Re: [Avid-L2] Re: wmv issues

I've had reasonably good luck using MPEG2 Program Stream files -
provided that the client computer has a DVD player in it, so it has the
codex installed.

Mark

On 11/2/09 4:52 PM, geo.cohn wrote:
>
>
> I use ffmpeg for most encoding. When a client needed material to run in
> Powerpoint, we had a terrible time finding a format that didn't suck.
> There is even a "Microsoft MPEG4" codec that you can use for wmv files.
> It looked pretty good on the Totem player (Ubuntu Linux), but I haven't
> found a version of Windows Media Player that can handle it. I ended up
> using one of the older codecs, with unhappy results at many of the
> transitions.
>
> --- In Avid-L2@yahoogroups.com <mailto:Avid-L2%40yahoogroups.com>, Rick
> <a_pmb_fan@...> wrote:
> >
> > Not sure if DIVX will play inside PPT. Has someone tried it? I
> created an m4v mpeg4 file and wrote a quick asx file for it. When I open
> the asx file, the m4v file then plays in Windows Media player, but the
> same file will not work in PPT. I can import the asx, but
> once I'm viewing the slide show, nothing plays. If I try to import the
> m4v file, I get an unsupported file message. For supported formats in
> PPT, they list all variations of mpeg 1 and 2.
> > Rick Emery
> > www.rickemery.com
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > ________________________________
> > From: David Ross <speckydave@...>
> > To: Avid-L2@yahoogroups.com <mailto:Avid-L2%40yahoogroups.com>
> > Sent: Mon, November 2, 2009 2:11:16 PM
> > Subject: Re: [Avid-L2] wmv issues
> >
> >
> > Probably, but I've never tried before.
> > If your client already has DIVX on their machines and you're happy to
> use it
> > too, then why not? If they don't already have the DIVX decoder installed
> > It's not something that I would ever recommend to a client and I'd
> only use
> > it if they specifically asked for it.
> > Don't really see it as professional and I'd hate to be responsible for it
> > taking over their machine and bugging them with all the update and
> upgrade
> > reminder crap it comes with.
> >
> > D.
> >
> > 2009/11/2 Lou Wirth <loutv@mindspring. com>
> >
> > >
> > >
> > > How about DVIX?
> > >
> > >
> > > On Nov 2, 2009, at 10:46 AM, David Ross wrote:
> > >
> > > > mpeg1 will work fine (though will no doubt look crap...)
> > > > A muxed mpeg2 may also be an option if they have an appropriate
> > > > decoder on
> > > > the machine running PPT. (I think this should be the case as long as
> > > > they
> > > > simply have DVD-Video player software installed, though I could be
> > > > wrong.)
> > > >
> > > > D.
> > > >
> > > > 2009/11/2 Lou Wirth <loutv@mindspring. com <loutv%40mindspring .com>>
> > > >
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > It weird because I was able to make WMV on my mac using compressor
> > > > but
> > > > > not that compressor is not working I am not able to do it. Client
> > > > > insists that is all that works in PPT. ARe there any other options?
> > > > > They say the MPEG4 does not work.
> > > > >
> > > > > thanks
> > > > >
> > > > > Lou
> > > > >
> > >
> > >
> >
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> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
> >
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