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austeros · Apr 25, 2001, 09:24 PM

i am not criticizing or anything, with wmp 8 for the peeceers supposed to (in XP) i am just wondering what the logic is behind QT not.

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-rok

GreenMnM · Apr 26, 2001, 01:10 PM

Don't worry, it's coming...
http://macnn.com/news.php?id=5818

Apparently, QuickTime 5 will be getting support for Sorenson 3, MPEG-2 and MPEG-4 codecs. Apple just couldn't finish development before they wanted to release the new version.

Now, this sounds like you will be able to "IMPORT" or "EXPORT" a QuickTime file using those codecs, but unless you have the correct video hardware (with MPEG decoding) I doubt you'll be able to actually watch and listen to a commercial DVD with the QuickTime Player. You'd also need the decryption of the movie data that the DVD Player provides and the ability to handle menus and multiple files.

So, I guess we'll just wait and see.

-Doug