--- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, "Andreas Haugstrup" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Maybe it's because Michael was in hard disagreement with me and others in > that last long long thread on the vertigo list. I said then and still > think it should be the user's responsibility that content plays on their > device, not the author's. Ie. I provide only one or two formats and the > user can then convert to whatever format suits his needs, because he is > the only one who knows what fits him. >
Those authors will have limited sales or go out of business. The average user doesn't want another step to figure out a codec to make their video work. They want it to simply work and will bypass products that requires additional work. -- Enric > I'm glad Apple agrees with me. Although I imagine the encoding time is a > big turn-off unless it happens in the background. > > And for the record: I think you're the first person to call the QT Pro GUI > "nice". Simple, certainly. Nice... Not so much. :o) > > - Andreas > > On Sun, 15 Jan 2006 18:04:35 +0100, Joshua Kinberg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > > This is true. Its in their features list on the download page for iTunes. > > Why would you be in disbelief here? Seems like a natural feature and > > the export option is built into QT Pro. BTW, all the features of QT > > Pro are accessible from the Quicktime API. This means that when you > > buy QT Pro you're buying nothing other than the convenience of > > accessing features that were already on your computer through a nice > > and simple GUI (which I still think is worth it). > > -- > <URL: http://www.solitude.dk/ > > Commentary on media, communication, culture and technology. > 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/
