Re: [OT] Making videos on a Mac
You can't just play an FLV, to play that you would either have an application that can play it (say VLC) or you would have embedded a swf that can play the FLV. Whatever way you did it, those players can also play MPEG-4 files. So, use QuickTime Player's Save for Web, and that will produce a file named something like mymovie.m4v. Put that alongside your FLV player, and tell the player that its source is mymovie.m4v, and it will play anywhere that has Flash, even if QuickTime is not installed. ___ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
Re: [OT] Making videos on a Mac
On 15/02/2010 22:30, Jim Carwardine wrote: snip Why is this so complex on a Mac? Is there no easy way? 'complex' - umm . . . with QT pro you should have no problem saving as AVI or WMV have a look at iSquint: http://www.isquint.org FREE . . . :) and VisualHub: http://www.visualhub.net - now discontinued; but code is free and comparatively easy to build! I think you may be falling for the mythology of things being easier with Windows . . . :) ___ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
Re: [OT] Making videos on a Mac
On Feb 15, 2010, at 3:46 PM, Richmond Mathewson wrote: with QT pro you should have no problem saving as AVI or WMV AVI may not look so good (it's generally old codecs), and to make WMV requires extra products. After that you would have a file that not all Mac users can play. Doing the m4v file I mentioned would let the file play on about 98% of machines, assuming you have the appropriate player to load the file. ___ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
Re: [OT] Making videos on a Mac
Thanks, Colin... Yes, I do use the player code but I have not seen your simple way explained anywhere on the web... Thanks... Jim On 15-Feb-10, at 4:44 PM, Colin Holgate wrote: You can't just play an FLV, to play that you would either have an application that can play it (say VLC) or you would have embedded a swf that can play the FLV. Whatever way you did it, those players can also play MPEG-4 files. So, use QuickTime Player's Save for Web, and that will produce a file named something like mymovie.m4v. Put that alongside your FLV player, and tell the player that its source is mymovie.m4v, and it will play anywhere that has Flash, even if QuickTime is not installed. ___ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution Jim Carwardine, President CEO OYF Consulting Ph. 902.823.2339 / 866.601.2339 Fx. 902.823.2139 www.StrategicDoing.com StrategicDoing™: When Strategic Planning is finished, execution of your plan depends on your employees. -- ___ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
Re: [OT] Making videos on a Mac
On Feb 15, 2010, at 3:51 PM, Jim Carwardine wrote: Thanks, Colin... Yes, I do use the player code but I have not seen your simple way explained anywhere on the web... Thanks... Jim For full disclosure, the playback would need to be for Flash Player 9.0.115 or later (that was released about 2 or 3 years ago, so most people are way beyond that). In other words, an ancient AS2 based player won't be able to play those files. ___ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
RE: [OT] Making videos on a Mac
It seems that whatever tool I use - QuickTime, Adobe Flash Video Encoder (CS3), IshowU, Flip4Mac - the ensuing video cannot be played universally on a PC, yet, if I get the same video, created on a Mac but converted to a .flv or a .wmv on a PC everyone seems to be able to play it. Im starting to think that there's something intentional there on Apple's part. Many times Ive come across an embedded Quicktime .mov file on a web page and have it crash out Firefox/Windows (with the latest Quicktime and Firefox updates installed, too). Likewise, Ive had PDFs produced with Adobe Acrobat/Windows that crash Preview on the Mac. One issue I have with QT on Windows was being reported by users as far back as 2006 on the Apple Forums - with no resolution ever posted. The common feature between them is the ugly crash, rather than something a little more graceful. I guess I should be thankful there isnt a Microsoft Visual C++ Runtime Error to go along with it. I sometimes feel like the collective computer users of the world are caught in a perpetual push-me-pull-you battle between Adobe, Apple and Microsoft. Best regards, Lynn Fredricks President Paradigma Software http://www.paradigmasoft.com Valentina SQL Server: The Ultra-fast, Royalty Free Database Server ___ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
Re: [OT] Making videos on a Mac
Handbrake for the Mac is free and quite powerful. A wide variety of controls and options, with user presets. Constant quality encoding. Lots of documentation http://handbrake.fr/ Nov 23, 2009 Jim Ault Las Vegas On Feb 15, 2010, at 12:46 PM, Richmond Mathewson wrote: On 15/02/2010 22:30, Jim Carwardine wrote: snip Why is this so complex on a Mac? Is there no easy way? 'complex' - umm . . . with QT pro you should have no problem saving as AVI or WMV have a look at iSquint: http://www.isquint.org FREE . . . :) and VisualHub: http://www.visualhub.net - now discontinued; but code is free and comparatively easy to build! I think you may be falling for the mythology of things being easier with Windows . . . :) ___ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
Re: [OT] Making videos on a Mac
I work in broadcast production; dabble in xTalk... Colin's method of playing h.264 files via flash is the way to go for cross compatibility if you want to roll your own. If you Google it, you can find all kinds of step by step instructions, if needed. However, I have found that the YouTube/Vimeo/etc. servers are so FAST, that I have moved to using them, embedding the videos on my site. Yes, I hate having their logo on my work, but I decided my users would have a better impression of us if the video started almost immediately than to wait for it to buffer as it streams off our web host's server Tim Selander Tokyo, Japan Colin Holgate wrote: On Feb 15, 2010, at 3:51 PM, Jim Carwardine wrote: Thanks, Colin... Yes, I do use the player code but I have not seen your simple way explained anywhere on the web... Thanks... Jim For full disclosure, the playback would need to be for Flash Player 9.0.115 or later (that was released about 2 or 3 years ago, so most people are way beyond that). In other words, an ancient AS2 based player won't be able to play those files. ___ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
Re: [OT] Making videos on a Mac
The movie on this page (click the TV) demonstrates publishing H.264 movies in Flash players: http://www.dvcreators.net/dv-kitchen-20/ On Feb 15, 2010, at 12:30 PM, Jim Carwardine wrote: How do I make a video on a Mac that can be viewed on a PC? It seems that whatever tool I use - QuickTime, Adobe Flash Video Encoder (CS3), IshowU, Flip4Mac - the ensuing video cannot be played universally on a PC, yet, if I get the same video, created on a Mac but converted to a .flv or a .wmv on a PC everyone seems to be able to play it. I'm using a Powerbook with OS 10.5.8 with QT Pro (up to date). The videos either won't play or they require a Quicktime download in order to play. I want to keep it simple for my users and let them simply go to my web site and play the movie. Why is this so complex on a Mac? Is there no easy way? Jim Carwardine, President CEO OYF Consulting Ph. 902.823.2339 / 866.601.2339 Fx. 902.823.2139 www.StrategicDoing.com StrategicDoing™: When Strategic Planning is finished, execution of your plan depends on your employees. -- ___ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution ___ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
