video for Powerpoint to play on friend's Mac

[Guest]

I'm trying to compress some short, two-minute video files edited on my PC
into a format that can be played on a friends Mac laptop (an older G4, I
believe).

He needs quality, full screen video to send to a projector for a
presentation. I tried several codecs, the one that had good results on his
laptop (.avi - DV with interleaved DV audio) produces rather large files.

The latest Windows Media9 encoder creates small, quality files on my
computer. Can I load that codec into his Mac laptop and expect them to
playback just as well?
Any other solutions?

Thanks,
David

 

[Echo S]

I don't know about WMVs playing on a Mac, but if I were in your situation,
I'd purchase QuickTime Pro (about $25, I think) and create QuickTime MOV
files for the Mac.

 

[Adam Crowley]

You may not even need Quicktime Pro if your editing app exports to
Quicktime, but that's definitely the way to get good video on a Mac. Which
compression to use depends on the content but Sorenson is often the best
balance of quality and file size.

I don't know about WMVs playing on a Mac, but if I were in your situation,
I'd purchase QuickTime Pro (about $25, I think) and create QuickTime MOV
files for the Mac.

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Echo [MS PPT MVP]
http://www.echosvoice.com

I'm trying to compress some short, two-minute video files edited on my PC
into a format that can be played on a friends Mac laptop (an older G4, I
believe).

He needs quality, full screen video to send to a projector for a
presentation. I tried several codecs, the one that had good results on his
laptop (.avi - DV with interleaved DV audio) produces rather large files.

The latest Windows Media9 encoder creates small, quality files on my
computer. Can I load that codec into his Mac laptop and expect them to
playback just as well?
Any other solutions?

Thanks,
David