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QuickTime 6 Public Beta Available
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!
You know, I wonder if this really matters. I've recently discovered mencoder (part of mplayer) and it's libavcodec. It's absolutely amazing. I can compress ~5G mpeg to about 1.5G without really any loss in quality. Does QT add anything except compatibility with a popular format? If you're encoding on your own, try mencoder
Before I install anything Quicktime related again, Apple is going to have to win me back with a much better interface and functionality. I used to enjoy Quicktime, back when you could fullscreen videos without registering, back when the controls were usable and ergonomic, back when there wasn't a constant nag screen, back when there wasn't some overpaid designer's faux brushed metal skin cluttering up the window.
To anyone who's installed the new beta: Have these issues been fixed at all? Since OSX, Apple has been getting things right again, and I'd love to see them make Quicktime function like it did in the past. As it is now, I even choose (gack!) RealMedia before Quicktime.
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Who the hell modded this as troll?!? It's so true it hurts.
You must be new here. Criticism of Linux always gets modded down - especially if it's true.
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What the hell does Quicktime 6 have to do with MPEG-4? No offense, but MPEG-4 has been around a lot longer than Apple has been in the mix. They've jumped on the MPEG-4 standard bandwagon at the "last minute" for licensing fears, and now that's their big selling point for QT6. They act like they invented it.
And people are starting to beLIEVE they invented it. That's the scary part.
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