Best settings so user can view final output in Windows Media

[Tim Kurkoski]

I’m not sure I understand the question. Any WMV file should be readable by Windows Media Player. Are you having a specific problem, or are you asking about getting the best quality from the file?

[The Electric lemon]

Hi Timothy – its just that I produced a wm file three months ago and the client had trouble reading them, until I found the right one, the quality was good, and was playable when shown through a plasma screen at an exhibition.

It is the “based on lossless” section which has the numerous format options, I am going to give the “NearBroadCast_700k” a go overnight and see if that works best.

sorry to be vague I am just stabbing in the dark – if rendering was quicker – my client closer and reasonable – I get a quicker result.

thanks

Julien Reville

[Enzo Tedeschi]

Julien,

If filesize is not an issue, I would use the most widespread, garden variety codec possible (maybe an uncompressed AVI, even?), and max out the bitrate. It will just depend on your playback machine’s grunt.

Or if you wanna stick with WMV, use the highest bitrate possible, and get your playback PC upgraded to the most recent version on Media Player. It’s free, so your client can’t possibly complain if you explain that it’s in their best interests (max compatibility with your work, less playback issues etc…)

Enzo Tedeschi
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