--- In [email protected], Bhairitu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > sparaig wrote: > > --- In [email protected], Bhairitu <noozguru@> wrote: > > > >> sparaig wrote: > >> > > [...] > > > >>> QuickTime is more than just a collection of codecs. > >>> > >>> > >> AV Programming 101: QT *is* mainly a set of codecs. True you have a QT > >> Player but other players on other platforms can use the codecs to > >> playback QT files. They can also use the codec to encode QT files. And > >> QuickTime Windows has existed for years. > >> > > > > Eh. > > > > http://developer.apple.com/documentation/QuickTime/whatsnew.htm > > > > Linux "quicktime" has all these features? > > > There are other open source compression codes and many are available on > Linux. No need for QT. It's usually just there so you can view files.
The end-user thinks of it that way because the QuickTime viewer only runs when you view a movie file. However, what would MPEG-4 look like without QT?
