Cross-Platform video

Is there a work around to use WMV files when creating a
projector for a PC when working in Director for Mac? I'm trying to
create a projector for distribution via CD-Rom that won't require
the end user to download a third party application (ie. Quicktime)
to view video files.

Thanks for your help Sean. I decided to go with Flash because
I'll need it for other things in the future. The video works great,
but I'm having problems with playback controls. I posted another
topic about this, but here's a copy of what I was asking.
>I'm creating a cross-platform projector to be distributed
via cd-rom. I bought flash 8 so i could use the on2 vp6 codec for
the video in my projector. I downloaded the update for Director
10.1.1 with the flash 8 asset xtra, and the video is working fine.
My only problem is I can't get any playback controls. I read in the
flash 8 xtra addendum that it can't support the version 2
components of which the flvplayback component is a part. Is there a
way of getting around this and using the flvplayback component or
can I create my own playback component that will work in Director?
The video is 8 min. and I need at least play/pause and hopefully
scrubbing. I am fairly new to director and brand new to Flash, I
don't have much experience in scripting, but I can figure it out if
I need to. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

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Cross platform video capture

Does JMF support video capture on OS X ?
More generally, I would like to write a cross platform application in Java that can capture video from a USB camera. I would really appreciate it if some one could at least point me in the right direction.
Thanks,
Dan

fxRichard wrote:
Now my next question will be does anyone know what will be required to do video capture on mac? I know it is not officially supported but have seen people run JMF on it.I'd imagine you'd need to hack the Linux version onto your MAC...otherwise, no capture on MAC.

Formattiing a Lacie for cross-platform video production

Hi, not sure if this is the right place to post but here goes:
I've been working on FCP and macs for a few years now, but just started grad school where they have a deal with Avid and are therefore 100% PC based. I want to be able to work at home on my mac/macbook pro as well as at school with LARGE files, and bought a lacie 1TB after a massive G-Drive failure and the worst tech support ever.
Can I format the drive to work on both? Ive heard FATS32 is the way to go with cross-platform but I will be working regularly with 10GB files and up, so the 4GB restriction there won't work. Basically is there any way to both read/write files onto the drive from the AVID studios at school to my AVID studio at home without complicated partitioning of the drive, etc.
ANy help is appreciated!

Hi
The LaCie software and firmware updates are available from their support site here:
http://www.lacie.com/us/support/index.htm?rid=10033
Just select your drive model from the list at this url.
You will also find a very useful FAQ there too. I seem to remember that this very topic is covered there, but I could be mistaken.
I hate to say it but you may have to go back to the beginning and just use the LaCie software to do the cross platform partition. The third party software might not do it for you but try the LaCie firmware update first as it may be all you'll need, (if you need it).
Regards,
JIm

Best cross platform video format?

I have a couple websites that I created video tutorials for. I used Snapz Pro to record which outputs a .mov file and then I converted to Flash assuming this would be the most cross compatible, but that was before iPad, iPhone4 and Steve's comments about/against Flash.
So now I'm trying to figure out what format would be the most comptible for PC, Mac, iPad and iPhone. I have the original .mov files.
What are people doing to create a video that can be seen on all these devices and browsers?

Colin has pointed you in the correct direction.
I'll bet you're using just plain text "links" to your files. That method by-passes the browser plug-in and can cause issues (especially on Windows).
You need solid html code that gives the browser plug-in all of the needed instructions.
Another thing that may have happened is that your fast start files have lost their fast start abilities. This happens with any fast start file that is then edited and uses a regular "save". Save As will restore the fast start feature (even in files that do not normally have it).
AVI is dead. Do not use it.
Many WMP formats (codecs) are not yet ported to the Mac OS so that delivery container should also be ruled out.
H.264 Video codec (default in most Tiger app exports) also requires the viewing machine (Mac or PC) have QuickTime version 7 installed.
Since not all machines can install QT version 7 (requires 10.3.9 or Win 2000 or XP) maybe you should rule it out, too.
So.
What are we left with?
Maybe QuickTime format using MPEG-4 Video codec and AAC audio?
They would only require QuickTime version 6 be installed. Since version 6 has been around for over 5 years it may be your best option.
But you're still going to get complaints from PC viewers.

