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Hell, I posted it on the Pentium story, might as well put one here. I think it's time for some Weird Al.

All Al all the time!

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The .ASF video/audio format from Microsoft is seriously good. I was stunned by the quality - especially the audio - when I first saw Wierd Al's "The Saga Begins". Check it out for yourself here. The 100kbs stream is good, the 300kbs steam is very nearly TV quality.

here's a link to that pop cultural reference.

The virgin articles are just tooo tempting. It's worth the karma to annoy the trolls.

Did you see the Star Wars : Naked and Petrified screenplay somebody posted? More entertainment than the next episode quite possibly.

Or do they? I would use QuickTime readily, but, honestly, how many broadcast media sites offer things in quicktime? They too are interested in the most clients being able to get their info, and if they're limited to one format, it's probably going to be Real's format.

You're missing my point. Go over to Saga Begins (Weird Al's site) and watch his movies in both RealPlayer and Quicktime 4. Quicktime 4 is way ahead of Real in quality streaming.

honestly, how many broadcast media sites offer things in quicktime?

Lots, because Apple's wants to make money off the client, but the server is free, as opposed to Real who gives away the basic client and makes money off the server. If I want to set up a streaming server on my web site, I'd go with Quicktime 4 because the server is free and I'd have one less license to deal with.

Apple needs to release the codec. Or at a player's API. Something that will allow others to create players. I would suggest making it a limited 'Play back only' thing, and have the True Apple QuickTime Player be the Damn Cool one that can save streams, and edit them, etc. etc.

Apple doesn't need to release the code for the codec or the player to make Quicktime successful. What they have to do is make a decent one for all platforms and get rid of the nagware message. Like you said, they should have a playback only version (totally free) and one that will let you edit media.

It's The Saga Begins by Weird Al. You can watch it on his web site.

Little banners at the bottom of the Weird Al's web page are poorly translated. For exemple, "running with scissors" as been translated in french to "le courants ciseaux" but it should be "courir avec des ciseaux".