importing large .mov files into Keynote

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importing large .mov files into Keynote

I am trying to import large QT movie files into Keynote with no success. I've exported uncompressed QT movies from FCP 6.0 in standard def (720x486) and the files range from 10G to 32G. So they are big. When I place the files onto a Keynote slide the program crashes every time I save it requiring a hard reboot of the computer - I cannot even do a force quit - everything freezes with the infamous spinning disk happily whirring away. I'm using Keynote 09 on a MacBook Pro.
My question is, will Keynote handle such large files? Since it is a SD movie file, I am trying to get it to look as good as it can as it will be projected on an 18x12 ft. screen (thru a nice HD projector that can scale for SD). I have exported in H.264 and it looks like crap, so I went to uncompressed QT, creating huge files which Keynote seems unhappy with.
Will Keynote handle this? Is there a way to make SD look anything similar to my timeline without the artifacts I saw in the H.264 compression?
Thanks for any thoughts

MacBook Pro

Posted on Nov 15, 2010 10:54 PM

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Nov 16, 2010 6:23 AM in response to ideas?

I believe that I read on these forms kind of recently that the maximum size of a video that Keynote will handle is 2 GB. I cannot confirm or deny this as I have never tried to add that large of a video to a presentation. I think the best option would be to allow Keynote to use Spaces and then open the video in Quicktime on a different space and switch to that space during the presentation.

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Nov 16, 2010 4:28 PM in response to Kelly Coull

Thank you Kelly. I am working on it. I have not used Spaces like this (or much at all for that matter) but will certainly try it. So far, I am believing you may be right as nothing I do seems to make Keynote happy with my large files. Bummer, as the compressed files - all of them! - just do not cut it.

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Nov 18, 2010 1:43 AM in response to ideas?

Hmmm... is Spaces is the answer, I am lost as to how to make that work for me. If you know how I might achieve this Kelly, I would surely appreciate a little direction. If anybody else has any ideas, I would greatly appreciate your advise. I am pretty convinced that Keynote is not going to be my friend on this one. Apple... are you listening? There are those who want to embed larger .mov files than 2G - is there a "pro" version on the horizon??

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Nov 18, 2010 6:50 AM in response to ideas?

Spaces and Expose are definitely not the ideal answer, but it might work for you. What you need to do first is tell Keynote to allow the use of Spaces and Expose.

Then in the System Preferences set up whatever your preferred keystroke is to activate either Spaces or Expose, whichever you choose to use.

For example, you could use spaces and have the Keynote open in one space and the quicktime movie open in the space below it. Then when it is time to show you movie, press command down arrow key and it will change spaces for you. Then you can play your movie.

Or you could set it up with Expose where F3 shows all windows and then you just have to click to the Quicktime movie.

Does any of that make sense?

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