Hi;

I copied several AVI files to a DVD for a friend.  During copying, I
noticed that one of the choices in the software ( K3B ) was
"filesystem type".   I chose "Linux/Windows".

My friend has a Mac running OS 10 and my box is a PC running the
latest, greatest Ubuntu Linux.

Will she have any troubles reading or playing the AVI files on the
DVD?

Thanks in advance for any info

On Jan 24, 12:56=A0pm, Steve <tinker...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi;
>
> I copied several AVI files to a DVD for a friend. =A0During copying, I
> noticed that one of the choices in the software ( K3B ) was
> "filesystem type". =A0 I chose "Linux/Windows".
>
> My friend has a Mac running OS 10 and my box is a PC running the
> latest, greatest Ubuntu Linux.
>
> Will she have any troubles reading or playing the AVI files on the
> DVD?
>
> Thanks in advance for any info

AVI is not a codec.  AVI is a container format which can host a wide
variety of video/audio codecs.  That being said, using the Perian
Quicktime codec package, any movie player that uses QuickTime can play
most popular formats.  Worse case, anything that can play with VLC or
MPlayer on Linux   should work with VLC/Mplayer for the Mac.

On Jan 24, 2:03=A0pm, KDT <scarface...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> On Jan 24, 12:56=A0pm, Steve <tinker...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Hi;
>
> > I copied several AVI files to a DVD for a friend. =A0During copying, I
> > noticed that one of the choices in the software ( K3B ) was
> > "filesystem type". =A0 I chose "Linux/Windows".
>
> > My friend has a Mac running OS 10 and my box is a PC running the
> > latest, greatest Ubuntu Linux.
>
> > Will she have any troubles reading or playing the AVI files on the
> > DVD?
>
> > Thanks in advance for any info
>
> AVI is not a codec. =A0AVI is a container format which can host a wide
> variety of video/audio codecs. =A0That being said, using the Perian
> Quicktime codec package, any movie player that uses QuickTime can play
> most popular formats. =A0Worse case, anything that can play with VLC or
> MPlayer on Linux =A0 should work with VLC/Mplayer for the Mac.

Thanks.

On 24/01/2011 19:03, KDT wrote:

> AVI is not a codec.  AVI is a container format which can host a wide
> variety of video/audio codecs.  That being said, using the Perian
> Quicktime codec package, any movie player that uses QuickTime can play
> most popular formats.  Worse case, anything that can play with VLC or
> MPlayer on Linux   should work with VLC/Mplayer for the Mac.

XVid is a better codec.  QuickTime is pretty crappy.

On Jan 25, 8:52=A0am, White Spirit <wspi...@homechoice.co.uk> wrote:
> On 24/01/2011 19:03, KDT wrote:
>
> > AVI is not a codec. =A0AVI is a container format which can host a wide
> > variety of video/audio codecs. =A0That being said, using the Perian
> > Quicktime codec package, any movie player that uses QuickTime can play
> > most popular formats. =A0Worse case, anything that can play with VLC or
> > MPlayer on Linux =A0 should work with VLC/Mplayer for the Mac.
>
> XVid is a better codec. =A0QuickTime is pretty crappy.

There is no such thing as a "Quicktime codec" or even a Quicktime
container.  Quicktime is a media framework that uses whatever video/
audio codec you have installed in your system -- including XVid.

But thanks for playing......

In article <ihmkjm$ts3$1@news.eternal-september.org>,
 White Spirit <wspirit@homechoice.co.uk> wrote:

> On 24/01/2011 19:03, KDT wrote:
> 
> > AVI is not a codec.  AVI is a container format which can host a wide
> > variety of video/audio codecs.  That being said, using the Perian
> > Quicktime codec package, any movie player that uses QuickTime can play
> > most popular formats.  Worse case, anything that can play with VLC or
> > MPlayer on Linux   should work with VLC/Mplayer for the Mac.
> 
> XVid is a better codec.  QuickTime is pretty crappy.

Quicktime still isn't a codec.


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