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WeatherCat => WeatherCat General Discussion => Topic started by: JosBaz on January 15, 2017, 12:27:08 PM
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I'm curious; how do other WC users set up Daily Movies on their web sites?
WC offers this of course, but some browsers don't seem to like the .MOV format. E.g. when I point Firefox to the test setup for this tag (http://live.trixology.com/custom/WeatherCatDailyMovie.mov (http://live.trixology.com/custom/WeatherCatDailyMovie.mov)), FF will tell me "the video cannot be played because the file is damaged". The same happens on my timelapse movie (http://www.weerenmeer.nl/WeatherCatDailyMovie.mov (http://www.weerenmeer.nl/WeatherCatDailyMovie.mov)). Safari will play the movie but most other browsers seem to have a problem with it.
Could WC not generate the movie in another (more common?) format such as AVI or MP4?
I thought about using EVOCAM instead, but would prefer to have 'all-in-one' (= WC). :)
Thanks,
Jos
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I believe Apple is letting QuickTime die. They are one of the few who continue to display the format. I have no solution over than getting someone to write, perhaps, an AppleScript that could run the current WC output through another app that would convert the format to a more modern, 'standard' one. Alas, even AppleScript is on 'life support'.
BTW, Evocam is no longer being developed and maybe not even supported. [rolleyes2]
I suspect Stu has this on a future update list. He'll be back from his vacation soon and may have a more useful comment. [tup]
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I suspect Stu has this on a future update list. He'll be back from his vacation soon and may have a more useful comment. [tup]
You suspect correctly - sadly to do this, all the old video code has to come out and a whole bunch of new stuff has to go in :(