Cross platform CS on PC to CS3 on Mac does not work like video says

Your video on cross platform workflow states that you can import older Premier CS files on a PC into CS3 on a Mac. I tried this and get the message, "this project was saved in a aversion prior to Adobe Premiere Pro CS3 and cannot be opened on a Mac. Please refer to the User Guide for import options." I guess I have to assume then that the video, www.adobe.com/go/vid0236, is wrong about this? Can someone please explain how I can salvage the work I did 3 years ago on Premiere Pro 1 on a PC when I am now exclusively working on the Mac in CS3?
Thank you.

Ty,
This has come up a few times and the solution is to find a PC CS3 user, who will Open the Project and then Save it in CS3-CS4 for you. I does mean that you'll have to befriend a PC-person, but who knows, maybe you can reciprocate later on. In each previous instance, this workflow, PC to PC to Mac worked perfectly. Note: the same holds for Encore Projects, and there is some PC to PC incompatibilities between very early versions and later versions. I had to Open and Save an Enocre 1.0 Project in CS2, so a CS4 (only) user could then Open in CS4. This stuff happens, and the skip in Mac porting can play a role in it. If I had CS3 on my PC's, I'd do it for you, but CS2 will not hlep you.
I believe that P 6.5 was the last previous version ported for the Mac, until CS3.
Good luck,
Hunt

Mega simple video capture and edit program. Cross platform.

Looking for a mega simple video capture and edit program. Am overseeing a bunch of small groups where we want each person in the group's story told. Some groups will have Macs, some PCs, some iPads, iphones, etc. So needs to be cross platform.
Really, the simpler, the better. Like targeting 5 year olds

Is there any software anyone recommends - Sorenson?
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Cross platform power point videos - need help!

I'm trying to create a MS powerpoint that will work on either windoze or Mac (my primary creation platform is MS office 2011 on the mac, but I also have MSO 2010 on an XP machine).
I've somewhat mastered the issues with audio files, but am stymied with videos. I have youtube donwnloaders for both the mac and windows, but cannot get a format with either that is supposed to work cross platform [I can't depend on any iTunes or other non standard apps on the windoze machines].
According to a post on a MS help site, the video formats that are supposed to work crossplatform are: MOV M4V AVI WMV. Unfortunately, neither of the youtube downloaders I have can create any of these formats that work. The downloader on windoze can create an AVI, but PPT won't display it when I embed it in the slide.

I'm trying to create a MS powerpoint that will work on either windoze or Mac (my primary creation platform is MS office 2011 on the mac, but I also have MSO 2010 on an XP machine).
I've somewhat mastered the issues with audio files, but am stymied with videos. I have youtube donwnloaders for both the mac and windows, but cannot get a format with either that is supposed to work cross platform [I can't depend on any iTunes or other non standard apps on the windoze machines].
According to a post on a MS help site, the video formats that are supposed to work crossplatform are: MOV M4V AVI WMV. Unfortunately, neither of the youtube downloaders I have can create any of these formats that work. The downloader on windoze can create an AVI, but PPT won't display it when I embed it in the slide.

