linux equivalent to a single file .exe?

.bin files behave somewhat like .exe files.

You can also run some .exe files through Wine, and Mono compiles C# programs as .exe files and runs them.

I'd be interested to know exactly what you're hoping to do.

You could get into some serious flame wars calling what Wine does emulation.

Anyway, I know it doesn't convert anything; I just mentioned it because I'm not sure what he's doing.

Your best bets for cross-platform use will probably be Flash or AVI.

Ha! Good point

because youtube handels all the files you dont have to wory much about bandwidth, upload it there and stream the content using the bbcodes. if people want to download that content they can do that with 3rd party scripts just link them to one of those webpages with the scripts to download it from youtube.

less bandwidth and server load.

anyways, linux uses' differnt libraries, so unless you use wine to emulate it, its not going to work. javascript i belive is cross compatible, but i dont know if they have a vid compression/playback tool.
your better off going with something else.

there might be a player on nix that will play exe video files, but then you would need the codecs for it.  see if gxin or mplayer have a codec to play them, or if bbflashback has any linux help (email them, check the forums etc).

it seems like, from the examples at the bbflashback website that exe is the larger of the 4 file types. flash is probably the best bet because it looks the smallest size.
this site here http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2007/04 … onverters/
http://media-convert.com/ <--convert any media to any type of media
http://vixy.net/ <--download and convert vids from youtube, etc.

lists abuncha converters from css to html, to avi to flv to whatever.  hope that helps.

are u saying this app exports a .exe ?

if i were a windos user, which i'm not, i think the last thing i would want to do is have to click on a .exe file from a source i don't absolutely believe is trustworthy.

my $0.02

@MO: YouTube is out of the question. their quality is horrible for what i want these to accomplish. there is no way around it. i'll investigate those links though.

@eric: i understand the concern an exe would spur however i personally have been using BB FlashBack for quite some time and trust it completely. the quality it(exe) outputs plus the small file size is unmatched so far in my testing i've done. i'm most likely going with flash since it's the most compatible. although i guess i could just do it ALL and provide links for each one.

i appreciate the input none-the-less guys.

just an example of the quality vs filesize that BB FlashBack's exe export outputs:

a 2m45s video shot at 1600x1200 full color, 30fps, in a self contained exe is only 1.7m.

that player in the first link may come in handy. thanks.