more “universal” file format out of FCP?

[Jeff Carpenter]

Double check that your client has Quicktime 7.

Now, there are lots of options that SHOULD work, but an ultra-sure, ultra easy one is to pick “Export for iPod.” That’s pretty much it, you don’t even get any options.

I can’t recall if you can get that in Final Cut, but if you can’t, just export a full-rez quicktime movie and open that in Quicktime Pro and export it from there.

[David Roth weiss]

[mortimer heathcliff] “is there a better option than MPEG-4?”

Sure!!! Of course there’s MPEG-1, but its not the best quality. Windows Media 9 is the best for viewers on a PC. And, then there’s FLASH, which is quickly becoming the hot ticket. However, in your case, the client either does not have QT at all, or a very old version. You need to find out. In the meantime, get yourself Flip4Mac Studio, for $49 I think, and export a WMV for this client right from FCP or Compressor.

DRW

[Scott Davis]

I have the least problems with MPEG-1 for clients.

[Ed Dooley]

There might be something else going on. I have just had the same thing happen with a corporate client.
He read the version number right from the “About QuickTime” window and has 7.1.3. He couldn’t play an
MPEG-4 compressed .mov in Compression Master. Can’t figure it out yet. He could open an MPEG-1 (which looked
terrible) and a SV3Pro QT. Everyone else viewing it on different machines, PC and Mac could open the MPEG-4.

The problem we have in using Windows Media for draft reviews for PC users, is that it’s not
easy to scroll through the clips to discuss specific edits. QT is king for that (now if we could only figure out what’s up).

Ed

[Jeremy Garchow]

MPEG-1 is about the most universal file format around, but it looks like crud.

[J. Tad newberry]

which audio file do you combine this with and how do you do it? whenever i choose mpeg-1, it only renders a video file. do you just send the audio file separately?

[Jeremy Garchow]

It’s MPEG-1 Layer2 I believe it’s called.

[Bret Williams]

Geez, even Microsoft uses flash for videos on it’s own web site. IMHO h.264 blows any flash codec away, but I find that too many people don’t have QT 7. And all a web browser can do is check for QT, but not a specific version. Whereas it’s easy to have a browser check the flash plugin and send the viewer there and install. If QT could do that, I wouldn’t use flash. Also, when they install QT, it starts asking them if they want it as their main player, etc. Depending on what they decide things can get messy. It’s a mess.

[Tielman Dewaele]

WHat about a Quickie with sorenson 1 or 3?

Peace

[Ed Dooley]

Just a guess, but I think you’re using the wrong MPEG-1 setting. Use the one in the Custom Settings folder (MPEG-1 Web).
It compresses a Program stream MPEG. I think what you’re doing is using a setting that gives a separate Video and Audio file.

Ed

[mortimer heathcliff] “which audio file do you combine this with and how do you do it? whenever i choose mpeg-1, it only renders a video file. do you just send the audio file separately?”