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Video Files and ProShow
We come back around to ProShow after that discussion for one key reason:
ProShow will make use of codecs if you adjust the options to do so. By
default, ProShow will use its own tools to import video. This doesn’t require
codecs on your machine. If this isn’t working, however, you can tell
ProShow to use the codecs you have installed by adjusting the Preferences.
See Chapter 26 for information.

Adjusting the Preferences to use Direct Show changes the way ProShow
handles video. This means that if you want to create a MOV you must have
the QuickTime codecs installed. The same is true for a WMV. You need
Windows Media Player if you want to create a WMV.

So long as you have the codecs for the video that you want to use in a
show, or the type of video you want to create, you will be able to do so.

Preset Video Format
When creating a Custom Video File, you’ll notice that ProShow comes with
a number of preset Formats to make the creation of most of the common
video types very simple. Pick the Type you want to use, choose the Quality
level, and you’re ready to create the video.

Format
Type DVD
Quality High Quality Maximum
1V System NTSC

There are 6 Type presets that you can select, and each one of these has
various quality levels available.

• DVD creates the standard MPEG2 video, at 720 x 480, that is used
when creating a DVD. You can choose basic quality levels such as
High Quality Maximum, HQ Safe, and Long Play. These change
the quality level of the rendering but leave the resolution and
framerate alone.