Client wants .mov or .avi viewable and editable on a p.c. Ugh!

Sorted out the media drive issue at least. The files are very large ntsc/dv exports.
.avi ntsc/dv codec isn't working, nor the original .mov exports.
I would have thought ntsc/dv would be a pretty standard codec on the latest build of Quicktime for Windows, but apparently not. The client isn't very media savvy. Should we advise him to try downloading any particular codec component packs?
Or do we need a conversion app? QT on mac seems to limit .avi encoding to none, ntsc/dv, animation, and cinepak.
Anybody had any success doing this?

Hi Joey,
DV usually works on both systems...
You need to deliver at the highest res possible since your client
needs to edit this material and the original source would be best.
However, before you start with big exports or conversion try one or two tests
with Uncompressed and Animation.
Yeah you might end up with huge files but what matter first is that
your client can play your delivered material at its best.
If she only needed to preview this you could suggest to download the ProRes decoder for PC.
So in short export a tiny portion of your material in Animation and Uncompressed (I'd stay away from exporting AVIs if possible)and see what she says
Luca

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