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Winows Media Stream files on Mac
Hi,
I have been asked to digitize some video and then create “windows media stream files” that will be placed on the client’s stream server.
I used Quicktime Pros and Flip4Mac Pro version to create the WMV files, but the client said that they are not streaming files.
In the advanced settings, I have set the complexity to “Online Fast” with the idea that this sets a streaming flag in the file header, but this seems to be the only thing that is even vaguely related to streaming.
Is there something I am missing? Is there other software I need? Is it just that it needs to be on a stream server?
Here’s a link to the video…
https://larsbunch.com/Virgin_Records/
Thank you for any help,
Lars
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3 Replies
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If you can exort AVI files to a PC and use the free Windows Encoder you will get the best quality encodes and can set up the clip for a streaming server. It is a klunky workflow but your client will appreciate your effort. If you will be doing more of this it is a good idea to work this out now and have a workflow in place for future projects.
IMO Flip4Mac is excellent for exporting right off a FCP timeline or QT Pro to make a WMV movie. But it is not as good at making large (640 x 480) WMV or for your needs…a streaming file.
Logically it’s best done on a PC.
Rich Rubasch
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My guess is that the main issue is that you are encoding these files using VBR, and the streaming server probably only wants CBR encodes.
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Hi,
Thanks for your help. I ended up doing the export to AVI and compressing in Windows.
Lars
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