Recommended way to unit test mobile cross platform C++ in Visual Studio 2015

Hello,
I'm playing with the new Visual Studio 2015 to check its capabilities for cross platform development using C++ as coding language. I've seen several videos in Channel9 about this feature but I don't remember hearing in any of these a word about how
to unit test such projects from Visual Studio 2015. Is there some recommended way to create unit tests for such projects?
I'm not sure I can use Visual Studio test projects for C++ to test the android library or the Windows Phone 8.1. If I add a new platform ARM to a test project of those, I cannot select in the platform toolset combo the values that I have for my libraries
(Clang 3.4 and Windows 8.1 respectively). So it seems that such test projects are not addressed for cross platform c++ in VS2015.
I also have tried to make a second cross platform library project to contain the tests, adding there the Catch.h file from catch framework or adding the files from Google Test framework. My idea was to link each cross platform test library with their corresponding
"production code" libraries. In both cases (catch and gtest) I have problems when trying to compile the test framework files (not sure if it is not possible or just my fault being new at C++ for mobile platforms).
Has anyone succeeded unit testing the cross platform c++ code in VS2015? How?
Thanks in advance,
Jorge.

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Exporting Cross Platforms/Windows Media Encoder

(I know this is an apple forum, but I have transferred videos across platforms from a Mac to a PC. My employer wants me to create wmv files to play on windows media player and all the other forums told me to cross platforms if I couldn't pay for a program to export through Final Cut Pro.)
Long story short, I exported out of FCP into M2v files. The files are now on the PC, where they play fine. However, when I try to convert into wmv, I lose the first 3-4 seconds of video and it throws the audio off by that much. Am I doing something in Windows Media Encoder to lose that or was the initial transfer from FCP the problem?
Any help would be great.

No answer from me about what to do on your PC, but you might go directly from FCP to WMV using Flip4Mac in trial mode. It will give you 1/2 the duration of a clip, up to 30 seconds, so you can test whether it works for your purpose. Could be worth chunking out the $49. for the license.

Suggestion on using Cross platform JMF

hi all,
I have been using JMF windows performance pack to run audio and video in an applet.After creating jar file out of that, i tried running it in another system and found that,my jar file executes only after installing JMF in that system.How to solve this problem.What if i want to execute my jar file in other platforms such as linux,mac os x,etc.Should i use CROSS PLATFORM JMF.Please help me solve this problem.
Thanks in advance
Regards

The performance pack versions of JMF are "generally" just for video capture functionality, eg. webcams and tv cards.
If your code just requires JMF to play media ( video/sound) then I suspect you can get away with the cross-platform version. But if you need video capture, then that's too intensive for pure java, and Sun had to use native code, which required the separate "performance pack" releases.
regards,
Owen

Making cross-platform AVIs readable by Windows?

Okay, before describing the whole problem, we're using Compressor 2.0.1 Academic, not 2.3 as we have G5 Macs here and didn't feel the need to do the crossgrade upgrade, and I don't necessarily need a Compressor based solution, just any solution that works. (if not Compressor, then hopefully some freeware app)
Basically, I need to get cross-platform AVIs that are readable by Windows, of finished projects, that can then be converted into WMV format with Windows Media Encoder. I'm aware of solutions like Flip4Mac and Cleaner, but I don't want to limit myself to WMV7 support, and Flip4Mac doesn't give advanced enough options in terms of setting things like bitrate.
I've tried a variety of tools, including Compressor, MPEG Streamclip, ffMpegX, and I just can't get cross-platform readable AVIs, either in uncompressed format, or using Apple Motion-JPEG at 100% quality.
The main problem with Compressor, at least 2.0.1 (if they've fixed it in 2.3 please let me know), is that once an AVI gets above a certain file size, it seems to be 4GB, but this isn't a FAT32 file system limitation, then the index header just gets corrupt.
That is, let's say I want to compress HDV to WMV. I have to:
a) Compress from HDV to a H.264 100% quality (or Apple Motion-JPEG 100%) RESIZED to 960x540. (half size) This is because Compressor can't resize files going to AVI
b) then compress that file to an uncompressed AVI
c) drag that AVI into VirtualDub on a PC, which will read it, but has to reindex the file, and then output another uncompressed copy
This does work, but it's cumbersome as ****, and there has to be a better solution.
The guys at Squared5 (MPEGStreamclip) said 1.8 fixed the problem with AVI's not being cross-platform readable, but I tried that version, and I'm getting errors, so I've sent them error logs to try and troubleshoot it. The error log in question is here:
http://www.goodcowfilms.com/web/mpegstreamclip18errorlog.rtf
ffMpegX will kinda work, if I use the Microsoft MPEG4v2 codec, but only up to a certain filesize as well.
DivX Pro won't take HDV files, so that isn't helpful.
Any suggestions here? I just need to make AVIs, in a lossless (or near close, like 100% JPEG) format that are cross-platform compatible.
Thanks in advance.
work: 4x2.5GHz G5, 4GB DDR2 SDRAM/home: 1.83GHz Core Duo, 1GB 667MHz DDR2 SDRAM Mac OS X (10.4.8)

