running a Quartz file on a PC?
I made a quartz project on my iMac (10.6) using quartz composer. I exported the file as a .mov file and it runs great as a screen save or file on my iMac.
I published to the net and when I download the file it will not run on my pc.
I read that when you save a quartz file as a .mov file it basically encapsulates the file as a quartz file and the PC will understand it, but you can use the QTKit to open it and save it as a different format?? Not sure exactly how to do this. I did download a Quicktime project and it will open the file and do a save/as but the resulting .mov file will not play on a PC either.
I did download a third party tool on the mac to convert it and it did not recognize the .mov file as a valid file.
Any ideas or thoughts on how to get this working on a PC as a .mov file?
Thanks!!!
I published to the net and when I download the file it will not run on my pc.
I read that when you save a quartz file as a .mov file it basically encapsulates the file as a quartz file and the PC will understand it, but you can use the QTKit to open it and save it as a different format?? Not sure exactly how to do this. I did download a Quicktime project and it will open the file and do a save/as but the resulting .mov file will not play on a PC either.
I did download a third party tool on the mac to convert it and it did not recognize the .mov file as a valid file.
Any ideas or thoughts on how to get this working on a PC as a .mov file?
Thanks!!!
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How do you render a movie with Quartz Composer?
I was actually looking for it, and can't find a solution for that - not even in QT7 Player.
It used to be in QT7 Player, but mabe 10.6 has hoozed that.. :-/
It used to be in QT7 Player, but mabe 10.6 has hoozed that.. :-/
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That makes me sad :-(
Quartz is really neat and easy to use.... Seems like this would be a commonly used option.
I'll have to check into the Screen recording option.
Quartz is really neat and easy to use.... Seems like this would be a commonly used option.
I'll have to check into the Screen recording option.
Quartz is Super cool, but a lot of the cool stuff is done in realtime - so unless you just want to 'record' a demonstration, you simply needs to stay on the Mac.. ;-)
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It also did not work on an eMac that I have.
I think it was on 10.4.
Do I need to update something on the emac?
I think it was on 10.4.
Do I need to update something on the emac?
There is two ways you can export a Quartz Composer file... either as a renderen Movie, or as a QTZ file embeded in a MOVie. Sounds like you did the last thing.
Quartz Composer uses Mac OS X-Only API's that does not work on any other system, as it's a close-to-native bridge to all the CoreVideo, rapichs and Audio API's on OS X.
So, if you like to show of your QTZ creation on other systems, you need to render a movie, with the limitations that gives you.