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  fcp quicktime and .mov

  Posted by Accountclosed on December 15, 2005 at 9:27 am

  what is the difference between a quicktime movie (file/export/quicktime movie) and a quicktime moive (file/export/using quicktime conversion) ?

  the file extension .mov is displayed in the latter and the former exports and loads into fcp quicker and has the fcp icon but is there any technical difference in quality? if you add .mov onto the fcp quicktime it appears as the same as the regular quicktime. is it just a file indexing thing? the tempatation is to export fcp qts and add .mov to save time… appreciate views.

  Jerry Hofmann replied 20 years, 5 months ago 2 Members · 1 Reply
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  Jerry Hofmann

  December 15, 2005 at 4:45 pm

  Yeah, there is. Exporting using QT conversion will ALWAYS recompress the video. (even not changing the format) Exporting using QT movie export will not unless you change the format of the video during the process, and you can also make a non self contained QT movie that will open in any QT compliant app as long as it’s on the same computer that actually houses the media.

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