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Former user wrote on 12/16/2010, 12:54 PM
I run into this 10 times a day. Not just from clients, but from our own sales staff.

sales-"Client needs a Quicktime"
me- -"and..."

blank stares


Dave T2
Jay Gladwell wrote on 12/16/2010, 1:01 PM

Thanks for the chuckle, John.

"Things like H.264 solve this problem. They're PB&J sandwiches all the time. And something known as a 'standard'."

And wherein lies the answer--"a 'standard.' " Life would be so much easier!


farss wrote on 12/16/2010, 1:10 PM
I've been asked for white bread when they really wanted brown. QT is the Hoover of the video world.

Bob.
kkolbo wrote on 12/16/2010, 2:42 PM
But, even h.264 comes in grape, cherry, strawberry, and a few others. I wish it were that simple.

I stopped asking what to send it in. I ask what it is going to play on and I research the format. A local PBS station had no clue about formats, so I finally asked what they play the video on. They said a miniDV tape deck or they bring their XDCAM camera into master control and play it from that. Now I had a target.

I think that was a ham and cheese with mustard on wheat.
Chienworks wrote on 12/16/2010, 2:45 PM
So what's RealVideo? Ipecac on pumpernickle?
kkolbo wrote on 12/16/2010, 2:51 PM
So what's RealVideo? Ipecac on pumpernickel?

ROTFLMAO
TheHappyFriar wrote on 12/16/2010, 6:20 PM
h.264 solves the problem! HA!

THAT's the college answer. :) The real world answer is "let me talk to your editor".

:D
Steve Mann wrote on 12/16/2010, 8:55 PM
So what's RealVideo? Ipecac on pumpernickle?

Best laugh all week!
Steve Mann wrote on 12/16/2010, 8:59 PM
The real world answer is "let me talk to your editor".

Unfortunately, my client is an idiot, and their editor only knows FCP. That is his only and complete view of the editing world. If I don't deliver h.264 in a .mov file, he won't even try to open it on his Mac.