OT: QuickTime vs. QuickTime

Jay Gladwell wrote on 10/21/2004, 8:48 AM

I have a client that has a QuickTime video file they want encoded for Windows Media Player. Not using a Mac, I know practically nothing about QuickTime files, except those encoded for streaming.

My question is, without seeing the file (size may be a clue), how do I determine if it is a QuickTime uncompressed video file (similiar to .avi) or if it is an already encoded QuickTime file ready for streaming?

Thanks!

Jay

Comments

musicvid10 wrote on 10/21/2004, 9:49 AM

Quicktime is just a wrapper, like AVI
It can support several different video and audio compressors.
The way to know how it was encoded is to open it in the Quicktime Player and examine its properties.

Chienworks wrote on 10/21/2004, 9:50 AM

For that matter, in this situation it probably doesn't matter. He's going to give you whatever he's going to give you. You'll just plop it on the timeline and render to the new format no matter what it is.

Jay Gladwell wrote on 10/21/2004, 11:30 AM

Kelly, your point is well take, but the end product would look awful, wouldn't it? Turns out it's a PowerPoint presentation (two hours--yuck).

Jay