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QuickTime To Move To MPEG-4

Posted by timothy on from the quicktime-is-polymorphously-perverse dept.

spav writes: "Looks like Apple will be embracing MPEG-4 for its new versions of QuickTime according to C|Net News.com. That could mean quicktime for Linux, but would we need it?" This sounds like a start toward OS-neutral video, but until companies decide not to add proprietary layers making otherwise widely-available formats unavailable, it won't be the end. The first half of this article dwells on QuickTime's 10th birthday, but then gives slightly more detail on the MPEG4 transition.

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  1. Sweet by sllort · · Score: 1, Funny

    Quicktime is always asking me to upgrade to Quicktime Pro. I guess they just meant MPEG-4. And to think, I already had it.

  2. Of course! by Cave+Dweller · · Score: 4, Funny

    "That could mean quicktime for Linux, but would we need it?"...

    Uhh, I dunno, I mean, all those pr0^W game trailers would be available for watching..

  3. We Need it! by wackysootroom · · Score: 2, Funny

    "That could mean quicktime for Linux, but would we need it?"

    Three words: Star Wars Trailers!

  4. Ugh. by alernon · · Score: 2, Funny

    > but would we need it?

    Arg, for *years* I hear slashdotters whine about QuickTIme. (I can't see the Starwars trailer without quicktime, I can't believe it. I hate apple) And now all the sudden linux is to good for Quicktime?