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Thread ID: 97314	2009-02-11 22:18:00	School CD-whats best format please?	Newteach (4990)	Press F1

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746978	2009-02-14 05:34:00	I'm tempted to suggest keeping the video component of it all in MPG format, which is pretty universal, but only if you already have all you need in terms of software to create / author the MPG files. If you're getting the media from a consumer level DVD Camera, then there may be all you need among the software that came with the camera. I must emphasise (and support an earlier post) to use a CD instead of a DVD if the 650MB capacity is sufficient. DVDs open up a whole nother layer of compatibility / incompatibility issues, and are more of a challenge to read (and cannot be read at all if the end-user only has a CD drive). I've heard bad tales about the non-round business card discs. There can be balance issues, and if not carefully centred in the drive doors recess they have the potential to damage the drive. If you do use DVD media however, the quality of the media is very, very important. I've had many, many issues trying to get DVD media that is not total garbage, and despite the brand name on the packaging, you CANNOT TRUST big name brands to actually be goog discs. Many of them simply buy discs of other manufacturers and stick their own name on it. From my sad experiences, store bought DVD media is 99% 'manure'. Dunno if I'm violating forum rules in saying this, but I strongly recommend the Taiyo Yuden media, globally recognised as among the very best, if not the very best. www.picosys.co.nz is a reliable NZ source of these, although other sites have had them listed (but seldom in stock).	Paul.Cov (425)
746979	2009-02-14 06:18:00	and cannot be read at all if the end-user only has a CD drive That would be about 0.01% of the population, so I think you're pretty safe going with a DVD if you need the space. :p As for compatibility, I've never had any issues with compatibility. Maybe I'm unique?	maccrazy (6741)
746980	2009-02-14 10:23:00	That would be about 0.01% of the population, so I think you're pretty safe going with a DVD if you need the space. :p As for compatibility, I've never had any issues with compatibility. Maybe I'm unique? I beg to differ on your statistics of those who have only a CD not DVD player nowadays. But maybe that's merely your guesswork? I admit my own opinion is conjecture. I'm happy to be proved wrong... But as the school wants "international pupils," it would seem logical to make its info available as widely as possible. And for that, older hardware usually wins.	Laura (43)
746981	2009-02-18 04:31:00	Id use CDs,with HTML,a consistent template could be used. For file types I would stick to the most popular eg PDF, RTF,mp3,MPG. For some reason newbies think that everyone has the entire office package installed. This isnt alway the case, and you require internet access to download the viewers. There are several good freeware programs which can convert video. Handbrake,WINFF,autogk(avi only). If you include VLC Media player you could get away with almost any video type. If you deliver special file types you should bring the program on the CD to open it. See Zen garden CSS for web design ideas.http://www.csszengarden.com/ IT doesnt need to be boring 1995 era HTML.	pkm (13527)
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