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Join Date: Aug 2002
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Apple today released QuickTime 6.1 via the Software Update control panel. According to Apple, the new version delivers "a number of quality and performance enhancements for audio, video, and full screen playback. Enhancements include the following: MPEG-4 video provides more accurate rate control and improved visual quality. AAC includes new encoder controls and new bit rate options. DV includes significant encode and decode performance improvements. QuickTime Pro users will enjoy enhancements in full screen playback, including newly enabled keyboard shortcuts for movie control, faster entry and exit, and improved playback performance."
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Join Date: Apr 2001
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Quicktime 6.1 Available
Quicktime 6.1 has been released and can be found in your Mac OS X Software Update:
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Cool, cool cool. Wonder if the plugin will be updated a bit for Safari. Not sure why Pro users are the only ones with faster opening and closing, but hell i'm a pro user so its no biggie.
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Join Date: Feb 2002
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now for itunes and ipod aac updates.....
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Join Date: Nov 2002
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Re: AAC
Can't they even allow Pro users to convert music to AAC through iTunes? I know this is my main subject when posting, but every time I listen to any music, which is a lot, I bemoan the lack of AAC for the space it would give me.
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I'm thinking the speed improvements could be due to a Cocoa rewite, i believe QuickTime Player uses a carbon framework, while the Finder and browsers all use a Cocoa framework. I also noticed that the player looks like it got a new coat of wax, it's glossier than ever.
I just noticed 6.1 (I think it was the update) has brought back playing during minimizing. Not to mention minimizing performance is a LOT higher. This feature was yanked with Jaguar to make OSX feel faster (no mac could minimize a window without pausing first)
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Re: Re: AAC
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Join Date: Dec 2001
Location: Claremont, CA
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Codecs
I wish they would put in ability to read and play media player files and .wmv files and other wintrash formats so we do not have to launch a M$ app or a crude program to play files people create out of ignorance.
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Join Date: Jul 2002
Location: UCLA
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can it (finally) play avi and divx stuff now?
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Join Date: Jul 2001
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Finder is not cocoa application. You can recognize cocoa applications by responsivity and ability to drag windows while app is not responding.
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Join Date: Jun 2002
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re: Quicktime 6.1
Someone posted a question, asking if 6.1 supported AVI. Looks like it does. Here's a cut and paste from the help file:
QuickTime can import multiple formats of several types of files. File formats you can import include the following Video formats: AVI, DV, Motion JPEG, MPEG-1, MPEG-2, and MPEG-4. Audio formats: AIFF/AIFC, Audio CD, MP3, Sound Designer II, System 7 Sound, uLaw (AU), and WAV Still image formats: BMP, GIF, JPEG/JFIF, MacPaint, PICT, PNG, Photoshop (with layers), SGI, Targa, FlashPix, and TIFF Animation formats: 3DMF, Animated GIF, FLC/FLI, Flash, and PICS Other formats: KAR (Karaoke), MIDI, QuickDraw GX, QuickTime Image File, Text |
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Join Date: Jul 2002
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Join Date: Jan 2002
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Re: re: Quicktime 6.1
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Join Date: Jan 2003
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3GPP (wonder why Apple doesn't use the term 'UMTS', anyway...) is being shown as you can see on this Japanese website.
Scroll down to see a FOMA phone playing QT content: http://www.zdnet.co.jp/macwire/0301/...gikubo4_2.html For those of you who speak Japanese, here is an update on QT6.1 and (for the time being) Japanese 3G mobile phones: http://www.zdnet.co.jp/macwire/0301/..._qtupdate.html |
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Join Date: Jan 2003
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___ A codec required in order to reproduce the new movie format of FOMA is called 3GPP(s). In QuickTime 6.1, only the basic portion is installed and the person in charge says that the time when download of 3GPP codec is finally attained is undecided. ___ However, it's demoed at the booth on a NEC phone as you can see in my previous posting. This is a very significant long-term win for Apple IMHO ! |
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Join Date: Jan 2003
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the metal finish on the player is definitely brighter. brighter in the middle and darker on the sides like safari...
i'm a little surprised the close / min / max buttons aren't recessed.... |
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No long file name support. How long has QuickTime 6 been out now? Six months? This has to be in the top five of requested features...and it's still not there.
It's been rewritten in Cocoa, BTW. And the buttons are not recessed because it does not use the standard .nibs. In fact, the interface is completely custom, all of it. None of it is real aqua, it's faked. |
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i'd kill for divx support... is it missing entirely because they're discouraging dvd ripping, or have they just not gotten around to it yet? ![]() pnw |
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The problem w/ QT is that it doesnt support mp3 within AVI, which is a stupid Divx hack anyway. Use 3ivx with AAC audio, and you'll have no sync problems and better performance and quality!
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Join Date: Jan 2002
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DVDs--->DivX
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Join Date: Jul 2001
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When I encode anything on a PC at 640x480 or more and then play them on my PowerBook G4 550, I get lots of dropped frames. I don't think it is because my Mac is too slow because it has problems playing MPEG1 created on my PC. Does anyone have any solutions? I have all the latest software on my Mac and PC.
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Join Date: Jan 2003
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I'd bet it's slow hardware.
I know my G3/400 Pismo has dropsy -- firewire webcameras produce maybe 3-4 frames/second, at best. Sample: http://www.ankh.members.sonic.net --a brief stereo movie done with 2 webcameras on the Pismo. Remember you have to manually select "view all frames" and dig down into the menus to set "high quality" for every movie (and those prefs get lost when a movie is downloaded, in my experience). And I see no way to make the frame rate correct; my sample runs far too fast though I had it set for 5 frames/sec. |
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