[M4IF Discuss] Slashdot discussion of Salon article

[Shawn AMBWANI]

Martin,
Why wait for Apple's QT 6 to be released when RealOne and Real 8 for the
PC now has full ISMA MPEG-4 support as well as several advanced video
and systems features not available in QT6.
Regards,
Shawn
> -----Original Message-----
> From: discuss-admin   lists.m4if.org 
> [mailto:discuss-admin   lists.m4if.org] On Behalf Of Martin Jacklin
> Sent: Friday, March 08, 2024 6:32 PM
> To: Kevin Marks
> Cc: discuss   lists.m4if.org
> Subject: RE: [M4IF Discuss] Slashdot discussion of Salon article
> 
> 
> Jeez I wish I could download QT6. I hear there's a little 
> problem with availability. I was thinking of available 
> codecs, that don't explicitly conform.
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Kevin Marks [mailto:kmarks   apple.com]
> > Sent: 09 March 2024 02:49
> > To: mjacklin   geneva-link.ch
> > Cc: discuss   lists.m4if.org
> > Subject: Re: [M4IF Discuss] Slashdot discussion of Salon article
> >
> >
> >
> > On Friday, March 8, 2002, at 03:35 PM, Martin Jacklin wrote:
> >
> > > I might add:
> > >
> > > I heard the news that the Advanced Video Coding (AVC) 
> group in DVB 
> > > are talking about integrating JVT, which they call 
> "MPEG-4 v3" into 
> > > "ETSI TR 101 154" - their main MPEG implementation guidelines 
> > > document. This was said by
> > > Ken McCann of Zetacast (who is the chairman of that 
> group) in Dublin on
> > > the
> > > 7th March.
> > >
> > > MPEG-4 offers more stable periodic and more massive codec 
> upgrades, 
> > > and stays open and doesn't bundle stuff you don't need, 
> like DRM and 
> > > proprietary codec revision cycles which you will later need to 
> > > follow closely for it to
> > > work. With MPEG-4 you can take what you want.
> >
> > More than what? You didn't say what you are comparing too.
> >
> > QT fits your description above better than MPEG4 does at 
> the moment. 
> > QT movies from 10 years ago still play in current QT, but 
> newer codecs 
> > can be added and selectively downloaded. This is all shipping today.
> >
> >
> 
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