Comments on: How to save a movie for playing on a PC http://macintoshhowto.com/software/how-to-save-a-movie-for-playing-on-a-pc.html ...the art of macintosh maintenance... Mon, 21 May 2012 03:58:21 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: admin http://macintoshhowto.com/software/how-to-save-a-movie-for-playing-on-a-pc.html/comment-page-1#comment-30758 admin Sun, 07 Mar 2010 21:37:17 +0000 http://macintoshhowto.com/?p=872#comment-30758 Yes Andrew and Bryson you are right and I have updated the article thanks! @Boyto yes AVI is just a container. You can change the format of the movie inside the AVI by clicking on 'options' in the export dialog box. The Apple default is Cinepack Video, with uncompressed audio - so they are large files! I'm not sure what is the best format to put in an AVI for PC. Anyone PC users out there know? Yes Andrew and Bryson you are right and I have updated the article thanks!

@Boyto yes AVI is just a container. You can change the format of the movie inside the AVI by clicking on ‘options’ in the export dialog box. The Apple default is Cinepack Video, with uncompressed audio – so they are large files! I’m not sure what is the best format to put in an AVI for PC. Anyone PC users out there know?

]]> By: Boyto http://macintoshhowto.com/software/how-to-save-a-movie-for-playing-on-a-pc.html/comment-page-1#comment-30656 Boyto Sat, 06 Mar 2010 07:12:10 +0000 http://macintoshhowto.com/?p=872#comment-30656 I have two installations of Snow Leopard, one an upgrade (I think), one a fresh install, and neither have an export feature in Quicktime X. Also, what do you mean by AVI? AVI is a container format which can contain many different codecs (much to the bane of many a Windows user — http://www.headbands.com/gspot/ was a saviour for working out what codecs an AVI file contained). I assume Apple means a particular codec included by default on Windows when they say AVI. I have two installations of Snow Leopard, one an upgrade (I think), one a fresh install, and neither have an export feature in Quicktime X.

Also, what do you mean by AVI? AVI is a container format which can contain many different codecs (much to the bane of many a Windows user — http://www.headbands.com/gspot/ was a saviour for working out what codecs an AVI file contained). I assume Apple means a particular codec included by default on Windows when they say AVI.

]]> By: Andrew http://macintoshhowto.com/software/how-to-save-a-movie-for-playing-on-a-pc.html/comment-page-1#comment-30597 Andrew Fri, 05 Mar 2010 01:05:03 +0000 http://macintoshhowto.com/?p=872#comment-30597 Even in Leopard, I think that Export is available only in QuickTime Pro. Even in Leopard, I think that Export is available only in QuickTime Pro.

]]> By: Bryson http://macintoshhowto.com/software/how-to-save-a-movie-for-playing-on-a-pc.html/comment-page-1#comment-30592 Bryson Thu, 04 Mar 2010 23:10:55 +0000 http://macintoshhowto.com/?p=872#comment-30592 Thanks for this wayne. A related factor which I've discovered is that Quicktime 10 in Snow Leopard lacks most of the export options which are listed in the above screen shot. There's been a lot of discussion in forums about this lack of functionality in Quicktime 10. To export to AVI you'll have to use Quick 7, which should have been saved to applications (in the Utilities folder) when you update to Snow Leopard. Thanks for this wayne. A related factor which I’ve discovered is that Quicktime 10 in Snow Leopard lacks most of the export options which are listed in the above screen shot. There’s been a lot of discussion in forums about this lack of functionality in Quicktime 10. To export to AVI you’ll have to use Quick 7, which should have been saved to applications (in the Utilities folder) when you update to Snow Leopard.

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