I'm sure that this isn't the best forum for this, so I'm going to post in a few different ones.
The owner of the prod comp that I am editing for has just bought the Nokia N95 cell phone. The owner says that the phone only accepts the Real Video codec. Which I know that there is a Real Video Player, but I don't know anything about the Real Video Codec. Of course, I'm not 100% sure that he owns the N95, I'm trying to get that info myself. He only mentioned that he bought the newest top of the line Nokia. I told him he should of just bought an iPhone, but he hates macs. Although he's spent $10,000 on a FCP system, go figure.
I would love to hear your thoughts on this and if anybody has any knowledge of Real Video, and if so, is there a way to convert to it from FCP/QT?
Re: Converting to the Real Video codec by Jeremy Garchow on Jul 2, 2008 at 8:17:22 pm
Yeah, check the sys requirements though. It's old:
SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS
Mac OS X version 10.2 Jaguar or 10.3 Panther
Note: There are known compatibility issues with Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger and the Real 10 Export Plug-in. We are working to resolve these issues.
QuickTime version 6.0 or newer
128 MB minimum, 256 MB or greater recommended
20 MB required for installation, plus space for RealVideo and RealAudio files
Re: Converting to the Real Video codec by Lee Berger on Jul 2, 2008 at 8:31:39 pm
On Intel it successfully installed, but the export component did not appear in Quick time Pro.
It kind of worked on my PPC G5. When I say kind of worked, it gave an "unexpected termination" error message at the end of encoding, but still created a playable file. I used it on some time ago on Panther, but haven't had any calls for it after Tiger. Perhaps it's not worth the effort.
Re: Converting to the Real Video codec by Lee Berger on Jul 2, 2008 at 8:39:10 pm
[Lee Berger]"but still created a playable file"
I spoke too soon, the file contained video, but no audio. BTW, I still have Cleaner 6.x on my PPC system which supports Real Media. It still works under Tiger, but doesn't have a preset for mobile. I guess a setting could be created if Cleaner's Real codecs are modern enough.