Sorenson Squeeze and wmv

	Re: Sorenson Squeeze and wmv by Craig Seeman on Jun 4, 2009 at 4:37:19 pm [Jeremy Cole] "As a side note, I find it remarkable that Compressor and Adobe Encoder do not include wmv as a standard file format to compress to. I know, I know, I can spend $179 and get the Flip for Mac plug-in, but I have already spent $$ on Sorenson and Compressor and Encoder!" There may be Microsoft license and SDK issues involved. There's also the R&D and ROI for Apple and Adobe doing such work. WMV is a proprietary codec. In short I don't find it remarkable at all that neither Apple nor Adobe have incentive to provide WMV support. Keep in mind Microsoft Silverlight 3 will support H.264 and will be extension agnostic so I'd expect H.264 F4V, MP4, MOV support. BTW without telling us what that codec that QT file is or what settings you're using in Squeeze you're likely just going to get guesses rather than concrete answers. See the PLEASE READ at the top of the forum. You might have had an answer by now. Respond to this post   •   Return to posts index

	Re: Sorenson Squeeze and wmv by Craig Seeman on Jun 4, 2009 at 6:06:41 pm I'm playing a hunch here but try exporting your Quicktime as 8 Bit Uncompressed instead of Animation before using in Squeeze. Respond to this post   •   Return to posts index

	Re: Sorenson Squeeze and wmv by Craig Seeman on Jun 4, 2009 at 9:19:53 pm Just tested an 8 bit Uncompressed file on Squeeze 5.1 (Intel Mac) to both WMV9 (Flip4Mac) and VC-1 and both encoded without issue. Try using an entirely different source. Use Windows Media presets only. I'm trying to eliminate some variables and a possible issue specific to the source. Respond to this post   •   Return to posts index

	Re: Sorenson Squeeze and wmv by Craig Seeman on Jun 4, 2009 at 9:38:36 pm Open up the file(s) that are failing in Quicktime. Look at Window/Show Movie Properties and see if the Video and Audio show the same length. Respond to this post   •   Return to posts index

	Re: Sorenson Squeeze and wmv by Craig Seeman on Jun 25, 2009 at 11:31:59 pm Look in Squeeze Preferences and there should be an activation button. Squeeze 4 is VERY OLD. At the time they included the Flip4Mac installer and you could buy/activate through them. Squeeze no longer includes Flip4Mac but if you have Squeeze 4 the activation button should be in preferences. How are you viewing the WMV from FCP? You really need to check with WMP9Mac or WMP11 on Windows. Don't check sync in Flip4Mac/Quicktime as it may look like it's out of sync even if it isn't. Respond to this post   •   Return to posts index

	Re: Sorenson Squeeze and wmv by Craig Seeman on Jun 26, 2009 at 2:56:04 pm [joel matthew] "Do you think I can do everything from within Final Cut?" It all depends on what "everything" is . . . and how fast you need "everything." Compressor, Squeeze, Episode all do H.264. Both Squeeze and Episode do it better, Squeeze uses Main Concept. Episode uses Dicas. Both encode H.264 much faster too. If you need VP6 Flash you have to buy the plugin for Compressor. Actually you had to for Squeeze and Episode too until they decided to include it and add the price. VP6 licensing results in the cost. For WMV, Compressor requires Flip4Mac purchase.Episode and Squeeze do WMV and do it faster. Episode also comes with a plugin for Compressor so you can use its setting in Compressor if you'd like. With Compressor, once you've paid for WMV and VP6 you've come very close to the cost of Episode or Squeeze. [joel matthew] "Using Flip4Mac, I've created a setting in Compressor to make .wmv files. And yes, when I watch it in WMP9, it's in sync, so thanks. " Yes there's been a bug with Flip4Mac player and sync. Make sure you've updated to 2.2.3.7. They're still tweaking the sync issue but I do think they'll fix it soon. I do think the whole player world may start to change with HTML 5 though but that'll take time. Respond to this post   •   Return to posts index