sparaig wrote:
> --- 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?
Apple didn't develop MPEG-4.