How new is the version you speak of? I tried the demo for their highest end WMV suite about a month ago, and not only did it not allow you to set custom bitrates, but when converting video it left a green tinge on it that would come and go. (HDV to WMV)
I also apparently found out the exact feature or support I need... I need a Mac program that can write an AVI 2.0 complaint file. AVI 1.0 doesn't support files over 4GB, whereas AVI 2.0 has an unlimited file size limit.
Squared5, the makers of MPEGStreamclip, are going to look into adding it into their next version.
work: 4x2.5GHz G5, 4GB DDR2 SDRAM/home: 1.83GHz Core Duo, 1GB 667MHz DDR2 SDRAM Mac OS X (10.4.8)

Cross-platform compatibility?

Not addressed in product specs:
How does Muse handle cross-platform compatibility?
Does it use HTML5 features?
How does it handle audio and video?
Can it generate a 'functioning' contact form?

Muse handles output for most desktop browsers well.
Muse only produces HTML5.
Muse does not import audio or video files unless you paste code into this 'codeless' design tool.
Muse only produces client side javascript. It offers no server side scripting (contact forms, comment areas, user account registration, password protection, e-commerce). If you want that, you'll need to paste code into this "codeless" design tool.
It is possible to find more mature web design programs.

OpenShot's Kickstarter campaign for cross platform.

The OpenShot non linear video editor goes to Kickstarter to fund a cross platform project.
http://www.openshotvideo.com/2013/03/op … paign.html
http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/421 … -and-linux

then you havent read the kickstarter page. its about a whole new engine, with better stability and features. the windows port is just one side effect of this.
the engine is even nearly done, but it needs to be implemented

Cross platform DVD burning - Mac/PC/home DVD player

All right, Geniuses, re: cross platform DVD burning, I have read and read and spoken to many people. Out of 6 1/2 billion people, NOBODY can answer this question. Shane Ross probably can't answer it with a straight face.
How, where, why, when, what do I use to burn a DVD - who knows, maybe up to 90 minutes - so that I can play the same DVD on my Mac, your DVD home player, your boss's PC, whether it's Real Player, Windows Media Player, QT, mmrphmm-mmrphmm, or quakiifrafermessendt (w/chrome) format.
I am running Mac G5, dual proc. 2Gig, 3.5 G. RAM, OS 10.3.9, Final Cut Pro HD 4.5 which includes FCP, Compressor Live Type, DVD Studio Pro 3, Cinema Tools.
The editing part is a cinch. Even with my eyes open. I've used Mac since 1978 and shoot broadcast. Oddly, dropped frames, A/V synch, phase shifting, etc are no problems.
Also, I have about 300 shows that I did on VHS, 3/4", Betacam, and DV. I have an A to D converter that works great converting these tapes to digital which I store on my hard drive. What I need to do, let me back up... about a year ago I had to buy a PC because Mac doesn't support Solid Works 3D program. So, there, I said it, I own a PC. And that's why I have a problem. Or more accurately, a quandry. Rather than tie up my Mac, I might as well use the PC to record my videos to, then burn to DVD, then to edit them or run them through DVD Studio Pro on my Mac for authoring, then back to my first problem, How, where, why, when, what do I use to burn a DVD - who knows, maybe up 90 minutes - so that I can play the same DVD on my Mac, your DVD home player, your boss's PC, whether it's Real Player, Windows Media Player, QT, mmrphmm-mmrphmm, or quakiifrafermessendt (w/ultrascuzzyectoplacticdefoid) format.
Of course, I want highest quality. Absolutely, my finished DVDs have to play on PC, Mac and home DVD players. If you've gone this far, someday I might need to put some of this on the web. I like options. It might be delivered as a stream, or a download. Another compression question?
Simple, huh? Is there anything else you need to know? Should I fire up my old wire recorder, or are you going to suggest another 3rd party peripheral? Which would make me wonder, why hasn't Apple addressed this obvious disfunction.
BTW/ I have found Memorex DVDs work best on my system. Any comments?
Regards.

