CONCLUSION: Any web-video experts?
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- Stephen O Connor
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Cubfan wrote:
Go figure. Just tried Quicktime Pro, and saved a couple of videos to my podcast. It works much better, and if I don't miss my guess, iTunes should show them if I save them in .MOV or .MP4 format, right?
Right now, anybody subscribing through iTunes only sees our MP3s and not our videos, which is likely because they're Windows media.
When I use the "streaming medium" option for both MOV and MP4, I seem to get much better quality than I got with Windows media files. I wonder how much of a hassle it will be for the majority of our users if I switch to Quicktime on our podcast?
If they have iTunes, they can work the video through that. It is free and there is plenty of other great content available through iTunes. If you embed a Quicktime video and they don't have the plug-in, the browser will prompt them to download and install the file.
Some, as mentioned before, may not care to download it, but because of iTunes and the video iPod (Not to mention Playstation Portable), MP4 is an ascending standard. In the world of video blogging, the format is pretty much the standard. MP4 produced by QuickTime will work fine with iTunes. The Hands-On Guide to Video Blogging and Podcasting by Felix and Stolaz (A very worthwile book) recommends using the MP4 and an alternative format--WMV, DivX, or better yet Flash. They go further by suggesting you add even more formats if your audience calls for it.
Out of curiousity, does your QT Pro have an export to FLV option like mine does? I'm puzzled that there is no mention of it at the QuickTime site--yet I have it and I am very sure I did not install any plug-in that would give that capability. The only plug-in I am aware of having is Flip4Mac which enables me to open Windows Media and convert it to another format.
Glad QT Pro worked for you. It certainly is easy enough to use, yet it offers surprising power. Again, I feel it is an essential video tool!
Steve
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- Dave Goodwin
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- Does the new Windows Vista install QuickTime for Windows automatically?
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- Dave Goodwin
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That's the only downside of QuickTime. If you desire to publish a movie in QT, the Windows users may or may not have QuickTime installed. At best, you end up having to direct the user to the Apple site to get QT for Windows before they can watch a .mov file. However, if they DO have QT for Windows installed, no problem.
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- Stephen O Connor
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Dave G. wrote:
Does the new Windows Vista install QuickTime for Windows automatically?
Ouch! QuickTime for Windows is may not be Vista compatible!
www.informationweek.com/news/showArticle...?articleID=197004178
www.informationweek.com/news/showArticle...ection=Breaking+News
Apple is ambiguous and has this page on its site:
appleseed.apple.com/QTVistaSurvey/run/
Furthermore, there is a repair pack for iTunes running on Vista:
www.apple.com/downloads/macosx/apple/ipo...rtoolforvista10.html
Dave G. wrote:That's the only downside of QuickTime. If you desire to publish a movie in QT, the Windows users may or may not have QuickTime installed. At best, you end up having to direct the user to the Apple site to get QT for Windows before they can watch a .mov file. However, if they DO have QT for Windows installed, no problem.
dave
With my Windows Test machine running XP and firefox, you are automatically prompted that the plug-in is needed to view the file, and it runs you through the process. I'll check it out with IE6.
Conversely, those not running Windows have to download players for Windows Media. Of course, you have similar issues with Flash if the right plug-in is not installed.
Steve
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- Cubfan
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Any idea what I can use to rip a video off a DVD that Quicktime Pro can read? bitRipper doesn't work, as the AVI file (which plays fine in Windows Media Player, doesn't load in QT.
Between seeing the difficulty of installing QT (for challenged users), hearing what I'm hearing about Vista and iTunes problems, I'm starting to reconsider offering QT content. FLV may be the way to go afterall. Or I'll just stick with WMV, which is working fine for most.
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- Firefrog
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Hi Clubfan
I am a video professional and in my view your workflow could be improved. Taking an already encoded mpeg2 DVD and conduct further encoding for web delivery is less than ideal. The best way to go is take the highest resolution (quality) format you can and then encode for the required purpose.
Ripping a DVD is a last resort.
I much preferable work flow would be to record your service onto a mini dv tape or DVCAM if you have it. Then capture the DV media right into an encoding program such as sorrenson squeeze. Even a cheap DV camcorder would do the trick.
www.sorensonmedia.com/pages/?pageID=2
Squeeze can capture the DV source and then encode to a wide range of formats ready for any user you may have, from dial up to the fastest broadband. Squeeze can batch encode to various different file types without user intervention!
Any questions please ask!
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- Joe K
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Has anyone tried this?
www.on2.com/consumer/flixstandard/?sid=O...I-45c43d1c00694&ref=
I has a free demo.
If anyone does try it let me know how you made out.
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- Stephen O Connor
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Cubfan wrote:
Any idea what I can use to rip a video off a DVD that Quicktime Pro can read? bitRipper doesn't work, as the AVI file (which plays fine in Windows Media Player, doesn't load in QT.
Between seeing the difficulty of installing QT (for challenged users), hearing what I'm hearing about Vista and iTunes problems, I'm starting to reconsider offering QT content. FLV may be the way to go afterall. Or I'll just stick with WMV, which is working fine for most.
I agree that working from DVD is far less than ideal. It adds many extra steps to your workflow (and lot's of time). As Firefrog mentioned, you are much better off working from a DV file captured directly from your camcorder. QT Pro or many other programs can easily work from DV. If working from the DVD is necessary, then there are programs that can make the conversion, but it is an extra complication that is time consuming with even a fairly powerful computer. Media Fork, a free open source download does a nice job. It is available for Windows, Linux, and Mac. I just tried it out yesterday after I learned it was a more developed branch of Handbrake which I used in the past.
Workflow: DVD -->Media Fork -->QT Pro
Again--why not offer the content in a variety of formats? Even my incredibly technology challenged school superintendent was able to download the plug in (Click OK a few times) without my intervention. Problems with Vista seem spotty and will soon be resolved.
I'd love to have Sorensen Squeeze--very impressive--but you are going to have to pony up a lot more than $30!
Steve
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