

It *used* to work prior to V7.n, as I've had it all working in the past. "referenced" MOV's (not the full, lengthy conversion process) so that my ATV and iPad etc can playback. I did exactly the same & bought QT-Pro 7 to be able to easily convert my AVI's into MOV's or beter still. And, of course, there will be many things that either can do equally well. Also keep MPEG Streamclip (free) installed to handle the things it can do that QT 7 Pro can't. If you imaginative, my recommendation would be to hold on to the QT 7 Pro and use it for the things that only it can do. MPEG Streamclip is great when working with working with AC3, muxed content, performing physical crops, and such, but it does not handle layering, masking, blending, scaling/offsetting video by individual track, or similar editing operations which QT 7 Pro can do. (I.e., it is the compression formats contained in the file container that make files compatible or incompatible with your iPad or iPhone.)Īs to wasting your money, that depends on what you plan to do when editing files. This does not mean that all MOV files will be playback compatible with mobile devices.

It accesses the QT components that are used by the QT player but also provides its own AC3 and support for multiplexed A/V content when converting it to common QT compression formats-including those used by itunes and mobile devices.Īlso be advised that MOV files are generic in nature and can hold any valid A/V compressed data that is compatible with your system's current component configuration.

If your files have AC3 audio, unsupported MPEG1 layer 3 audio (I assume this is what you are referring to by MPEG3), "muxed" audio/video content, then you might be better off trying the free Windows version of MPEG Streamclip here. For instance, QT does not support AC3 audio natively. The normal work flow is to determine what codecs were used to create your source AVI files and to then install those QT audio and/or video codecs if available. AVI is a file container-not a compression format.
