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by the sound of it your reference to corporate e-learning means it's for a
known audience using known pc configurations on a known network with known
security. If this is the case then I would start by getting all of that
information:
1) pc configuration - individual pc specs may vary so you can include min and
max typical system specs along with OS, security software, browser and
video/audio codecs installed.
2) network configuration - do employees log into the network, are updates
installed by a network admin., what does the network admin. allow on the
network and is there a process in place to get software such as shockwave
added? Is there an intranet set up, etc.?
To answer some of your questions:
a) I'm assuming you are referring to LAN internet connection vs. wireless
internet connection... this is a hard question to answer as the location where
the video files are served up (plus a whole host of other variables) are going
to factor into the answer... is this going to be on an intranet or website
hosted somewhere else over the internet?
b) the best video formats are going to be whatever the network admins already
allow, if that's a consideration as most corporate pcs are locked down with
limited user accounts which usually limits the user's codecs to whatever is
already installed. Otherwise, Director supports whatever codec is already
installed and can be played by windows media (default install). Also, if
quicktime is installed or can be installed then whatever codec is supported by
the default quicktime install. After that, you get into custom codec install
territory which you cannot rely upon at all from one system to another...
there's also the MPEGAdvance Xtra which you might want to look into.
c) as long as you have shockwave installed you can create a DCR file from
Director including the html page and resulting code, and copy that code into a
webpage.
d) sorry, I cannot include a reference site of a sample corporate e-learning
system.... they tend to be custom built and usually for 'internal use only'.
There's a good deal of thought and planning and experimentation (esp. if this
is the first time taking on such a project) that will go into something like
this. It's a custom project, no two ways about that... keep on posting here
when you hit any snags or have questions... usually someone here has already
tackled similar problems.
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