On Mon, 24 Jun 2002, at 6:02pm, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I do occasionally use the Quicktime plugin from the CrossOver Plugins pkg, > but I just heard that Xine will be supporting this in an up coming release
I am told that QuickTime itself is actually reasonable open and well-documented, but that many of the CODECs used are not. I know that I have been able to view certain QuickTime movies using "xanim" under Linux without problems. The problem (or so the story goes) is that the preferred CODEC for QuickTime these days is only available from a company called Sorensen, and Apple's licensing deal with them prevents Sorensen from licensing it to anyone else. As far as Xine goes, they have created a decoder for one version of the Sorensen CODEC. However, the decoder does not work with the "current" version used by many websites. So, you can view the Star Wars Episode I trailer, but not the Episode II trailer. Or so I am told. A lot of this information is based on Slashdot postings, which are only slightly more reliable than a random-number generator. :-) -- Ben Scott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> | The opinions expressed in this message are those of the author and do not | | necessarily represent the views or policy of any other person, entity or | | organization. All information is provided without warranty of any kind. | ***************************************************************** To unsubscribe from this list, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the text 'unsubscribe gnhlug' in the message body. *****************************************************************
