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Old 17th July 2009, 01:32 PM
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I'm rendering out a half hour long audio visual mix, just wondering what multi- platform codec I should use [mac and pc] ? Its for download purposes , to be played on laptops ,desktops...
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Old 17th July 2009, 01:37 PM
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I've had issues with mp4's particulary on PC's but also strange green frames on mac, even when encoded on the same mac, so I'd say divx, but...
not everyone has divx....
both?
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Old 17th July 2009, 05:55 PM
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divx is mpeg4 in an avi wrapper.
i'd go for .mp4 files myself as less windows centric and there are decent freeware encodeders and decoders.
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Old 18th July 2009, 06:27 AM
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thanks guys, I'm probably going to do it as an mp4, seems less problematic and more available...also i'm getting wierd green line on top of frame when i encode divx..
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Old 18th July 2009, 08:20 AM
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Perhaps also consider Xvid. DivX wasn't free last time I looked. DivX players have(/had) a nasty tendency to come with adware that was difficult to remove.

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Old 21st July 2009, 12:57 PM
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Anybody experiencing a little difference between sound and image in mp4 encoding?
I find images a little bit slower thad sound.
Both in progressive and interlaced encodings.
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Old 22nd July 2009, 01:59 AM
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