FCP Export Problem

Hi,
I exported a few clips from FCP as quicktime movies for use in a CD-ROM (PAL system).
The guy who I did this for tells me he can't view the quicktime file on his PC - why? I thought it would be viewable on PC too?
Have I set the export settings incorrectly?
Can anyone help me with this?
Cheers

One thing to check before burning these files to disc. Make certain that all files have the proper extension shown (.mov, .mpg, etc), otherwise the Windows systems simply won't know what to do with them (unlike a Mac). For example, if you export a self-contained movie from FCP, it normally doesn't show an extension. Just add the .mov to the end of the filename and you're good to go .
-DH

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Alistair
Earlybird is exporting H264 ... the Key Frames setting is determining the GOP length. This value should really be determined based on the complexity of the video, to my understanding, the actual frame rate has no bearing on it. If you have very complex fast moving content then a low Key Frame rate is advisable to ensure good image quality (although it will adversely affect the filesize) whereas if you have slow moving or static content (like an interview subject) then a higher Key Frame rate will still produce a good image but at a smaler filesize. The default of 24 should be pretty much fine as a catchall starting point.
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Corrupted render files (and render references) can be a pain because FCP will use those files and references in place of the original media when building the export. And so it should as it does't want to waste time re-rendering sections that are apparently already rendered. Unfortuantely, as noted, if the render file has gone bad and/or starts referencing the wrong media then you'll get these wierd flashes of completely unexpeced and unwanted footage showing up where it shouldn't be. When you trash those files then QT / FCP will just go back and re-reference the original media ... so it's usually a worthwhile step to take just in case thats the problem. The worse case scenario is that it only that doesn't work and you spend some time unecessarily re-rendering.
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@ web-weaver:
Of course they go to a different folder and they also get different
titels/names once processed in LR. The originals are always RAW (NEF) and I
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