[access-uk] Re: Windows Media Player versus Real Player.
- From: "James O'Dell" <jamesodell@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 17 Jan 2005 17:22:32 -0000
Hi
I suppose the main problems with mp3 are:
- Audio can easily be downloaded, whihc may cause coppyright issues
- Difficult to embed into web pages?
- To get the audio to stream rather than download, you have to use an m3u
playlist file and have the address of the mp3 file in there.
But the advantages are:
- Can be downloaded (possibly more useful for people with dial-up etc)
- Will play on virtually any media player including linux-based and more
accessible ones
- People have actually heard of it
James
----- Original Message -----
From: "Léonie Watson" <lw@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, January 17, 2005 4:36 PM
Subject: [access-uk] Re: Windows Media Player versus Real Player.
> James,
>
> There hasn't been any mention of using mp3 format from our client, but
I
> will certainly suggest it to them when I report back.
>
> Cheers,
> Tink.
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "James O'Dell" <jamesodell@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Monday, January 17, 2005 4:19 PM
> Subject: [access-uk] Re: Windows Media Player versus Real Player.
>
>
> > Hi
> >
> > Is there any specific reason why you can't use mp3 - e.g. copyright or
> > something? This would enable people to stream the audio regardless of
> > which
> > media player they were using. As I see it, the main problem is that the
> > best and least inaccessible software is Realplayer, but people with new
> > computers who want to stream the audio will only have Windows Media, and
> > the
> > streaming audio might be particularly important to unskilled user with
new
> > computers who perhaps can't use the text on the website. I'd say avoid
> > Windows Media, go for mp3 if you can, or else provide very detailed
> > instructions for downloading realplayer including a direct link to the
> > setup
> > file of the free version.
> >
> > James
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Léonie Watson" <lw@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> > To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > Sent: Monday, January 17, 2005 3:41 PM
> > Subject: [access-uk] Re: Windows Media Player versus Real Player.
> >
> >
> >> James, Harry,
> >>
> >> Thanks, some interesting information coming through here. It isn't
so
> >> much a decision for myself, but I'm helping the developers of a central
> >> government web site decide which format to make their streaming
available
> >> in.
> >>
> >> Cheers,
> >> Tink.
> >> ----- Original Message -----
> >> From: "James O'Dell" <jamesodell@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >> To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >> Sent: Monday, January 17, 2005 3:18 PM
> >> Subject: [access-uk] Re: Windows Media Player versus Real Player.
> >>
> >>
> >> > Hi
> >> >
> >> > I've never got Windows Media working propperly with JAWS 4.51, I
can't
> >> > seem
> >> > to access any of the buttons. I tend to use Realplayer and although
it
> >> > isn't perfect it's just about usable. I have noticed some strange
> > things
> >> > happening with the microsoft Active Accessibility, sometimes when
MSAA
> > is
> >> > communicating directly with the screen reader it causes JAWS to read
> >> > controls differently to how it would behave by default. There are
also
> > a
> >> > few prompts that seem to have been written using both lower and upper
> > case
> >> > letters in the same word, so you have to be careful with the 'Mixed
> >> > Case
> >> > Processing' option in JAWS configuration Manager.
> >> >
> >> > James
> >> >
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