OT: Quicktime Bundling

[Mark Talluto]

On Jun 2, 2007, at 8:56 AM, Richard Gaskin wrote:

> Last time I looked into the QuickTime for Linux project it was  
> pretty anemic. Of course so it XAnim.
>
> What current video APIs are available for Linux? And in terms of  
> features, how do they compare with QT?

Multimedia for all of us is going to overlap in some areas and be  
very different in others.  At this point I need to be able to play  
the latest video formats in Linux.  MPlayer <http://www.mplayerhq.hu/ 
homepage/design6/news.html> seems to be the best bet for audio/video  
play back.  VR may require another technology all together.  There  
does not seem to be a one solution fits all for Linux.

Maybe we would have a way to hook into a variety of players as  
needed.  The current support (videoClipPlayer, property) seems to  
point us in the direction Rev should go for all platforms.  It seems  
Scott was headed that way in theory when you consider that property.   
It just never got implemented completely.

Imagine a world where we could set that property on the fly for each  
player.  We could then access all the wealth of media players on the  
market that best suited our needs.  Alas, I would be happy being able  
to play a modern codec on Linux as a starting point.


Mark Talluto
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