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Sep 19 2005
A demonstration of H.264 encoding
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First things first: If you don't have a Mac with QuickTime 7, this post will not be interesting to you. I'm sorry about that, but until Apple ships QuickTime 7 for Windows (any day now, they say), you Windows users are just gonna have to wait. Don't blame me; not my call. Complain to Apple for leaving you out in the cold … the way Windows-oriented companies have historically left Mac users out in the cold for the past twenty years. Heh.
I've written about H.264 twice previously, here and here. My take on the subject has been … well, "gushing" wouldn't be too strong a word. I really like H.264. I like it a lot.
For those of you who are new to the party, H.264 is the latest MPEG compression standard. Once upon a time there was MPEG, then came MPEG-2. MPEG-2 is used today in standard- and high-definition digital television and in DVDs. There was going to be an MPEG-3, but the people who were working on MPEG-3 decided to just extend MPEG-2 instead, so MPEG-3 never happened. What came next was MPEG-4, and the latest addition to MPEG-4 is a compression algorithm called H.264. It's also known as AVC for "Advanced Video Coding." Both names stink, but at least H.264 isn't yet another three-letter acronym.
Each compression algorithm that's come down the pike has been incrementally better than the ones that came before it. We're kind of in the dark ages when it comes to this kind of stuff. We're still figuring out how to do it. So it makes sense that what we have today should be a little bit better than what we had yesterday.
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.
More here.
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Comments
09/19/05
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nemester
| UK
I checked the link. Foyr words:
DAMN
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09/19/05
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Vlad
| North Carolina USA
its... been out for months
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09/19/05
29
sabledrakon
| Maine USA | SOCOM: Sable_Drakon
I've got QT7 Pro on my box. I'm loving having that right now, now that I know I can use H.264.
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09/19/05
24
stewie
| Florida USA | XBC: Mckillagorilla
damn u apppple until the windows version comes out
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09/19/05
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J2daROC
| Ontario Canada
Quicktime 7 for windows has been out for a while . Here is a link to a stand alone version without the bloated Itunes.http://www.apple.com/quicktime/download/standalone.html
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09/20/05
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theMixxer
| Texas USA
The article itself is dated May 11, 2005. Quicktime 7 for Windows, as the others have said, has been available for quite some time.edited: Sep 20 2005
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09/20/05
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sabledrakon
| Maine USA | SOCOM: Sable_Drakon
How does it suck? H.264 is a great thing for video. It means greater quality for lower filesize.edited: Sep 20 2005
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09/26/05
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PGTIGERS
| Arkansas USA
Yeah when I first read the article QT 7 for Win was in beta.
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09/28/05
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pixelator
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"Complain to Apple for leaving you out in the cold … the way Windows-oriented companies have historically left Mac users out in the cold for the past twenty years. Heh."
As others have pointed out, QT7 is out for Windows. ...Bitter over Mac software selection, much? Don't blame the software companies for not supporting a system that lacks a substantial userbase. Blame Apple for historically overpricing their systems and refusing to allow clones or other licensed hardware. Steve Jobs is the one who keeps the Mac a niche, not software companies (who shouldn't be expected to foot the bill for Mac R&D with such a small userbase).
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