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FCP project to windows based Powerpoint
help help help!
I have a couple of sequences edited in FCP HD which I need to output to Powerpoint on a windows laptop. I have tried saving as avi but the best quality generates a huge file which the windows laptop then has problems playing (sound breaking up etc, yes its the laptops lack of ability problem but this has to go out to around 40 people who may also be playing it on rubbish laptops).
The sequences are of football (soccer) so there is lots of movement which obvioulsy causes compression issues. They are short pieces, the longest being 2 minutes.
Anyone got any suggestions? I do have Compressor but havent found a setting which windows will recognise.
Thanks for you help
Tim
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5 Replies
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Windows can recognize QuickTime Movies if the machine has downloaded the free player from Apple… Might try the Sorenson 3 codec in a QT movie and make the data rate sort of high with it. I’d venture to guess even older laptops could play that.
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I have found that the best video file types to use within PPT are wmv. You can download a windows media encoder (free) from Microsoft. They have a High Definition CBR codec at about 5mbs. Since you are coming off a Mac I would look into Flip4Mac software which is supposed to integrate with Compressor2.
Good Luck
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Or even MPEG1. Depends on the laptop. Most of my clients are still using underpowered old computers. MPEG1 is about the only video I can get to play through powerpoint on some of these puters.
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MPEG1 is close to universal but will probably give you poorist quality. You have to juggle between target market and target computer.
WMV9 files can playback on a a properly updated WMP7.1 on a Windows 98 box. Flip4Mac works fine in Compressor 2. Great if you want to batch encode. You could consider a higher data rate file for presentation from projector on a fast computer and lower data rate file for desktop playback on older laptops.
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Thanks for all your help guys, I will see what I can do from your suggestions
Cheers
Tim
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