• Adobe Premiere Pro

  Quicktime codec?

  Posted by Steve Morris on October 7, 2006 at 12:13 am

  Does a person on the receiving end of QT file have to have the same codec that was used to compress the file?
  I have a lot of choices which come up for QT codecs. I am experimenting with which is best.

  Steve Morris replied 19 years, 10 months ago 3 Members · 3 Replies
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  Blast1

  October 7, 2006 at 12:37 am

  They should at least have a player version equal to or more than the version used to encode then they are ensured to have the proper stuff to decode.
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  Dave Friend

  October 7, 2006 at 2:00 am

  [stevem1928] “Does a person on the receiving end of QT file have to have the same codec that was used to compress the file?”

  Yes.

  [stevem1928] ” I am experimenting with which is best.”

  Best for what purpose? Answering that will help narrow down which codecs to examine.

  ~Dave
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  Steve Morris

  October 7, 2006 at 9:10 pm

  I am sending a QT file to someone on a CD. I want to choose the codec which will give me the best quality for a 7 min video at 720 x 540 and can fit on a CD and will be able to be decoded by an average to above average computer.

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