[opendtv] Re: News: Video board approves Apple-supported codecs

> Apple decided to put its eggs into the ISO/MPEG and ISMA baskets in 
> the late '90s, and has been turning these efforts into real products 
> for several years. Much is made of the "proprietary" nature of the 
> Apple iPOD, however, the only thing that is proprietary is the 
> Digital Rights Management component - the underlying audio 
> compression technology comes straight out of MPEG-4 in the form of 
> the Advanced Audio Codec (AAC). I store all of my iTunes music using 
> the AAC codec, which means that I can easily move this music to an 
> iPOD, if i decide I need a portable music player.

And the iPod is pretty much all you are going to use with that codec.
Have a look through this site: http://www.dapreview.net/news.php - you
may (or may not) be shocked to see the sheer onslaught of cheap ipod
ripoffs heading to our shores. The iPod has a limited lifespan, if you
ask me. Many of these are better at a cheaper price (640x400
touchscreens, fm tuners, CF readers, support for a dozen codecs, etc.)
OFcourse I thoroughly suspect that the american public will continue to
make uninformed buying decisions long after these products arrive on our
shores.
 
> of the personal computing revolution. QuickTime can EASILY be used at 
> the core of the digital home entertainment systems of the future. It 
> already runs across the MacOS, Windows, Unix, Linux, Solaris and 
> Irix. Consumer Electronics products like Set-top boxes are a logical 
> extension.

You must be confusing Helix player with Quicktime player on these other
platforms (everything other than mac and windows). Its a crying shame
when your Linux player has to wrapper a windows DLL to play the latest
and greatest quicktime file.

Cheers
Kon

 
 
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