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Re: [ARSCLIST] embeded audio



From our multi-media gurus here at Columbia:

CU has never supported Windows Media, to my knowledge, and I don't know the historical reasons. CUIT supports streaming servers for Real and QuickTime only.

I think we prefer the quality standards of QuickTime audio and video, and the fact that the QT player is typically bundled with iTunes makes it a nice standard platform for both Mac and PC. It also allows us to do enhanced podcasting (which is limited to the AAC format, which is specific to iTunes).

On the user side, Microsoft no longer makes a Windows Media player for Mac, but there's a free plugin called Flip4Mac that allows you to play WMA/WMV clips in the QuickTime player.

Denise Tyburski wrote:
Hi all. We are developing an oral history collection where we will be uploading transcripts into a content management system (ContentDM) and would like to embed the audio right into the transcript. We are looking for pros and cons of using Quicktime and Windows Media Player to do this. We are a dual platform college campus, so it is essential that whatever we choose works on both MAC and PC. If you have examples of projects you have done that you can send me the link to, we would love to take a look at some existing projects too. Thanks for your feedback....



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