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QT Pro for client PC to see Mac QT files?
My client has XDcam and HDV footage which i have captured to my system in their respective codecs. Both file types play on my Mac right in QT without having to open FCP. I transferred one to my client’s PC and QT opened but wouldn’t play the clip because “the required compressor could not be found.” What is the workaround here?
Thanks again!
J. Tad Newberry
Big Ya Productions
Power Mac G5
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They play on your Mac because the correct codecs come with FCP.
Unless the codecs are on your clients computer they can’t play. From memory, it has been mentioned here at the COW whether the HDV & XDCam codecs for quicktime on a PC is available so a search of this forum should answer your question.
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Michael is almost perfect, but not quite, this time he missed one… But, maybe the news is a bit slower reaching Tasmania. In any case, they company at the following link does have decoders for Windows that will allow you to deal with HDV and XDCam files, but these decoders are, at least in my opinion, a bit expensive.
https://www.calibratedsoftware.com/QXD.asp
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Thanks again guys for such quick responses. Maybe a better option would be for me to do a sort of batch process of all these files into something much smaller (they would just be for client viewing, and maybe logging) and more “universally” readable on a PC. If so, what might be the best codec for that?…or is that even feasible since they would still be going through FCP…
Thanks again!
J. Tad Newberry
Big Ya Productions
Power Mac G5
Dual 2 GHz
http://www.bigya.tv -
[J. Tad Newberry] “(they would just be for client viewing, and maybe logging) and more “universally” readable on a PC”
H264 is pretty universal and a nice lean but food quality codec for distribution.
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QuickTime Pro does not add the ability to play any files that the regular QuickTime cannot. It mostly just adds saving and export options.
Like someone else said your computer can play the files because the proper codec was installed along with Final Cut Pro.
There are no “technical solutions” to your “artistic problems”.
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[Alexander Kallas] “Hey, have you guys forgotten MacDrive?”
No. The issue here isn’t a drive that can’t be read on a PC, but a codec in Quicktime. Not the same issue.
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Try exporting a quicktime h.264, sorenson 3, png, jpeg . . . those will all work on a pc. if you need lossless, go for animation.
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