[MacDV] Re: Cross-Platform Compatibility?

[Bobbo]

>Hmmm... OK.  I thought the issue was that you couldn't play the movie
>by itself on the PC, so you tried to put it in a PDF as kind of a
>"container".  So why does it have to be in a PDF file?  Is it for a
>presentation?

Exactly.

My guess as to why it won't play in a PDF on a PC is
>that QuickTime on the Mac is a system-level extension (allowing
>playback anywhere), where on the PC, it is not integrated into the OS
>the same way.  I guess the same could be true for the Windows Media
>format -- it's part of the OS in Windows, but not on the Mac.  Maybe a
>Windows Media file would work in a PDF on Windows?

Thanks for the thoughts, Mark. The point was to build an attractive
presentation, have the movie (which is the meat of the presentation) appear
in a window, and have it .pdf for full visual control and compatibility.
Apparently, this flattening action using QT Pro did accomplish that.

Bobbo

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