Trailer formats

[Natalie]

No: HPFGUIDX 13347

I've been running around since about 2:00 finding as many different trailer
files as I could. Most of the sites linked directly to the official site,
but I found three (before I got tired of looking) that didn't. The list of
those sites (and the official one) can be found here:
http://www.hpsearch.f2s.com/Movies/Trailers (yes, that is my site, no this
is not a plug! <g>)

My conclusions: (these all apply to the high bandwith versions)

The official versions are pretty nice, my faves being the QuickTime and
Windows Media. Of course, RealPlayer always seems pretty choppy to me, even
on my new computer.

The ones from BBC Online are RealPlayer and not real big (ie image size).
The best thing about them are that they are titled "Harry Potter and the
Philosopher's Stone" and have the magic beginning "soon." All the others
I've seen are SS and Nov. 16th.

I didn't try the QuickTime or RealPlayer from Hollywood.com, but the Windows
Media Player is so-so. The best part is that the videos are embedded in a
pop-up window that looks like a theater. Their bandwidth choices range from
28K-300K. I think all the others started at 56K. The Windows Media one (and
the RealPlayer one as well, I'm assuming) is streamed, so you can't save it
to your computer. (Well, you can't normally...there is software out there
that will do it for you.)

My fave is the Windows Media from ComingSoon.com. It's got the biggest
screen size, and doesn't look half bad even when playing in full screen.
Plus, it doesn't stream, so you can keep it on your computer.

Well, that's my bit of obsession. Have fun!

Natalie
natabat at flashmail.com / natabat at crosswinds.net
http://www.natabat.com
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