RE: AVI to MPEG?

Chris O'Leary (coleary@heuris.com)
Tue, 27 Oct 1998 08:54:36 -0600

> Hi,
>
> What do people use to convert AVI (video and sound)
> files to MPEG (the regular little guy - not MPEG2)?
> Will Quicktime 3 Pro Tools do this?
> Final mpeg file will be inserted in Powerpoint
> (yes, powerpoing :-) presenation...
> Powerpoint accepts AVI but it looks very mushy.

You could use a product like our MPEG Power Professional ($500) to
convert AVI files into MPEG-1 streams.

QuickTime does not currently support MPEG export except when using a
QuickTime export like HEURIS' MPEG Export Engine.

You can insert MPEG-1 into Powerpoint and it will look much better than
AVI. I have done this myself. PowerPoint will automatically invoke
Microsoft's Media Player to play the stream. Be sure to get 5.0 of the
Media Player from the Microsoft web site.

Chris O'Leary
V.P. of Marketing
Heuris