mpeg-2, m2v

[David Roth weiss]

[Geralyn Abinader] “I’m getting MPEG-2 and M2V files. is there a significant difference in the formats? “

M2V is produced by Compressor, other apps, including those on Windows create files with the .mpg extension. If they are encoded by knowledgeable editors or compressionists there should be no difference between the file types.

[Geralyn Abinader] “also, I can’t seem to find a codec or plug-in for my laptop that allows me to playbeck these files. i have to transfer them to my edit station – what codec do I need?”

Download Streamclip, which is freeware. Besides doing very nice transcoding, it also functions quite nicely as a player, and it will handle MPEGs of all flavors.

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[Geralyn Abinader]

thanks so much. I’ll do that.

Geralyn

[Dennis Leppell]

to ensure you can play virtually any video file format ever concieved, do yourself a favor and install VLC player and Perian. They’re both free, and you should never have an issue previewing your vids again.

[Geralyn Abinader]

Many thanks, I’ll try that too. Thanks, Geralyn

Geralyn

[Rafael Amador]

[Geralyn Abinader] “I can’t seem to find a codec or plug-in for my laptop that allows me to playbeck these files”
You need to install FCS (Compressor or DVDSTPro) or buy the MPEG-2 QT Component ($19.99) to play and be able to re-encode these files.
Some flavors of MPEG-2 can be edited in FC without problem.
rafael

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