[X3D-Public] videos of proper animation for example X3D scenes

[Dr. Johannes Behr]

On 2 Mar 2013, at 21:02, Don Brutzman <brutzman at nps.edu> wrote:

> I would like to begin adding videos to the example archives that show proper animation for example X3D scenes.
> 
> goal:  improve browser performance and consistency.
> 
> example:
> 	http://www.web3d.org/x3d/content/examples/Basic/NURBS/videos/NurbsCurveExample.mov
> 
> wondering: is the .mov format i'm using widely playable for people on different operating systems?

mov is a quicktime/apple specific container. mkv or mp4 are more widely used. 
Are there any suggestions for paper material submissions? Those must be open. Maybe ACM has something up.

best regards
johannes

> 
> file size is a potential concern.  this one is 344KB.  not too bad, maybe reducible further by working on movie-render settings.
> 
> i will look at whether it makes sense to keep the movies in a different .zip archive to simplify distribution.  of course we are well into the 21st century, so bandwidth shouldn't be too bothersome... opinions by practitioners welcome.
> 
> 
> p.s. For those who like to observe progress on examples step-by-step, you can subscribe to the x3d-commits mailing list on sourceforge.
> 
> On 3/2/2013 8:30 AM, brutzman at users.sourceforge.net wrote:
>> Revision: 11924
>>           http://x3d.svn.sourceforge.net/x3d/?rev=11924&view=rev
>> Author:   brutzman
>> Date:     2013-03-02 16:30:00 +0000 (Sat, 02 Mar 2013)
>> Log Message:
>> -----------
>> 
>> 
>> Added Paths:
>> -----------
>>     www.web3d.org/x3d/content/examples/Basic/NURBS/videos/
>>     www.web3d.org/x3d/content/examples/Basic/NURBS/videos/NurbsCurveExample.mov
>> 
>> Added: www.web3d.org/x3d/content/examples/Basic/NURBS/videos/NurbsCurveExample.mov
>> ===================================================================
>> (Binary files differ)
>> 
>> 
>> Property changes on: www.web3d.org/x3d/content/examples/Basic/NURBS/videos/NurbsCurveExample.mov
>> ___________________________________________________________________
>> Added: svn:mime-type
>>    + application/octet-stream
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> all the best, Don
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Dr. Johannes Behr
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