[NCLUG] Fwd: Re: What about linux users (KMM2921354C0KM)

[Rich Blinne]

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From: "Michael Dwyer"
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Subject: Re: [NCLUG] Fwd: Re: What about linux users (KMM2921354C0KM)
Date: Mon, 25 Jun 2001 11:26:35 -0600

>XAnim supports earlier Quicktimes -- qt3 and below, I believe. However, qt4 
>and qt5 are using the proprietary Sorenson encoder, and Apple won't let 
>Sorenson give the specs out to ANYONE. Soooo, only the Quicktime Player can 
>play QuickTime4 and up, currently. I would suggest MPEG as a global 
>platform. Although, oddly XAnim handles MPEGs terribly....

There might be some hope with Ogg Tarkin.  This is the video project which 
corresponds to the audio project Ogg Vorbis.  The goals of this project is 
to have a patent and licensing free audio/video.  Combine this with IceCast 
streaming and you have audio/video truly suited for Linux.
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