In article <kfZ3e.7117794$f47.1309335@news.easynews.com>, todd
<veritas@vanish.com> wrote:
> ":*Helpmonger*:" <*-Help@monger.com> wrote in news:030420050706113725%*-
> Help@monger.com:
>
> > I will be posting N10-2.mpg
> >
> > This will be a yEnc post, with no reposts.
> > No .000, .CRC, .BAT files. Pars will be posted with the movie.
> >
> > It is 408MB, and plays to 24:49.15
> > To be posted in 6 sets, there are 100 split 650k parts in sets 1
> > through 5, and 114 split 650k parts in set 6, for a total of 614 parts.
> >
> > Not know and not responsible for content of post.
> >
> > Helpmonger
> >
> > From Y Not post:
> >
> >> I'll try to pass on the explanation I received for what it happening,
> >> and add my own recommendations.
> >>
> >> Helpmonger has two copies of this video. They look identical to him, in
> >> that no software he has will show any codec difference. BUT there is a
> >> difference in the aspect ratio that they play in. One is wrong, and one
> >> is correct. He posted the video that plays correctly on his system.
> >>
> >> Now my own comments:
> >> Some movies that were captured/converted with the original Microsoft
> >> Movie Maker program that came with the first version of WinXP, would
> >> sometimes encode movies that, while they played with the correct aspect
> >> ratio on a PC, played with the wrong aspect ratio in the Mac. This
> >> movie may be one of them. Also Helpmonger, or someone else, may have
> >> converted it to play correctly on Macintosh systems, and that is the
> >> version he is posting.
> >>
> >> Here are some options for the posting of this movie:
> >> 1. He can continue with the current posting, and cause non Mac users to
> >> have get Quicktime to play it.
> >> 2. He can start the post over with the version that plays normally on
> >> PCs, but doesn't play correctly on Macs. If this happens, I can post
> >> instructions for Mac users to fix the problem, if they have the Pro
> >> version of Quicktime.
> >> 3. He can re-encode the movie into another format, such as DivX, that
> >> all who have the free codec can play. I don't know if he can
> >> successfully do that, but he will try if he is asked.
> >>
> >> So, how will it be? Anyone have some thoughts on the matter?
> >> When there a consensus of the opinions of the prospective downloaders,
> >> he will continue with the best choice of what to post, AFTER his server
> >> starts working again.
> >>
> >> In a way, this is kind of amusing. For years Mac users have been forced
> >> to accommodate the PC users' choice of wild and sometimes incompatible
> >> codecs, and the Windozers' unconcern over whether or not Mac users can
> >> view what they post. This current reversal of the situation, can serve
> >> to bring this problem into greater focus. Of one thing you can be sure;
> >> Helpmonger will do his best to ensure that all who want to, can make
> >> use of what he posts, if he is able.
> >> After all, Mac users are nice people. :-)
> >>
> >>
> >> Y Not
>
>
> When I combined the first few parts, all I got was audio (no video). It
> plays like it's an mp3. Something is screwed up here. No, I don't use a
> Mac.
See the other comments in the group where this move was just attempted
to be posted. That's all the help I can offer, unless you want to wait
until ALL the parts are posted, to see if playing the WHOLE movie makes
a difference.
Y Not
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