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QuickTime 6, QuickTime Broadcaster previews

updated 08:35 am EDT, Tue June 4, 2002

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Apple today released public previews of QuickTime 6 and QuickTime Broadcaster, its application that captures and encodes QuickTime content in MPEG-4 for live streaming over the web. QuickTime 6 includes the new Instant-On Streaming (eliminating traditional buffer delays) provides users with the ability to quickly and easily scrub through streaming media content, supports JPEG 2000 under OS X (next generation compression), and Advanced Audio Coding ( professional-quality audio--"better than MP3 and better than Windows Media Player"). A standalone installer for QuickTime 6 is also available.

QuickTime 6 also includes a new ISO-compliant video codec for encoding and decoding MPEG-4 video content; adherence to the Internet Streaming Media Alliance (ISMA) 1.0 specification; DVC Pro (PAL) support; and an updated user interface for easier access to QuickTime content.

QuickTime Broadcaster features live encoding with real time preview; the ability to record and hint in real time to the computer's hard disk for quick video-on-demand posting; support for QuickTime codecs as well as MPEG-4 video and AAC audio; AppleScript support; and reliable communication via TCP between Broadcaster and Server as wella s auto configuration of connections between Broadcaster and Server.

Both software previews expire in October 2002.

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So where is it?

C'mon, haven't we waited long enough for this? And what about the licensing issues that held this up? Have they been resolved?

BTW - First Post!

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Public Preview

Just downloaded it. The player icon is still the same, unlike the picture on Apple's site.

Anyway, why the "preview"? Shouldn't they have had enough time to finish it by now with all of the licensing delays?!?

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The requested URL /scarlett/us/mac/QuickTimeInstaller.bin was not found on this server.

Mac OS 9.2.2

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The requested URL /scarlett/us/mac/QuickTimeInstaller.bin was not found on this server.

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looking good

I like the mpeg 4 examples. Aaahh so much better than QT 5 streaming. All of you folks defending QT 5 streaming should be ashamed of yourselves. 700kpbs stream looks nice.

QT6 looking good folks.

Anybodybody know how the mpeg 4 license issues went? Or are we all just saying f-it and release. I say f-it. let it get clogged in the courts like Microsoft anti trust.

Though, some of the example web pages on the site don't work well with netscape. ( latest mozilla build )

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QT5 fallback

I like how they're giving you the option of re-installing QT5 in OSX if you don't want to keep using the QT6 demo. A shame the link wasn't working when I looked at it. I wonder if this re-installer will work if some knucklehead nukes part of QT5 and then finds out there's no stand-alone installer for OS X.

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mpeg 4 slow and choppy

mpeg 4 is slow and choppy on my Lombard 333. :(

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Wow

Downloaded 10MBs in 3 seconds...WOW!!!

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Licensing Issues

To the best I can determine, the licensing for MPEG4 still has not been settled, which is undoubtedly at least one reason why this is Preview release and not a final one.

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Hmm. Useless.

I was hoping this would fix the one thing that really makes my iBook stink under X. DivX playback. I've got a bunch of subtitled Anime episodes and can't watch them on the go thanks to the player being b0rked. With QT 5, I got video just fine, but the audio hitched and paused all the time. Now, with this preview of 6, I don't even see the video anymore, and sound is worse.

Whee. Just what I wanted in a new player. Right.

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re: Hmm. Useless.

Shut up with the DivX already. Everyone: GET OVER IT. DivX is a hack of Mpeg4. If you want to watch your videos on the go, get a s*** a** PC laptop ... or burn it to VCD and watch it that way. But enough of this "Quicktime sucks because it doesn't have DivX" ... at least Apple follows standards (which DivX isn't) ... just look at what's in store with Microsoft's new media player, they don't want to use any standards and only use MS proprietary c*** ... get over it.

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re: snowman

Sorry, but considering the fact DivX is one of the most popular codecs out there, hack or no, it needs to be supported for Apple to actually be useful to a lot of people. Apple was close, very close, with QT5.

DivX is rapidly becoming -the- defacto standard for many things out there, particularly the home market where you can manage to encode to DivX for next to nothing or even free depending on your software choices.

It's got high quality video, good sound, and compresses quite well. It isn't broke, and the Apple platform is practically the last one to support it.

Linux got support faster than Apple has.

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re: me 'n' DivX

First of all, DivX is not a standard.

