Client requests mov file!

You'll need to ask your client what codec you should give her. Output always depends on where the media goes and what you want to do with it.

Do not use Quicktime Conversion. Instead export as self contained Quicktime Movie with current settings (your sequence settings) then take that file into Compressor.

1. I can't recommend a codec .... I don't know where and how she is going to edit this. You need to talk to her.

2. Quicktime Conversion screws up your output. Compressor is far more powerful

3. If you compress the footage you might have trouble editing later. In any case there is no way of knowing what you could compress to without the information from 1.

Theoretically. Bear in mind, however, that a codec needs to be installed on a computer in order to be able to play videos. There can be no answer until you get the specifics.

Saying you have (or want) a QuickTime .mov file doesn't really tell anyone anything. The .mov file extension merely means that the file contains audio and/or video streams. A QuickTime Movie is merely a container ... the video and audio contained within could have been made using any number of codecs.

Think of it this way; if someone asks you what you drive. You answer "a car." You didn't really give them any more information than they probably already had. Same thing when asked about the QT movie file. That's the reason mishmumken said you need to ask her to be specific about what she wants. If she plans to edit, she'll need the video in a format her NLE will work with (BTW, that will not be H.264).

You probably should have converted the original camera files to ProRes LT if you wanted smaller, but editable files.

>I'm assuming ProRes is the best codec because she can then easily change it to H264 later on....right?

H.264 is designed as a final delivery codec ... normally for uploading for web viewing. If she has the right software, she will be able to convert the video you send to H.264 when she's finished the edit.

-DH

Do exactly the same as you did the first time, but change the L&T preferences to Pro Res LT.

DM

It should be possible to get ProRes files into Sony Vegas if she installs Quicktime for Windows and the ProRes codec for Windows: http://support.apple.com/kb/DL2

This has been reported to work with versions 10 & 11; not sure about vers. 9.

I have no idea regarding Movie Maker but if your client has Vegas, I'd forget about Movie Maker.

You still need to find out what codecs are on the machine your client is using.

As to Vegas9; it uses what ever codec is availabe on the machine, it does not ship with any Quicktime codecs.

Maybe there are other codecs installed on the machine, who knows?

So ether you or your client will need to open up VEGAS on her machine and check.

DNxHD is to Avid what ProRes is in Final Cut. It's a good codec but the same rules apply: it needs to be installed and the NLE needs to support it.