SR1 and QuickTime performance :(

[John Perez]

I have found SR1 DOES improves QuickTime performance, but it's STILL
NOT AS GOOD as in Powerpoint X. I can't believe this hasn't been 100%
fixed. Also, a new problem is occuring with QT playback (or maybe it
was there all the time but I didn't notice as the playback perfomance
was previously so bad).


The QUALITY of the Quicktime video is being degraded by Powerpoint
2004. My movies look fantastic in Powerpoint X and in QuickTime player
(768x576 25fps using Photo-JPEG and DV CODEC's), but when played in
Powerpoint 2004 look 'blocky' (you can see Macro-blocking artefacts as
if the video was compressed with the old CinePak CDOEC). Somehow
Powerpoint 2004 is degrading the quality. Trust me, I know what I'm
doing when it comes to compressing video and Powerpoint 2004 is at
fault.


My Mac's are not at fault either. I've recreated the problem on two
test systems - a G5 DP 1.8Gig desktop and 17" G4 1.5Gig Powerbook
runningQT 6.51 and OS X10.3.5 (the G5 was a clean install).


This situation is TOTALLY UNACCEPTABLE and sending out a very clear
message from the MBU - they don't care. Every other message on this
site refers to Powerpoint 2004 Quicktime performance (or lack of it)
and it still has not been fully addressed!!!!!!!

I'm really screwed by this and won't (can't) upgrade to Office 2004
until the QuickTime issues with Powerpoint 2004 are addressed. My gut
feeling is this will be a LOOOOONG wait.

I'm so unhappy and disappointed. What does everyone else think?

 

[GregPins]

I agree – very disappointing. This is an either/or proposition.
Either it's fixed, or it isn't. And it isn't. Some stuttering
prevents me from using the product just the same as a lot of
stuttering.