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How to share an HD .mov file?
Hello all,
Let me start by saying thank you for all of the help I’ve been given at this forum. This place is amazing!
My next challenge:
I used the H.264 compression to make a really great looking version of my 1080i HD 29.97 movie. Then I played around with some settings to get an o.k. looking DVD. I think it looks awful, but some other folks don’t think it looks THAT bad.
Anyway, it doesn’t matter much because this movie (how-to video) will be watched via YouTube and Vimeo.
But here’s the thing – the head of our Division, who is based in another city in Alaska, wants to watch the video to give it the approval to be placed on the web. I could send a DVD, but it looks crummy, and that isn’t how people would watch the video anyway.
The .mov file is 1.3GB. It plays just fine on my Mac, but when I tried playing it on my PC laptop, it was all choppy and didn’t play well. I’m unsure if this is a Mac/PC thing, or if it’s because I don’t have the most current version of Quicktime on my PC. Regardless, we are shackled with a web filtering service at work that prevents me from downloading a more current version of Quicktime on my PC (if that is indeed the problem). This will also be true for the head of the Division.
So how can I get him to watch the best version of this movie so that I can get the o.k. to put it on YouTube and Vimeo?
I thought about sending a jumpdrive with the .mov file on it, but would he be able to watch that on a PC?
Any suggestions?
Thanks,
Erik -
4 Replies
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You have two separate problems: Regarding playback, it’s impossible to tell whether or not it will be jumpy on your boss’ machine, unless he has the exact same unit as yours. I have found that really large MOV files are jumpy when using QT Player on my Windows laptop, but the jumpiness goes away when I reduce the size of the window. If he doesn’t have QT Player, then it will likely default to Windows Media Player which supports the following formats:
https://support.microsoft.com/kb/316992
Regarding sending large files, you could try one of two approaches.
1) Sign up for a free file storage service (like Dropbox.com) which typically start out at 2GB of space which you could share with your boss.
2) Use YouSendIt.com The free version only allows 200 MB, but for just a few bucks, you can send files up to 2GB in size via email. It does this by storing your content on their servers and providing a unique link to the file for a period of time. -
Hi Erich,
Thanks for the quick reply.
So I looked at the different formats from the link you sent me. It looks like my best bet would be to either make a .wmv or an mp4?
I searched for how to do this, and it seems like I might have to buy another program called Flip4Mac WMV Studio Pro HD to do this >https://www.telestream.net/flip4mac-wmv/overview-m.htm
Discussion at this link >https://discussions.apple.com/thread/2743549?start=0&tstart=0
Is that the case? I have Compressor 4. I rooted around in the Settings window and didn’t see a way to make an mp4 or .wmv.
Thanks,
Erik -
I haven’t tried doing what you want to do, but there is an excellent free programme by squared 5 called Mpeg Streamclip
https://www.squared5.com/svideo/mpeg-streamclip-mac.html. This programme can convert to all sorts of formats. It can convert to AVI (windows friendly) or MP4.
Also you may find that VLChttps://www.videolan.org/vlc/is a better choice to view in Windows than Media player.Cheers
Wayne
New Zealand -
Downloaded Mpeg Streamclip and am converting to mp4 right now. Thanks Wayne!
This place is a lifesaver.
-Erik
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