[Craig Seeman]

I’ve done Mpeg1 in the dreaded Cleaner for Windows Powerpoint presentations. They’ve always worked for my clients. BTW I agree Cleaner Mpeg encoding is bugy but the Mpeg1 it produces (when it does it right) works in Windows Powerpoint.

Don’t ya love it when clients insist they know what they’re talking about when they don’t.

[Craig Seeman]

Hi Scott,

Just to clarify. You’re WMV file with Flip4Mac out of FCP? You said you’re getting a message in PowerPoint that

[scott] “my quicktime format is not set up correctly”

Have you actually created a WMV file?
What version WMV Player does your PC actually have?

Can you post your settings in Flip4Mac (Standard or Advanced/frame size, etc for example)?

To be safe and check work flow I’d recommend creating a QuickTime Reference movie in FCP and then doing the convert to WMV in QuickTime Pro (and it doesn’t tie up FCP that way). Then check your file on the PC using WMV Player.

[Craig Seeman]

Flip4Mac also has WMV HD encoding with surround sound. WMV Studio Pro (which does the 2 pass and HD encoding, etc) also has the new WMV Player Pro which allows you to import WMV files in FCP (as well as QuickTime Pro) for editing. There’s also a less expensive WMV Studio (1 pass encoding, no HD) but has WMV Player Pro also. All this works in Squeeze.

The competition is fierce between CM and Sorenson (with Flip4Mac added of course). A refreshingly exciting time for Mac compressionists after Cleaner’s”dormancy.”

[Craig Seeman]

Flip4Mac has an export component that allows you to convert WMV files to QuickTime. They also have a player component which will allow you to import WMV files into FCP.
Flip4Mac

[Craig Seeman]

[Ben Waggoner] “The only one I know of that does is Compression Master. “

Question I have is why wouldn’t one want B frames tied directly to key frames since they contain most complete “picture?”

[Craig Seeman]

The all important link

Flip4Mac

[Craig Seeman]

So Ben,

I’ll ask something related to the “interesting question,” what do you think about WMV’s use of B frames and a Compressionist’s control over this setting?

[Craig Seeman]

As someone who edited on Avid Media Composers BOTH PC & MAC for 12 years . . . Final Cut Pro.