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Technical Q&A QTW03
Cross-Platform Issues, Conditions for Playing Macintosh Movies on Windows

Q Are there any differences different between Windows movies and Macintosh movies? How can we get Macintosh movies to play on Windows?

A There's no difference between Macintosh and Windows movies. The conditions that need to be met to get Macintosh movies to play on Windows are:

* The movie must be self-contained.

* The movie must be in a single-fork file.

No limitations apply other than these. We've successfully converted movies using Movie Converter in the QuickTime Developer Toolkit.

Further Reference:

* QuickTime for Windows 2.0 Documentation

* Inside Macintosh, QuickTime

* Inside Macintosh, QuickTime Components

* QuickTime 2.0 SDK Documentation

* QT 1 - Inside Macintosh:QuickTime Technote

* QT 2 - Inside Macintosh:QuickTime Components Technote

[May 01 1995]


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