Greetings, Aha cheers for the info, tells us even more than the stuff I previously posted. Hooray that both .mp4 and .mov are supported.
Yes its bad for anybody who hasnt been using .mp4 or mpeg4 in a .mov. What Im hoping is that there is an upside. It may be that Apple will want to allow people to make their own videos more easily. Encoding to the right format might end up being built into itunes. Maybe people wouldnt have to buy quicktime pro then. And certainly it can only serve to increase the number of PC softwares that support .mp4 or .mov or both. The format wars were always going to be won or lost depending on what happens with hardware. The format battles can rage on for years on computers, because its mostly software, and up until now not much commercial selling of video content. But this stuff is coming of age now, so its time for things to get simplified in brutal ways: But when this stuff filters down to the mass electronics hardware market, the battles tend to end more definitively. VHS vs Betamax, there could be only 1 long-term. One of the chief problems with WMV format is that Microsofts history causes a lot of potential hardware partners to feel intimidated. Microsoft has wanted to take over the livingroom with internet and media center boxes for years. So far it hasnt gone the way theyd like at all, same with mobile phones to a certain extent. So now we have 2 likely popula portable hardware devices with large corporations to market them. The PSP and the new iPod. Both use mpeg4, but Apples implementation sounds better than Sony. I hope this move by Apple forces Sony to raise its game and sort out stupid issues fwith mpeg4 compatibility on its devices. Steve of Elbows --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, Christopher Bergeron <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > More from the Apple Website: > > Surprise Surprise WMV isn't supported. I knew it was > coming, I guess it's time to spring for the full > version of Quicktime. > > -Chris > http://www.theramblingloggerhead.com > > http://www.apple.com/ipod/specs.html > > H.264 video: up to 768 Kbps, 320 x 240, 30 frames per > sec., Baseline Profile up to Level 1.3 with AAC-LC up > to 160 Kbps, 48 Khz, stereo audio in .m4v, .mp4 and > .mov file formats > MPEG-4 video: up to 2.5 mbps, 480 x 480, 30 frames per > sec., Simple Profile with AAC-LC up to 160 Kbps, 48 > Khz, stereo audio in .m4v, .mp4 and .mov file formats > > > > > __________________________________ > Yahoo! Mail - PC Magazine Editors' Choice 2005 > http://mail.yahoo.com > ------------------------ 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/
