Apple Final Cut Pro 7 - Manual (Page 1762)

Types of File Formats You Can Export with QuickTime
With the Export Using QuickTime Conversion command, you can choose to export almost
any file format that QuickTime supports, along with a wide variety of codecs and custom
parameters that each format supports. Because there are so many file formats and specific
settings, this chapter does not provide an exhaustive description of every file format and
its associated settings.
Video and Movie File Formats
• QuickTime movie file: See “Exporting a QuickTime Movie File for Web Distribution.” If
you want to export a movie that has the same settings as your sequence or clip, see
“Exporting QuickTime Movies.”
• DV Stream file: DV Stream files encode synchronized audio and video together digitally
as on a DV videotape. These files are primarily for use with iMovie. See “Exporting a DV
Stream.”
• AVI file: AVI movies are a Windows-compatible standard for digital video. See “Exporting
an AVI File.” AVI stands for Audio Video Interleave.
• FLC: An animation format, originally developed by AutoDesk. This format uses a lossless
compression technique that maintains the original quality.
Multimedia Distribution File Formats
• MPEG-4: A global multimedia standard, delivering professional-quality audio and video
streams over a wide range of bandwidths, from cell phone to broadband and beyond.
• 3G: Lets you export a file that is compatible with 3GPP (3rd Generation Partnership
Project) and 3GPP2 (3rd Generation Partnership Project 2) devices. Also supports AMC,
a popular mobile multimedia format used by KDDI subscribers in Japan that includes
MPEG-4 video, QCELP audio, and STML text. These are the standards for high-quality
multimedia on wireless devices, based on the foundation of MPEG-4.
Still-Image File Formats and Image Sequences
• Still-Image: This choice allows you to select one of many still-image file formats. See
“Exporting Still Images and Image Sequences.”
• Image Sequence: This choice allows you to select a still-image file format and export
each frame of your video as a separate file in the format you choose. See “Exporting
Image Sequences.”
Audio File Formats
For information on exporting any of these formats, see
“Exporting Audio for Mixing in
Other Applications.”
• AIFF: This is the default audio format used on Mac computers. Each data byte is stored
with the most significant byte (MSB) stored first. This is known as big endian.
• WAVE: This is the standard audio format used on Windows computers. Each data byte
is stored with the least significant byte (LSB) first. This is known as little endian.
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