quick time streaming on dvd

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quick time streaming on dvd

Hi!
What do you think of putting a quick time mpeg 4 streaming video on dvd for demonstration? I found the quality excellent. Is it possible to put the mpeg 4 video afterwards from this dvd on a website? Crazy? Greetings Mel

Posted on Oct 31, 2005 1:56 AM

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Answer 1

Oct 31, 2005 2:42 AM in response to Melanie Kirchhof

If you're talking about just using the DVD as a storage medium to be played on a computer thru QuickTime Player, the drawback I see is the bitrate or bandwidth requirement staying within the ability of the DVD drive to spin it out. Other than that, does a CD have enough storage for the size of your file? Reading off a CD is generally faster.

As to a website, a .mov file will play properly, A .mp4 doesn't always invoke the Quicktime player...

Or am I misunderstanding you?

Patrick

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Answer 2

Oct 31, 2005 3:15 AM in response to Patrick Sheffield

Hi Patrick,
the webmaster of the webpage my film will appear on wants me to send him a mpeg 4 file. My film is about 4 minutes long. So, is it better to send a .mov file on a CD to him? Thanks, Mel

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Answer 3

Oct 31, 2005 3:18 AM in response to Melanie Kirchhof

If he requested a mpeg 4 file, send him one. 4 minutes should fit on a CD - it's less than 650 megabytes, isn't it? No reason to put it on a DVD then.

If he wants to convert it to a .mov, he need merely load it into QT Player and save it out. But if he's asking for a MPEG4, he must know what he's doing.

Good luck (and welcome to the discussions),

Patrick

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Answer 4

Oct 31, 2005 4:15 AM in response to Patrick Sheffield

Patrick,
another problem: I have to say him how many megabytes my film has. I don´t understand, that in the Finder there is another MB-Number than in the DVD SP3 Information window. What is the right number?
Thanks very much Patrick!

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Answer 5

Oct 31, 2005 4:33 AM in response to Melanie Kirchhof

If you click on your MPEG4 file in the finder and select Get Info from the File menu it should tell you how big the file is. How did you create your MPEG4 file?

Patrick

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Answer 6

Oct 31, 2005 5:16 AM in response to Patrick Sheffield

I did it with Quick Time: 720x576, CCIR 601/DV PAL 5:4, PAL CCIR 601, 16:9.
With htis method I don´t know the kBits/s. With the other possibility Quick Time Conversion it wasn´t possible to get the right quality ( 256 kBit`s, 320x240 or 352x288 CIF), framerate 30 or 25. I got 10MB with both methods and they were horrible!
Mel

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