Thank you Trevor, very good informations! Tiemo > -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht----- > Von: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:use-revolution- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] Im Auftrag von Trevor DeVore > Gesendet: Montag, 19. Februar 2007 17:40 > An: How to use Revolution > Betreff: Re: OT: Quicktime and which codec ist best supported? > > On Feb 18, 2007, at 3:37 AM, Tiemo Hollmann TB wrote: > > > Hello all, > > > > I am new to Revolution and Quicktime-Video. I have read the > > archives, but > > still unsure about the right way for video. I produce offline content, > > distributed on CD / DVD-ROM > > > > 1. With Revolution build-in player I can only play .mov - right? > > Any QuickTime support file actually. QuickTime .mov files are just > wrappers around audio/video/... tracks. You could play .mp3 files > for example. > > > 2. As mov is only a container format I know that I can use > > different codecs > > with mov. Best results when testing produced the Sorenson 3 codec. > > I tested > > also with SorensonTM ( little less), Apple MPEG 4 (almost as good), > > Apple > > Cinepac (bad quality) and Apple Planar (best quality but incredible > > giant > > file size). > > > > My question is, which codec comes with Quicktime installer, or what > > codec > > can I assume on customer machine? > > This chart may prove useful: > > <http://www.simnet.is/klipklap/quicktime/> > > > 4. Are there differences of quicktime installation between Apple and > > Windows, beside quicktime on apple is preinstalled? > > Some differences. For example, the Windows version can't play Quartz > Composer or PDF files. I'm not sure if the Apple Lossless code works > on Windows either. For what you are doing you should be safe though. > > > 5. If e.g. the Sorenson codec doesn't come with Quicktime, can I > > install the > > Sorenson codec additional to quicktime on customer machine and > > quicktime > > will grab it, if I encoded my mov with Sorenson? > > You can manually install codecs into QuickTimes folder and the next > time you launch Rev the codec can be used. > > > 6. I encoded movs on one of my machines and playing on the other > > machine > > showed only "LSD-like colored blur", though on both machines > > quicktime 7.1.3 > > (Windows) is installed. So there are obvious more factors, as > > quicktime > > version and codec to harmonize - what? > > We would probably need more details on the two machines, settings you > used, etc. > > > 7. Which codec is the best approach with best quality and best > > compatibility > > when using mov? > > As for compatibility (I don't work in video compression) just decide > what version of QT you are going to support and go from there. You > can use the chart I pointed you to to make a decision or manually > install a codec if it is a 3rd party one. > > > 8. As I have read on Apples quicktime site, I need an agreement > > from Apple > > to distribute the player with my application and have to put their > > logo on > > my product. Do you have any experiences with that procedure and > > restriction? > > In my experience it has been very easy to get the agreement in > place. Just make sure you understand what Apple expects from you and > that you are willing to comply. The folks I've dealt with have > always been very helpful. > > > 9. Did anyone tried to play avi or swf in revolution. I am not yet > > so far to > > use a shell execute, but I could think that could be an approach. > > But I > > don't know, if you have the chance to use controls / methods with a > > called > > exe, so that I can control an external player from within > > revolution (stop, > > pause,play,step, get mediastatus,.) > > QuickTime supports up to SWF version 5 which isn't super useful. > Plus, QuickTime 7 made some changes in how SWF is handled in QT. > Users have to enable SWF playback manually now (security issues > perhaps, Apple has commented that I know of). > > You can play back AVI/WMV on Windows in Revolution using Media > Control Interface (MCI) commands and get satisfactory results. You > can also play WMV on Mac: > > <http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windowsmedia/player/wmcomponents.mspx> > > One thing with about MCI on Windows to be aware of though - we > recently came across some Dell laptops (wide screen) that lock up > whenever you try to issue MCI commands. This happens in Revolution > and Media Player so it isn't a Rev specific problem. These computers > were up to date with the latest video drivers. We are experimenting > with a DirectShow external right now as that gets around the issue. > > > -- > Trevor DeVore > Blue Mango Learning Systems > www.bluemangolearning.com - www.screensteps.com > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > _______________________________________________ > use-revolution mailing list > [email protected] > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your > subscription preferences: > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
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