hi all,

Whats the best format for putting a small anim (say 25k) to play on a web
page? i thought maybe a animated giff but is there a better format?

thanks
jim

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> Whats the best format for putting a small anim (say 25k) to play on a web
> page? i thought maybe a animated giff but is there a better format?

25KB is the file size of a medium image. If the animation only has a few
frames, then an animated gif might be best for an animation so small. But an
animation with 10 or more frames will likely exceed this filesize. If it has
over 50-100 frames or so, I'd say use MPEG.

 - Slime
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"Slime" <slm### [at] slimelandcom> wrote in message
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> > Whats the best format for putting a small anim (say 25k) to play on a
web
> > page? i thought maybe a animated giff but is there a better format?
>
> 25KB is the file size of a medium image. If the animation only has a few
> frames, then an animated gif might be best for an animation so small. But
an
> animation with 10 or more frames will likely exceed this filesize. If it
has
> over 50-100 frames or so, I'd say use MPEG.

well i have 30 frames so it look like i'm borderline - but can i get a mpeg
to play from a website without any input from the user?

thanks
jim

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"James Taylor" <jim### [at] blueyondercouk> wrote in message
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>
> well i have 30 frames so it look like i'm borderline - but can i get a
mpeg
> to play from a website without any input from the user?

Yes. The way I've always done it is:

<embed src="path/animation.mpg" autostart="true" loop="true"></embed>

Loop can be false or 1, 2, 3, etc.
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Bob

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"hughes, b." <omn### [at] charternet> wrote in news:3d991b01@news.povray.org:

> "James Taylor" <jim### [at] blueyondercouk> wrote in message
> news:3d98d50a@news.povray.org...
>>
>> well i have 30 frames so it look like i'm borderline - but can i get a
> mpeg
>> to play from a website without any input from the user?
> 
> Yes. The way I've always done it is:
> 
> <embed src="path/animation.mpg" autostart="true" loop="true"></embed>
> 
> Loop can be false or 1, 2, 3, etc.

Note: it works only for Internet Explorer. Not for Netscape, neither for 
Mozilla, that just ignore the tag. I don't know for other browsers, like 
Opera.
So if you choose this solution, you better provide a link to your file 
beside this tag, so users can still download it and play it with a 
standalone player.

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