Welcome to the forum!
Time for a reality check: burned DVDs (and even stamped DVDs) are NOT 100% compatible with all DVD-Video reading devices. Period. It just the Nature of the technology and that fact that player and drive manufacturers rush products to market that are not fully in compliance with the DVD-Video standard.
That said, I've had only two individual playback compatibility complaints in the last 6 years with well over 2000 DVD-R discs authored in DVD-SP and burned from my Macs on an external Sony DVD burner. Those two complaints were rectified by burning a DVD+R disc for the clients.
Things I have learned:
· Windows Media Player doesn't play nice with DVD-Video. ULead and other DVD players for the Windows platform do work very well (I have to WinXP systems to test on). PC playback compatibility is dependent on many, many things; the user's video card, RAM, drive type (and condition), processor speed ... the list goes on and on. It's impossible to predict if ANY disc will work in any given PC.
· Memorex is at the very bottom of the list for quality media. Don't get me wrong; they do have a wonderful warranty. If you send back any discs they will replace them with equally poor quality media at no charge. Memorex is simply a marketer - there's no telling what brand or quality of media you're actually getting when you purchase their brand ... but you can be assured it will be cheap.
That said; I'll agree that your workflow seems a bit backward. Authoring to DVD and then editing? Makes no sense. You're losing quite a bit of quality in that process as well as adding unneeded steps. If you must capture the footage with a Windows system and it needs editing, capture then convert to a QT codec that matches your FCP Sequence settings so when you move the files to your Mac for editing, everything actually plays nice.
If your program doesn't need editing and you just want to transfer it to tape, I'd recommend using a stand-alone DVD recorder so you don't have to tie up either computer.
-DH

Cannot move HD DVCPRO movies cross-platform unless all systems are 5.1

The 5.1 Crossgrade creates an awkward situation whereby an HD DVCPRO movie exported at full rez ('Current Settings') on an Intel box cannot be viewed on a G4 unless that system too has FCP 5.1 installed - the codec changed to allow the Intel compatibility. Earlier installs of FCP do not allow playback in Quicktime Player - you can hear the audio but the video is white.
The easiest answer is of course to ensure everyone's on 5.1, but that's not going to work in every case. So - before we launch into an export to another format that IS cross-platform compatible, do we have any advice? We need to export a 2.2 hour feature on a MBP, and long transcodes are going to be a pain.
DV would work fine, if the codec doesn't suffer the same problem. Does it? And if not, is transcoding >2 hours to 24fps DV going to be painful?
All advice gratefully receieved. As long as it's not from Mr.Ham.

Ouch indeed. I wish 'that fellow' the best! We don't have that problem though (we've got all the MXF's and a full backup of all the MXF's too, and everything was imported in 5.1). Our problem is a client who doesn't have 5.1, so he can't see the media we're exporting from 5.1 on his G4 with FCP 4.5. But he only needs to view the media, and it doesn't need to be in FCP - Quicktime Player would be fine. So we want to give him the material in a format that is compatible with his system So my question is - does DV exported from 5.1 suffer the same crossgrade format issues? And is it very timeconsuming to trasnscode out to DV from HD DVCPRO?
Worst comes to worst he can get 5.1. But it'd be great for budgetary reasons if we could avoid that.

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