Posted by Richard Crowley on 12/07/05 01:22

"P.C. Ford" <meoh@mouse-potato.com> wrote in message
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> On Tue, 6 Dec 2005 16:25:26 -0800, "Richard Crowley"
> <richard.7.crowley@intel.com> wrote:
>
>>"P.C. Ford" wrote ...
>>> "Richard Crowley" wrote:
>>>>Watch out for Camtasia. In addition to being expensive, they
>>>>have their own required codec.
>>
>>> Thanks.
>>> It is more expensive than I expected. But there is a 30 day trial. I
>>> did notice that there was a proprietary codec. But I don't understand
>>> why that makes a difference to me.
>>
>>How are you going to distribute the program? Whomever you
>>want to be able to read it must install the Camtasia codec. Dunno
>>how complex this is for your potential viewers? We have found
>>distributing WMV much better than AVI.
>
> Ok, thanks again Richard.
>
> The Powerpoint will become part of a video of a Powerpoint
> presentation. That is, we want to edit the Powerpoint into DV footage
> of the presenter.
>
> Trouble here?

Why? There are several other factors that we can't see because
we have only what you have written here to go on. Why convert
PPT to DV? Who are the viewer(s)? How is it distributed?

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