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Subject: Re: QuickTime ??
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dimitri wrote:
> 
> FreeBSD is a great operating system, a capable friend when you need to do
> serious stuff like setting up a lan or running a server..
> 
> But sometimes i really miss all these silly, little things like watching a
> movie trailer from the internet...

Well, it's not like there is any lack of trying to get Sorenson/Apple to
release the codec (even in binary form) to FreeBSD/Linux, but they
simply
do not want to give up that codec.  Even M$ Media Player can't handle
those Sorenson Quicktimes (which is VERY annoying, because the windows
Quicktime client tends to crash my machine, and if M$ Media Player
supported
it, avifile would support it.)

It's kindof odd, it used to be that I loved seeing .mov extensions on
files,
because the Quicktime format was open and there were all kinds of great
players for them, even under FreeBSD.  .avis were a nightmare of
different
unsupported Indeo codecs that sometimes didn't even work with the
correct
codec installed.  Then, gradually, this all reversed and nowadays the
.mpgs
and .avis work and the .movs don't.   What's more, with the advent of 
Divx ;-) those .avi files frequntly look better than the .movs at a 
significantly lower bitrate.

Dang, more ranting, I've gotta stop this...

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