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What format does Quicktime encode in?
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I just delivered a reel to an actor in the form of a DVD.
Now he calls me and says he cannot use the format the files are on the DVD. He wants to put it on the internet, and the format is Quicktime.
Is Quicktime a format? Or is Quicktime's format MPEG-4, while a DVD is MPEG-2?
What's the best way to convert MPEG-2 to the format used by Quicktime?
Thanks for helping to put the babylonian chaos of video file formats into an order!
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Yeah, Quicktime encodes in MPEG4.
You can convert it to another format using MPEG Streamclip or, the slightly less straight-forward to install, ffmpegX.
Good luck,
onlyone-jc.
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Originally Posted by analogika 
Thanks for the info.
I'll prepare this for any future actor. I just have to check out if he has a mac or a computer from the dark side running Doors, Hatches, Loopholes, Windows, or some other weird system software.
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Originally Posted by onlyone-jc
Yeah, Quicktime encodes in MPEG4.
You can convert it to another format using MPEG Streamclip or, the slightly less straight-forward to install, ffmpegX.
Good luck,
onlyone-jc.
Thanks. I'll give him MPEG STREAMCLIP as an alternative.
FFMpegx, I tried to install it myself once, but it comes in three parts, and I could never get it to run for some reason. Also, it looks very complicated. It also looks like it can do similar things as Mac The Ripper, can't it?
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Originally Posted by Veltliner
Thanks for the info.
I'll prepare this for any future actor. I just have to check out if he has a mac or a computer from the dark side running Doors, Hatches, Loopholes, Windows, or some other weird system software.
Actually, I believe HandBrake is cross-platform.
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Handbrake works on all three major platforms.
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Handbrake is the way to go. Don't even mess with ffmpegX, it blows compared to Handbrake.
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But why go through the two conversion quality loss process?
Do one conversion from whatever format you have to the format he wants. Going through DVD/MPEG2 is not a good idea.
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Originally Posted by mduell
But why go through the two conversion quality loss process?
Do one conversion from whatever format you have to the format he wants. Going through DVD/MPEG2 is not a good idea.
Good point.
In this case, I'd have to deliver two DVDs, one with the video in MPEG-2, one with MPEG-4.
But in this case: the reel will be playing in a rather low resolution, and the loss in quality might not even be noticeable.
But I'll definitely research the matter and inquire at which resolution this actor's reel will be playing on the web.
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