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QuickTime 6 Public Beta Available

Posted by pudge on from the i-got-yer-royalty-fee-right-here dept.

krugdm writes "Apple has announced that a public beta of QuickTime 6 is now available. MPEG-4 support is there, as well as support for other technologies, such as JPEG2000, and Flash 5. The beta expires in October. An interesting in the FAQ's says that, '... because QuickTime 6 will include royalty-bearing technologies, a new QuickTime Pro key will be required to unlock pro functionality in the final release.'" It is available for Mac OS, Mac OS X, and Windows, and supports AAC audio too. I also wonder why MPEG-4 is ".mp4". ".mp3" isn't for MPEG-3, after all. Flummery!

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  1. Animated Reply Movie by QuonsetTheHut · · Score: 5, Funny

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  2. Kudos to trolltech by stud9920 · · Score: 4, Funny

    Now Qt 6 is released, the KDE team can start working on KDE 6 !

  3. Re:Other Big News: eMac by Bob+McCown · · Score: 5, Funny
    Of course the other big news is that the eMac is now available to everyone

    Yea, but I'm a vi kind of guy...

  4. Did you mean: flummery ? by Pauly · · Score: 5, Funny

    Flummory!

    Hey Pudge, did you mean flummery?

    flummery (flm-r) n. pl. flummeries

    1. Meaningless or deceptive language; humbug.
      1. Any of several soft, sweet, bland foods, such as custard.
      2. A sweet gelatinous pudding made by straining boiled oatmeal or flour.
      3. A soft dessert of stewed, thickened fruit, often mixed with a grain such as rice.

    I'm pretty sure you did...

  5. Re:So... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    there is an upgrade to the pro version, which gives you video editing skills

    You can buy video editing skills? Who knew!

  6. Re:mpeg-4 by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    since qt6 will be the first mpeg-4 capable media player available

    Guess I'd better remove my mpeg-4 codecs for WMP and the various other players I've downloaded to do comparisons with the mpeg-4 files I've downloaded, since QT6 will be the first media player capable of viewing these files.

  7. Re:Not flummory, marketing... wait... by L.+VeGas · · Score: 3, Funny

    When I bought my Apex, there was a big sticker on the box that said "Plays MPEG-3!"

    That was kind of funny, but it was even funnier trying to explain it to the Circuit City salesman. Kind of like trying to teach my dog geometry.

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