Ladies and gentlemen,

Sorry for the intrusion, but I'm up against it time wise.

I need to get a clip I have converted into a satiable format to be
played by a very old version of quicktime (3.something)

I have the clip source in .wmv and .mov. I think it's been encoded using
something called H.264

I'm going to start messing around with total video converter, but any
pointers appreciated.

Currently quicktime which is installed on the work computers cannot play
the file - it gives a warning along the lines of "quicktime might
encounter difficulties playing this clip" etc.

I feel sure it's a codec issue but I don't really know where to start.
I'm posting to the wrong group for a start I'm sure!

Any pointers (including the right newsgroup) welcome!
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Regards
Jon

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Ladies and gentlemen,

Sorry for the intrusion, but I'm up against it time wise.

I need to get a clip I have converted into a satiable format to be
played by a very old version of quicktime (3.something)

I have the clip source in .wmv and .mov. I think it's been encoded using
something called H.264

I'm going to start messing around with total video converter, but any
pointers appreciated.

Currently quicktime which is installed on the work computers cannot play
the file - it gives a warning along the lines of "quicktime might
encounter difficulties playing this clip" etc.

I feel sure it's a codec issue but I don't really know where to start.
I'm posting to the wrong group for a start I'm sure!

Any pointers (including the right newsgroup) welcome!
--
Regards
Jon

Simple way is to update Quicktime

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Simple way is to update Quicktime

Indeed, unfortunately that is not an option do to the spec of the
machines and restrictions on what we can actually do with them (group
policy) etc.
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Regards
Jon

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I need to get a clip I have converted into a satiable format to be
played by a very old version of quicktime (3.something)

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Simple way is to update Quicktime

Wish someone would update your reading skills!... :~(

I need to get a clip I have converted into a satiable format to be
played by a very old version of quicktime (3.something)

MOV format is very much like AVI in that it's a "wrapper" for a number of
different compression schema. All you need to do is find out which codecs
were the best when Quicktime 3 was in use, then encode your video using that
setup.

The Sorensen codec was introduced with QT3 - it might be an idea to use
Sorensen 1 as your video format.

declared for all the world to hear...

I need to get a clip I have converted into a satiable format to be
played by a very old version of quicktime (3.something)

MOV format is very much like AVI in that it's a "wrapper" for a number of
different compression schema. All you need to do is find out which codecs
were the best when Quicktime 3 was in use, then encode your video using that
setup.

The Sorensen codec was introduced with QT3 - it might be an idea to use
Sorensen 1 as your video format.

The deadline has passed now, but thanks for that. I did recode it into
sorenson 3 and cut the audio down to 22.5khz mono at 64kbps, but it
still didn't play. Bah! Wish I had tried Sorenson 1 now!
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Regards
Jon

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declared for all the world to hear...

The Sorensen codec was introduced with QT3 - it might be an idea to use
Sorensen 1 as your video format.

The deadline has passed now, but thanks for that. I did recode it into
sorenson 3 and cut the audio down to 22.5khz mono at 64kbps, but it
still didn't play. Bah! Wish I had tried Sorenson 1 now!

If it's any consolation, I wasn't suggesting Sorensen 1 from a position of
knowledge (no change there, then). I just figured version 3 wouldn't work
because it's the current version, and your machines would only have access
to the version that came with QT3 which I assumed to be Sorensen 1.