I dont think he was suggesting they are totally the same in terms of features, just that the video and audio tracks can be the same, and he didnt mention the advantages of mov over mp4.
But lets face it, though the mov-compatible stull like SMIL, chapter, text etc that you mention are nice, most people never use any of them, and thus its not relevent to them. Im sure more people would use some of this stuff if it was inherently easy and more blindlingly obvious how to do so using their exissting workflow & software tools, but as we have seen with even basic meta-data, many people arent going to bother. This does tie back into discussion with you about videobloggins as a tv-like experience vs interactive videoblogs. I think its safe to say that we are not going to see the same level of interaction with mobile video as you would expect and like of computer-viewed interactive stuff. >From the printed spec, the ipod will play .mp4, m4v and mov, so its not much of an issue with that device (except im sure the ipod mov support wont support (m)any of .movs advantages anyway). For me cross platform compatibility and not being tied to one company are the most important factors, so I am (obviouslly by now) in the .mp4 supporters club, only use mov if you have a good reason. Some engadget article that someone linked to earlier suggested that the new ipod cannot even fast forward or rewind video? Thats crazy if true, and one element of 'interactivity' I wouldnt want to be without on any platform. Still if it is true then it sure makes short things like videoblogs more attractive to play on the ipod than longer stuff. Steve of Elbows --- In [email protected], "Andreas Haugstrup Pedersen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > The two are not interchangeable like you suggest. MP4 doesn't support all > the nice things .mov does - like SMIL, chapter, text and sprite tracks or > links. > > - Andreas > -- > <URL:http://www.solitude.dk/> > Commentary on media, communication, culture and technology. > ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Fair play? Video games influencing politics. Click and talk back! http://us.click.yahoo.com/T8sf5C/tzNLAA/TtwFAA/lBLqlB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/videoblogging/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
