quicktime movie won’t read on a windows machine

[David Roth weiss]

Export as ProRes and have your client download and install the free Apple ProRes decoder for Windows.

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[Rafael August]

David,

I did that originally but I’m trying to find the fastest export to keep their cost down. I’m dealing with hundreds of videos and the quicktime movie export is 10 times faster then compressing to ProRes.

Is there anyway to get the windows machine to read the quicktime files with the dvcpro hd codec?

[Mark Maness]

Not that we have found.

Does your client need the original files or is this just for preview?

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[Tom Matthies]

Nope.
The Panasonic (DVC50, DVCPro HD, Etc.)codecs are licensed to Apple for use in FCP and usually not available on a Windows machine without purchasing the Codecs separately (fairly expensive). If it’s just for approval, export a DV25 (or, oddly enough, a DVCPro25) file and they should be able to play it on their machine. It will export pretty quickly as well.Otherwise, use a different Quicktime file format. Sorenson 3 is fairly quick and can be played on a Windows machine with Quicktime installed.
Tom

[Rafael August]

my question is, is there a way for the windows machine to read a quicktime file with the dvc pro hd codec? I know I can use the ProRes codec and they will be able to read the file but that takes much longer for me to export in compressor and I’m trying to avoid that step by just exporting from the export quicktime movie function from the file menu.

[Rafael August]

they need the original files to compress to .flvs. They don’t want me to do the compression so save money.

[Rafael August]

Thanks for the info Tom that helps.

[Shane Ross]

[Rafael August] “is there a way for the windows machine to read a quicktime file with the dvc pro hd codec?”

No…that has been said to you twice before…now three times. No. The DVCPRO HD codec for QT ONLY COMES with Final Cut Pro. Even another Mac wouldn’t be able to read this file unless FCP was installed. There is no way to get a PC to read a native DVCPRO HD file. You must convert to ProRes or other format. The Sheer Codecs from BitJazz are great too.

Sorry, this is a step that you cannot avoid.

Shane

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[David Keslick]

Your client might want to check out Raylight decoder. It will enable them to open dvcprohd files on a windows machine.

Hope this is helpful,

Dave Keslick
DVFilm.com

[Bret Williams]

Tell your client they’ll have to purchase the professional dvcprohd codecs just as you did if they want to do the compressions themselves. They’ll also need another product to do the compressions like compressor or sorenson. Costing them more cash. Otherwise you’ll have to compress them into a codec their consumer machine can read. Try to point out your value.