You can always make a Photo Jpeg.

On Tue, Jul 15, 2014 at 11:50 PM, Douglas <[email protected]>
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> Try playing your files on VLC player, it's freeware and may work just
> fine. I wouldn't recommend h.264 since it's heavily compressed.
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> dK
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> > On Jul 15, 2014, at 5:52 PM, "Dave Tetzlaff" <[email protected]> wrote:
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> > I'm not an Avid expert, but I know they typically use proprietary
> codecs. What container were they in? AVI?
> >
> > If QT can't play the files, that could either be an issue with the codec
> per se, or your Mac not being equipped with the extra widgets needed to
> handle the headers of PC-based containers.
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> > All H.264 encoding software is not created equal. Use x264, which is
> freeware available as a stand-alone plug-in that works with stuff like MPEG
> Streamclip, and also comes built-in with recent versions of Handbrake (also
> freeware). There are more tweaks available in the interface than Carter has
> pills. I've never had any odd color or contrast problems using the presets
> (since the individual setting parameters are mostly WAY over my head), but
> if you did get results you don't like, you could probably find a setting
> that would do the trick if you got under the hood far enough.
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> > Anyway, as Aaron said, the problem may be the playback software, not the
> files you've generated themselves. I agree with Aaron that H.264 is usually
> the best thing to send out, if only due to file size. For shorter pieces,
> I'd use ProRes if the venue accepts it. For the H.264, I recommend putting
> it in an .mp4 container, as that's more universal than .mov .avi .mkv etc.
> etc.
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> >> tested some mov files today (exported 'same as source' from avid 3.0 on
> a pc) on a mac, quicktime wouldn't open them & vlc played them back
> deinterlaced (& with a green line at the top, in one case)
> >> any ideas what's up?
> >>
> >> i've tried H264 exports but the colours/contrast get washed out, so i'm
> avoiding that option; thought that 'same as source' would be better than
> any form of compression ...?
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