Loves Red Cross CBS Cares Commercial Video(2 dif sizes) + screencaps

[zachlaka]

Ok I caught this commercial tonight during GW it's Love asking for people to donate money to the Red Cross for the fires in California and other disasters that happen over the US every year.

It's only 10 seconds long in XviD MP3 format but enjoy ~ Zach

I have made 2 versions a large one and a small one for those that can't play the larger resolution video

Small Version
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=BUM8H463
Large Version
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=APJIQLTR

Screen Caps

[angelbunny225]

kewl!
THANK YOU SO MUCH ZACH!!!!
Even 10 seconds are worth it...

[siralfieri]

THANK-YOU SO MUCH!!! ZACHLAKA!!!

[Trotter]

as always Zach thank-you for all your hard work.....

Way to go Love.....

[mced]

Wow, my old CPU cannot handle this big one. But I know workarounds to playing it (thanks mplayer).

Merci beaucoup, Zach.

[recordable2]

Thanks for nice vid from Love!!

[SarahLove]

Thanks as always zach.....

[Peter]

Two things about this video. First, McAfee (Virus Protection ) warns against this site stating that "unwanted software could download into one's computer"
The second thing was that the picture was frozen during the video playback .

[Krys7905]

Thanks for sharing, saw it this morning when I watched GW on my TIVO!

[zachlaka]

Originally Posted by Peter

Two things about this video. First, McAfee (Virus Protection ) warns against this site stating that "unwanted software could download into one's computer"
The second thing was that the picture was frozen during the video playback .

I think if you were scanning it off of megaupload McAfee might be making a generalization of all files posted on megaupload and that some may contain virus. If you scanned after you downloaded it to your pc I have no idea as to why it would give that warning? I have never seen an video file contain a virus.

If you downloaded the larger file and get a frozen window it may be that your monitors resolution is set to low and you need to turn it up like from 800x600 to 1280x1024. Your monitors resolution may not even get high enough to play this video. In that case downloaded the smaller version that should work.

If you downloaded the smaller version you may not have the XviD codec installed. If you don't download it here http://www.free-codecs.com/download_...hp?d=3932&s=52

Otherwise I dont know whats wrong with the video.

[Trotter]

I hope the fires have been brought under control now.

[andrew r]

Quite right Dave. As for the message, it's great to see Love do this.

[Peter]

Originally Posted by zachlaka

I think if you were scanning it off of megaupload McAfee might be making a generalization of all files posted on megaupload and that some may contain virus. If you scanned after you downloaded it to your pc I have no idea as to why it would give that warning? I have never seen an video file contain a virus.

If you downloaded the larger file and get a frozen window it may be that your monitors resolution is set to low and you need to turn it up like from 800x600 to 1280x1024. Your monitors resolution may not even get high enough to play this video. In that case downloaded the smaller version that should work.

If you downloaded the smaller version you may not have the XviD codec installed. If you don't download it here http://www.free-codecs.com/download_...hp?d=3932&s=52

Otherwise I dont know whats wrong with the video.

The "warning" is probably just a general warning that some may contain a virus.

I changed my screen resolution to 1280 x 1024 but the larger version still froze half way through. The "small" version could play at any resolution without the video freezing. Just curious, what resolution does one need to have to play this video ? My monitor is a LCD and it is only a few years old. Does one need a resolution higher than 1280 x1024 (which is as high as mine will go) to view this video ?

Thanks,

[zachlaka]

Originally Posted by Peter

Does one need a resolution higher than 1280 x1024 (which is as high as mine will go) to view this video ?

Thanks,

My PC setup is this the cheapest base model Dell sold in 2003 and the cheapest Dell CRT screen with a max resolution of 1280 x1024.

I am using Windows XP SP2 and VLC Player to play all my video files.

This set up has never failed even with my HD videos at 1920 x1080.

You might try VLC player if you are using Windows Media Player.

Just tried the full size video in WMP and it froze the video but the audio played through. That might be your problem

[Who2]

This is sooo great.

First off, Thank you Zachlaka for posting this.

Secondly I hope this gets now even a broader attention as many victims really need some urgent support out there.

Last but not least a heartfelt thank you to Ms. Hewitt for having had such a nice idea.

[Peter]

I tried playing the video with a few different players to see what would happen. Real Player same as Windows Media Player ,audio with frozen picture. Quicktime would not play it at all. VLC had audio but no picture at all. Not an important issue but I'm just curious as to what is going on with these different players and which is the best to use in general when viewing videos ?

[Trotter]

I saw that LA Galaxy and David Beckham had a game of football for the fund as well....

[natiblue]

thxs for the vid!!

[mced]

Originally Posted by Peter

Not an important issue but I'm just curious as to what is going on with these different players

Maybe lack of bus bandwidth and/or CPU power.

and which is the best to use in general when viewing videos ?

Mplayer. But it's certainly difficult to deal with (command line tool).

VLC is a good choice.

[Spin Teacher]

Thanks.