• The Mac-Forums Community Guidelines (linked at the top of every forum) are very clear, we respect US law and court precedence when it comes to legality of activity.

    Therefore to clarify:
    • You may not discuss breaking DVD or BluRay encryption, copying, or "ripping" commercial, copy-protected DVDs.
    • This includes DVDs or BluRays you own. Even if you own the DVD or BluRay, it is still technically illegal under the DMCA to break the encryption. While some may argue otherwise, until the law is rewritten or the US Supreme Court strikes it down, we will adhere to the current intent of the law.
    • You may discuss ripping or copying unprotected movies or homemade DVDs.
    • You may discuss ripping or copying tools in the context that they are used for legal purposes as outlined in this post.

Mac AVI movie wont play on windows

A

applebutterfly


Joined
Oct 24, 2011
Messages
1
Reaction score
0
Points
1
Hi there. I created a movie using keynotes, exported as quicktime and finally edited with music using imovies. Final 'movie' is in m4v format.

My videographer who is using windows (adobe premiere) cannot read this file. He asked for AVI so i downloaded mpeg_streamclip to convert this m4v file to AVI but he still cannot add or read it as he says its not a Microsoft AVI.

He has 2 DVDs to make of my 2 daughters 1st birthdays and he cant do the 2 dvds without my 2 presentations.

He now tells me he managed to convert one but having seen it on the final DVD, the frame jumps along with the audio in a couple of places.

How do i do this? please help.
 
MightyGem

MightyGem


Joined
Nov 29, 2010
Messages
2,513
Reaction score
134
Points
63
Location
Warrington, UK
Your Mac's Specs
PPC Mini, 10.4.11. Intel Mini, 10.6.8. MacBook Pro, 10.14.6. M1 MBA 11.6.3 iPhone 5 iOS 12.5,
An avi file is just a container for the video and audio components of your movie. The video and audio can be produced by various codecs. If his PC doesn't have the same codec as your Mac, then he can't play them.

Try using MPEGStreamclip to convert to mpeg4, Quicktime, or both, and see if they work for him.
 

Shop Amazon


Shop for your Apple, Mac, iPhone and other computer products on Amazon.
We are a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate program designed to provide a means for us to earn fees by linking to Amazon and affiliated sites.
Top