[opendtv] Re: Can't stream HD?
- From: "John Willkie" <johnwillkie@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 12 Dec 2008 20:27:54 -0800
Speaking for myself, Quicktime sounds to be as crappy (no full-screen video)
on Apples as on PCs.
Bloat, if only because they bundle itunes (even when you get the version
purported to not have bundled itunes) and Apple updater.
Also not free due to the time and trouble answering repeatedly that you
don't want to update the application. I removed the key for Apple quicktime
updater from my registry hive last night. It's not the last time I will
have to remove it.
Closer to evil than anything else. When you go for the updating, you first
have to indicate that you don't want to buy Quicktime pro.
And, who in their right mind (i.e., on a PC) would use the Apple Quicktime
SDK? It's no doubt just as easy to add Quicktime codecs using the Windows
Media Format SDK.
John Willkie, who somehow seems to know just a bit about Quicktime, despite
what Craig says.
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De: opendtv-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:opendtv-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] En
nombre de Richard C. Ramsden
Enviado el: Friday, December 12, 2008 8:20 PM
Para: opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Asunto: [opendtv] Re: Can't stream HD?
1) Don't get into interface design. Quicktime has the same interface on
every OS it runs on. It was designed to run on apple OS. Programming
in it on Widows can be a pain, but not impossible. As it is an industry
standard, I would suggest that anyone's issues with the interface have
to do with personal experience and bias.
2) bloat? compared to what?
3) codecs. Perhaps you may have noticed that Quicktime on windows does
not include a MPEG2 codec. Apple's windows MPEG2 codec is junk. Other
than edit suites, who uses Quicktime MPEG2 files on Windows? If you are
actually using the Quicktime SDK it is not hard to use whatever codec
you want.
4) free. Have you read the fine print? NOT free.
Kon Wilms wrote:
> On Fri, Dec 12, 2008 at 8:32 AM, Craig Birkmaier <craig@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> And it is clear that you don't have a clue about QuickTime.
>>
>
> What's there to know besides the fact that it is a bloated piece of
> software that can't even go so far as to obey human interface design
> guidelines? I can't name one person that thinks it is any good --
> except people who are not computer savvy to start off with. Most
> Windows users who don't know any better often refer to it in sentences
> containing at least 2 or more expletives.
>
> Windows users:
> http://www.free-codecs.com/download/quicktime_alternative.htm
>
> That is all.
>
> Cheers
> Kon
>
>
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