[MacDV] Re: Playing a Mac generated DVD on Windows XP

CFlatow cflatow at optonline.net
Sun Mar 14 17:12:02 PST 2004




On Sunday, March 14, 2004, at 07:48  PM, Erica Sadun wrote:
>
> Media is a factor but bitrate is also a factor.
> If you want to play back on computers, make sure
> you lower that bitrate a lot. iDVD uses 8 Mbps
> for its 1-hour videos, a rate that exceeds the
> playback capabilities of many computers.
>
> -- Erica

I think this may be it.
I notice that the counter is running on the player and then if I hit 
the fast forward button, I see one frame of the video and then the 
screen goes back to green.

Thanks- this is helpful information.

Do you have a suggested bitrate that I should pass along?

Carl



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