Friday, May 13, 2005

The Shape of Days: A demonstration of H.264 encoding: "But H.264 isn't a little bit better than the other compression algorithms out there. It's not incrementally better. It's dramatically better. It's a whole world better. It's really mind-blowing." 6:58:17 AM

Quicktime Pro versions 6 and 7 FAQ: " Will my QuickTime 6 Pro key work with QuickTime 7? Because QuickTime 7 includes royalty-bearing technologies, a new QuickTime Pro key is required to unlock Pro functionality in QuickTime 7. If your key no longer works, visit the Apple Store to purchase a new one. I want to use my QuickTime 6 Pro key, but I've installed QuickTime 7. What do I do? You'll need to use an older version of QuickTime. Previous versions of QuickTime are available to download from our QuickTime Support site. Will a QuickTime Pro" (Via Apple Computer Top QuickTime Knowledge Base Documents.) 6:53:05 AM

QuickTime 7 and Cleaner 6 incompatibilities: " If you use QuickTime 7 to compress a video file in H.264 format and add it to Cleaner by dragging the file into an Untitled window or using the Add Batch Files command, the preview window won't display any video. This happens because Cleaner doesn't see QuickTime-compressed H.264 video. This document will be updated when additional information is available. Apple and Autodesk Media and Entertainment are working together to resolve this issue as quickly as possible. For additional information on Cleaner support, click here. Important:" (Via Apple Computer Top QuickTime Knowledge Base Documents.) 6:52:45 AM

iTunes 4.8: Watching videos: " With iTunes 4.8, you can watch QuickTime and MPEG-4 movies (files that end in '.mov' or '.mp4') in iTunes. You can view videos in one of three ways: In the iTunes window (in the Artwork pane) In a separate window Full screen To watch a video, double-click it in your library or a playlist; by default, the movie plays in the Artwork pane in the lower-left corner of the iTunes window. If the Artwork pane is not visible, click the Artwork button: You" (Via Apple Computer Top QuickTime Knowledge Base Documents.) 6:52:32 AM

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