Converting .mov to a format for TV using usb pen drive

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Converting .mov to a format for TV using usb pen drive

Hi, I have Mpeg Streamclip and I'm trying to convert Quicktime movies to play on a TV monitor via pen drive. Choosing AVI export in Streamclip offers many different codecs to choose from. I first went with the default and I got sound but no visuals.

The TV supports AVI, Mpeg2, Mpeg4 and so far I've not managed to get both audio & visuals

The best result so far was to use the Video_ts folder from the movies DVDSP project, but even so this wasn't perfect with some stutter on playback.

iMac, Mac OS X (10.5.8)

Posted on Oct 10, 2011 8:16 AM

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Answer 1

Niel

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Oct 10, 2011 9:39 AM in response to Dwyerfen

Contact the TV's manufacturer and ask or use either MPEG-2 or MPEG-4.

A device saying it supports AVI without any additional details basically doesn't mean anything; AVI is a container, not a format.

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Dwyerfen Author

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Oct 11, 2011 6:01 AM in response to Niel

Thanks, yes I'm aware re. AVI. I've finally achieved success with File>OpenDVD>Video_ts and Export to Mpeg4. (Initially this process didn't work and I'm not sure why)

However this is SD and I'm wondering is there anyway yet to play a HD movie file in HD on a HDTV via a usb memory stick?

My original source is HDV in FCP7 to a Quicktime Movie. I agree re AVI - this is not helpful. I haven't heard of any high street HDTV supporting .mov files in this way.

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Oct 18, 2011 10:57 AM in response to Dwyerfen

Contact the TV manufacturer. It may not have support all the profile of H.264. Some hardware manufacturers only support a subset of the H.264 standard as this is done to save money.

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