Vaj wrote: > > On Dec 18, 2006, at 3:36 AM, sparaig wrote: > >> --- In [email protected], Bhairitu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> [...] >>>> Most of the features included in MPEG-4 are left to individual >>> developers to decide whether to implement them. This means that there >>> are probably no complete implementations of the entire MPEG-4 set of >>> standards. To deal with this, the standard includes the concept of >>> "profiles" and "levels", allowing a specific set of capabilities to be >>> defined in a manner appropriate for a subset of applications." >>> >>> --- cut--- >>> Do you see anything about QuickTime here? Do you really know anything >>> about video programming? Have you ever written a demuxer or muxer? Do >>> you know the MPEG format, sequence headers, etc? Have you ever written >>> a stream parser? >>> >>> Dream on. >>> >> >> Why so hostile? >> >> Apple and Microsoft were the main contenders in a fight over which >> file format would be >> the basis of MPEG-4's file format. Apple won. It's only a minor PR >> victory for Apple, >> thought it made it MUCH easier for Apple to implement MPEG-4 support >> in Qucktime. I >> have no idea which technology is superior, Apple's or Microsoft's, >> but in fact, the MPEG-4 >> file format iis based on the ISO file format MP4 which in turn came >> from QuickTime's file >> format. Apple released all sorts of PR about it years ago and it >> generated much >> controversy because many people were hostile to anything from Apple >> just because it >> came from Apple instead of Microsoft. >> >> Here's what the m4if.org, the website of the MP4 industry forum, , >> says about QuickTime's >> file format: >> >> http://www.m4if.org/resources/mpeg4userfaq.php#QuickTime >> >> >> I have heard that the MPEG-4 file format is the same as quicktime, is >> that true? >> >> No. Although Apple's QuickTime file format was adopted as the basis >> for the MPEG-4 file >> format, it has gone though many changes in order to support all the >> functionality of >> MPEG-4. Apple has however, played a key role in the development of >> MP4, the MPEG-4 file >> format. > > > It sounds like I read the same press releases you did, as what you are > saying is my recollection and understanding as well. Bingo, "press releases" are the operative words. And who does those? Marketing. I just went through a product release where marketing put a bunch of hype on the technology making it sound like it was much more than it actually was.
I'm not saying that Apple products are bad or that their technology is bad. But to most of us in the industry they're just "another machine." :)