I have DivX installed on 3 computers. Every month I have to new codec to play some new video because someone used something different "NON STANDARD".

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Divx Standard?

While Divx is not a standard, it is fast becoming one... it's not open codec supported international forums, but it is now being sold and licenced as a uniform codec to other companies.

Already companies like Texas Instruments are creating DSP chips that can handle the Divx 5.0 Codec - this has been officially licenced.

While Divx 5.0 is fast becoming a legitimate private codec (e.g. just like say, Sorenson 3.0) that is very popular - it's inevitable that it will gain more and more support, and more pressure for Apple to support it.

But please note, the responsibility for supporting this codec on the Macintosh Platform IS NOT Apple's responsibility!

Divx is a private codec, Apple would have to play it's creators to licence it's technology - It is the responsilbity of the creators of Divx to support the codec on the Mac OS, and they should write their own player if they cannot get it to work right.

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Apple /.ed

Apple.com will return later when the entire internet stops visiting their site at once.

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BUGS!!!

When I tried the MPEG-4 Gallery, my IE goes balistic and freezes. I hope that Apple fix this problem.

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RE: BUGS!!!

You just need to stop using IE and get a real browser.

Where's Quicktime TV, the links to all the third-party quicktime content providers like the BBC and CNN?

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RE: DivX problems

If you try the 3ivx codec, it can doctor the divx movies very quickly and play them very well. 3ivx works very well for making small movies. If only everyone had players pre-installed for it, I could post my movies in 3ivx...

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Competition

I tried re-compressing some DivX's into MP4 just to compare the quality. And QuickTime's MP4 codec just couldn't compare to DivX. The test files was a clip from Apollo 13, it was 640x480 Pixels, 24fps, 100K/s, and excellent quality. I exported that to a .mov and .mp4 with the same specs., but the video was blocky and very distorted during high motion. I hope Apple's has more improvements for the final release.

MP4 still did better then Sorenson, 3ivX Public, or On2.

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mp4 compression

Although your source material of Apollo 13 was good, that is still pretty low quality if you are going from one compressed source to another. If you have the capability, encode source material from a DV or D8 tape, size it at 320 x 240, 24 fps, best quality, uncompressed audio and use the animation or mjpeg codec in iMovie. Take that file and reencode in QT6 to MP4 at 100k/sec and use AAC at the smallest 16 bit stereo possible.

I know this is a drawn out process but I think you will see just how good mp4 really is especially when you go full screen.

Regardless of how unsophisticated the material in the FRIDAY AFTER NEXT trailer was, in full screen it look as good almost as my digital cable. No wonder the MPEG LA goons are salivating over how much they could potentially earn if there is wide adoption of this standard. There's hardly a difference between mp4 and mpeg2 in terms of pic quality yet the bandwith issue overwhelmingly favors mp4 which makes cablecasters very intrigued.

Finally, I'm tired of the complaints of Divx fans. QT6 has loftier goals and we all need to help make sure it reaches them. Sharing films is fine, but with QT6 and Broadcaster, schools, churches, cable networks, radio stations, etc. will have less of an excuse not to use it. They need to know how great this could be to their bottom line.

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Both look good

I'm sure that if i took some good video and resized it to 320x240 and compressed it at 100K/s, they all would look perfect. The real test for any codec is large screen, with low bandwitdth. ie fitting an entire feature film onto a 700MB CD.

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Re: bugs again

It's not IE at fault. i've had QT6 freezes in QT player and iMovie. OS 9.1. (Apple doesn't recommend using QT6 preview with iMovie, but it's a little hard to avoid once you've installed it.)

On the bright side, QT6 works perfectly with my PC at work, whereas QT5 was always a little flaky. Something ironic there.

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QuickTime 6, QuickTime Broadcaster previews

updated 08:35 am EDT, Tue June 4, 2002

So where is it?

Public Preview

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looking good

QT5 fallback

mpeg 4 slow and choppy

Wow

Licensing Issues

Hmm. Useless.

re: Hmm. Useless.

re: snowman

re: me 'n' DivX

Divx Standard?

Apple /.ed

BUGS!!!

RE: BUGS!!!

RE: DivX problems

Competition

mp4 compression

Both look good

Re: bugs again

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Public Preview

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Hmm. Useless.

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Apple /.ed

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RE: DivX problems

Competition

mp4 compression

Both look good

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