Can DVP not handle videos WMV or 1 GB

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I stored some videos in DT Pro.
3 x mp4 between 500 - 800 MB. No problem to start video in DTP
The fourth video is WMV with 1 GB.
DVP cannot start the video. Beachball runs.
If I open the video in DVP with Window Media Player the video start an run.

Can DTP not handle so big videos or is the problem the format WMV ?

Jochen

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If you install Flip4Mac it should work.

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Thanks.
On my Mac: Flip4Mac > WMV Player 2.1.9… is installed since long time.
Have 10.5.6 DTP 1.5.4

Edit:
WMV Player is defined as standard in DTP
If I click on the video in sidebar DTP need 55 s to show the start window of video on the right. Beachball runs.
Then I click the start arrow of video beachball running long time 45 s but the video doesn’t start.

Jochen

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You might check the Activity Monitor, maybe the playback is requiring more real memory than available.

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First scenario 14 Apr 2009 06:41:
Flip4Mac with WMV Player 2.1.9.

Second scenario:
Upgrade WMV Player 2.2.1.11

Now it runs but DTP need each time 1 min to import the video.

Similar videos (800 MB) as mp4 are shown direct after click in DTP.

Jochen

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That’s the behaviour of Flip4Mac. It does the conversion each time you open the file. So, any WMV files will have an initial time to convert. I think if you upgrade to the Pro version of Flip4Mac you can convert the WMV file to a file type that QuickTime supports natively, but I’m not sure.

So, any Mac program that doesn’t support WMV directly will have this problem.

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Thanks tjl
Maybe the video comes later in mp4.
I will test to convert the video with VLC

Jochen