[xcjbx87]

well, i noticed a big diffference in the time it takes to export a quicktime movie and the time it takes to export a .mp4 movie. what is the difference between the two? why does mp4 export so much faster? not as good quality or something?

[Chaaaosss]

It all depends on the codec as I'm sure k2director will be able to explain in far more detail.

Essentially, when you export a Quicktime movie, Quicktime is just sort of the wrapper around the movie, not the actual format, per se. The format, or the variable that dictates export times, is really the codec.

So if you're using Sorenson as your codec when exporting a Quicktime movie, this requires a lot of work when exporting so the movie's efficient when being played so it's going to take a long time to compress. Conversely, MPEG4, as I understand it, takes a much shorter time to compress because that's simply the nature of the codec.

I don't know if any of this helps. I'm going to post it anyway.

[xcjbx87]

ah thanks, now i get why. now is there anyway nowadays to burn .mp4 to a vcd? or do any of that with it? or do i have to convert to .mpg?