Confirmed here: I'm getting good results with MPEG4 on both platforms.
It *does* require WMP v9, so Windows upgrade laggards will be your problem.
Luis wrote:
Well MPEG-4 should work across the board with recent releases of QT (v7)
and WMP (v9).
MPEG-2 will get you DVD quality, whereas MPEG-4 h
Hi Steve
I've found saving video in the old mpeg-1 (.mpg) format works fine & is
highly compatible because it works on older windows media player &
quicktime versions as well (ie. pc & mac).
File sizes are not as compact as newer codecs but it also isn't as
resource hungry on playback.
A
Well MPEG-4 should work across the board with recent releases of QT
(v7) and WMP (v9).
MPEG-2 will get you DVD quality, whereas MPEG-4 has been aimed at HDTV.
Another option is DivX, the players for both are free and to encode
DivX you need DivX Pro, which is about $20, although I don't know
Recently, Bill Marriott wrote:
> I think that answer is right for mp3 audio. But for video, I don't know of a
> one-size-fits-all format.
MPEG is one. Problem is, I don't know which codec is best to use, but I
have delivered cross-platform CD-ROMs before that used single video files
for both typ
I think that answer is right for mp3 audio. But for video, I don't know of a
one-size-fits-all format. The only sure-thing on Windows is AVI, and the
only sure-thing on Mac is QuickTime. The only possible exception would be if
plain-vanilla QuickTime would play an AVI file (that used one of the
Could you have two movies? .mov for Macs and .wmv for windows users?
Although .mp3 sounds good too.
James Z.
On 10/23/06 2:23 PM, "Dan Shafer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I've been studying this question as well for some time and I keep coming to
> different conclusions depending on which multi
I've been studying this question as well for some time and I keep coming to
different conclusions depending on which multimedia guru I've consulted most
recently. :-)
The most recent input I got said, "Why don't you just encode in mp3 and let
the system figure out what's the best app for displayi
Steve,
> Can all of this be avoided, including the necessity of including the
> Quicktime
> installer, by making the Windows version of the standalones using AVI
> format?
> Do all Windows computers come with AVI reading capabilities preinstalled?
> Would there be any drawback to using AVI rathe
Hi Steve,
I'm creating Rev standalones containing movies, for both Mac and
Windows, to
be distributed on CDs. I create the Rev standalones on a Mac,
incorporating
Quicktime movies. Since many Windows users do not have Quicktime
installed
on their computers, I include a Quicktime install
I'm creating Rev standalones containing movies, for both Mac and Windows, to
be distributed on CDs. I create the Rev standalones on a Mac, incorporating
Quicktime movies. Since many Windows users do not have Quicktime installed
on their computers, I include a Quicktime installer on the CD, b
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