OT: Cross-platform Video Format

[Byron Sonne]

> What video format can I suggest to Elections Canada so that their videos 
> are playable also in Mac OS X and Linux?

If they don't bother sending it back in a new format (I'm running linux, 
and prefer AVI to be honest) it appears xine is supported under OS X: 
http://xinehq.de/index.php/about

Dunno about using the windows codecs and DLLs under OS X (like I do now 
via http://cambuca.ldhs.cetuc.puc-rio.br/xine/ and from an mplayer 
package too, I think) those might have issues with non x86 chips. Most 
of it seems to run OK on my amd64 box, but there were some wrinkles at 
first.

Another option may be wine or the crossover plugin/office from codeweavers.

Cheers,
Byron
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