OT: Quicktime Bundling

Richard Gaskin ambassador at fourthworld.com
Sat Jun 2 11:56:43 EDT 2007


Mark Talluto wrote:

> On Jun 2, 2007, at 12:22 AM, Scott Kane wrote: 
>> On another note - Linux and QuickTime.  Are there any options for a  
>> Rev solution using QuickTime to be compiled for Linux and use one  
>> of the QuickTime replacements like "QuickTime for Linux" that seem  
>> to exist?
> 
> Right now we are stuck with the very antiquated xAnim.  I am hoping  
> that the next release of Rev that supports Linux will have this  
> little problem resolved.  There is an enhancement request in BZ 2290  
> for improved multimedia support for Linux.

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?

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  Richard Gaskin
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