Almark Posted April 6, 2021 Report Posted April 6, 2021 I was recently sent 3 DVD's for an AV Competition as the organiser had poor broadband. I opened the padded envelop and took the DVD's to my study. It was then that I realised that my 5K iMac and my MacBook do not have DVD drives. I then realised that I had smugly wiped Windows from both Mac's in celebration of the Mac version and I would be unable to run the exe's. Oops, what a plonker! I dug out my Acer Aspire 8920 from 2008, only 4GB RAM but an 18.4" screen and Blu-ray Player. The battery died many years ago, it always ran very hot but it works fine on mains as long as I have a cooler under it. It took a while to update, I left it overnight, latest version of Windows 10, and PTE AV Studio Pro all working fine. 13 years old, there is life in the old dog yet! Quote
macian Posted April 6, 2021 Report Posted April 6, 2021 I await Chapter Two! Ah, it's now there. Quote
Almark Posted April 6, 2021 Author Report Posted April 6, 2021 Just FYI, if you do not have access to a Windows machine and want to view some exe sequences on your Mac, you can still use Crossover. Simply install a Windows 7 bottle and a Windows 10 64bit bottle and either of these can be used to run command i.e. the relevant exe file. Quote
davegee Posted April 6, 2021 Report Posted April 6, 2021 I believe that the mac will play the .pteav file contained in a Save Executable produced by a Windows PC. Am I correct? DG Quote
Almark Posted April 6, 2021 Author Report Posted April 6, 2021 Yes, Dave this is true. However almost no one saves their sequence as a safe executable for the Internet. Also in competition you can also get exe’s created in other software like Wings, some of which are 32 bit and some 64 bit. This is why I suggest having two bottles available. It would be even better if they contained Malbec! Quote
davegee Posted April 6, 2021 Report Posted April 6, 2021 Safe Executable is the only (exe) option you mac users have so maybe people should get more familiar with their use in both camps. Standardisation is imperative to make things as easy as possible for all. DG Quote
Almark Posted April 7, 2021 Author Report Posted April 7, 2021 No, you can get the ordinary Exe for PC from the Publish menu, not the Publish button. No idea why it is not included in the Publish button. Quote
davegee Posted April 7, 2021 Report Posted April 7, 2021 Thanks. I was going by a screen shot of the Mac Publish Show button options. DG Quote
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