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mac to pc codec
I’m delivering some animations to an online editor whose Avid HD system is PC based and is 1920×1080, HDTV.
I am on a Mac.
I am wondering what I should render my quicktimes with. Would he be able to read apple’s H.264 codec? He can’t read DVCProHD, correct?
Do I have to render lossless animation? Those files would be HUGE.I have tried to do some online researching, but don’t feel like I am able to find anything clearly spelled out for me.
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Thanks for the advice. fantastic!
I downloaded the trial version to check it out. Looks like I need the Flip4Mac WMV Studio Pro HD version.My only problem is that I am unfamiliar with non-mac settings.
For optimal quality, should I be rendering my files out 1920×1080, upper field first, lossless high-quality animation codec quicktimes?
Or can I use apple’s H.294 compressor for the initial render without losing too much more quality in the second converting step? Or does it not matter either way?So far, I have tried exporting my animation through Quicktime as an AVI movie. Cinepak and BMP compressors are too low. The only other option is no compressor and that leaves me with a massive file. At that point, I might as well deliver the lossless high-quality animation codec quicktimes to them because I know they can read those files.
I’ve tried exporting them out as .WMV files, but it fails almost immediately. This is with the WMV 9 standard codec.
I tried the WMV 9 Advanced codec and it also failed.
Perhaps because this is still a demo version?Are there any other solutions out there?
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