[opendtv] Re: Adobe in Push to Spread Web Video to TV Sets

At 5:00 PM -0400 4/24/09, Manfredi, Albert E wrote:

Craig will love this: my brand new Verizon Wireless cell phone can send
pictures and videos. As expected, the pictures are all JPEG. But get
this, the videos are all QuickTime 6.5 or newer.
The videos are not QuickTime, but QuickTime is providing the support to deliver video via the network and the player to view it. The key issues were addressed with the release of QuickTIme 6.5, which incorprated the tools necessary to move files across telco networks - see the following press release: 

http://www.apple.com/pr/library/2003/dec/18quicktime.html
Give the fact that h.264 support was not added until the release of QuickTime 7, it is likely that the codec used for these videos is h.263, which was primarily used for videoconferencing. 



And Verizon can't even offer iPhones (yet). What, are they trying to
play nice with Apple?
Given recent announcements that Verizon wants Apple to end its exclusive deal with AT&T, one might come to this conclusion. But in reality, I suspect that this decision predates the release of the iPhone. The press release above was written in 2003. Rather, this points to the reality that QuickTime is a digital media tool kit, with tools to support many platforms and applications. Looks like Verizon chose to use QuickTime as it provides the end to end tools they needed to support video capture and transport across their network. 

Regards
Craig


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