test could turn into computer platform, web browser and video format wars. :B

You should sleep soundly tonight, with the comforting knowledge that whatever format(s) I decide upon, will be viewable by the overwhelming majority.

I-)