Moving a QT movie from Mac to PC at DVinfo.net

John Cash · June 27th, 2007, 06:58 AM

Hello everyone, I hope someone can help with this. I have a 4.5 minute movie in QT at 720p HD. The file is currently 660 meg. I dont have sorensen on my mac yet so I tried moving the movie file from my mac to a seagate external hard drive and then uploading from the hard drive to the pc so I can then run it in sorensen to reduce the file size.
When I drag the file into the external and "test play" it on the mac it plays fine. However when I plug the external into the PC and try to run the file I only get audio. I dont have QT pro on the PC just QT7 free download.
It sees the file as 660 meg but wont play it. I also tried to pull it into sorensen and sorensen gives me a warning that the file type is not supported.
I have squeezed other QT movies with it before. I susspect I need QT pro

Thanks

Steve Maller · June 27th, 2007, 08:21 AM

Is it an m2t file? If so, that's an HDV-native file and probably won't play without a real editing system installed.

Jeff Sayre · June 27th, 2007, 02:20 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by John Cash

I have a 4.5 minute movie in QT at 720p HD.

John:

You mention that the movie is "in QT". What is the file fomat? Is it a .mov file or another format? This information will help us to figure out the issue.

John Cash · June 27th, 2007, 03:43 PM

Sorry, Im new to final cut ..coming from Adobe. I saved it as a quicktime and then sent it to compressor. I output it at 720p on the compressor settingsand saved it in Desktop When I double click and hit "get info" it says Quicktime movie so I assume its .mov
Im so new to Mac I dont even know how to pull up the file to see the actual extension
I thought once it was render as a quicktime movie in compressor it was output as an .mov file

Waldemar Winkler · June 28th, 2007, 08:33 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by John Cash

Sorry, Im new to final cut ..coming from Adobe. I saved it as a quicktime and then sent it to compressor. I output it at 720p on the compressor settingsand saved it in Desktop When I double click and hit "get info" it says Quicktime movie so I assume its .mov
Im so new to Mac I dont even know how to pull up the file to see the actual extension
I thought once it was render as a quicktime movie in compressor it was output as an .mov file

When you export a QT file you have the option of exporting as a referenced movie or a self-contained. Referenced movies must connect to original files on you Mac and, unless you have a rock solid network, a PC QT application probably can't find the original files ... so nothing happens. Self-contained QT exports are huge, but do not have to rely on any link to display, as tey contain all data. The reason for referenced files is to save on hard drive space and speed up the file transfer significantly.

This might be an explanation for your quandry.

John Cash · July 2nd, 2007, 07:02 AM

Some of the small Quicktime movies will play. None of the HD files will play. Im starting to think I just need to upgrade tp quicktime pro fpr the pc in order to have the right codec to play the HD files.
The QT movies are all made as self contained.

Thanks for all the input guys

Matt Gottshalk · July 2nd, 2007, 07:30 AM

The Sheer video codec is cross platform.

http://www.bitjazz.com/en/products/sheervideo/

June 27th, 2007, 06:58 AM	#1
John Cash Major Player Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: San Diego CA Posts: 253	Moving a QT movie from Mac to PC Hello everyone, I hope someone can help with this. I have a 4.5 minute movie in QT at 720p HD. The file is currently 660 meg. I dont have sorensen on my mac yet so I tried moving the movie file from my mac to a seagate external hard drive and then uploading from the hard drive to the pc so I can then run it in sorensen to reduce the file size. When I drag the file into the external and "test play" it on the mac it plays fine. However when I plug the external into the PC and try to run the file I only get audio. I dont have QT pro on the PC just QT7 free download. It sees the file as 660 meg but wont play it. I also tried to pull it into sorensen and sorensen gives me a warning that the file type is not supported. I have squeezed other QT movies with it before. I susspect I need QT pro Thanks

June 27th, 2007, 08:21 AM	#2
Steve Maller Major Player Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Burlingame, CA USA Posts: 285	Is it an m2t file? If so, that's an HDV-native file and probably won't play without a real editing system installed. __________________ me@facebook: http://facebook.com/stevemallerphotography

June 27th, 2007, 03:43 PM	#4
John Cash Major Player Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: San Diego CA Posts: 253	Sorry, Im new to final cut ..coming from Adobe. I saved it as a quicktime and then sent it to compressor. I output it at 720p on the compressor settingsand saved it in Desktop When I double click and hit "get info" it says Quicktime movie so I assume its .mov Im so new to Mac I dont even know how to pull up the file to see the actual extension I thought once it was render as a quicktime movie in compressor it was output as an .mov file

July 2nd, 2007, 07:02 AM	#6
John Cash Major Player Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: San Diego CA Posts: 253	Some of the small Quicktime movies will play. None of the HD files will play. Im starting to think I just need to upgrade tp quicktime pro fpr the pc in order to have the right codec to play the HD files. The QT movies are all made as self contained. Thanks for all the input guys

July 2nd, 2007, 07:30 AM	#7
Matt Gottshalk Major Player Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Potomac Falls, VA Posts: 215	The Sheer video codec is cross platform. http://www.bitjazz.com/en/products/sheervideo/