I was playing with doing some encoding in quicktime and I was very impressed. Why would one use quicktime as the encoder of choice for a site? I figure everyone has it.
Why not use quicktime?
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do you have stats on any of your sites which show how many people have the QT plugin?
it's small, i haven't checked in awhile but it's small.
MPEG-1 - the overwhelmingly most popular format still. tho i think there are some connoisseurs out there that want DivX in broadcast quality but most guys just want a good MPEG. Mpegs are playable without hassle by 99% of surfers.I moved my sites to Vacares Hosting. I've saved money, my hair is thicker, lost some weight too! Thanks Sly!Comment
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someone is smoking the glass dickOriginally posted by M_M
wmv 9, divx, xvid are all superior compression methods compared to quicktimeComment
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everyone who isnt encoding in multiple formats to give people an option is missing out.
If it isnt a fucking WMV file, I dont bother watching it, signing up for it, voting for it, rubbing it with goat pee.
Im not going to install fucking other progs which fuck my system reg up and settings and everything.
and a special FUCK YOU to people who encode in RealPlayer... you fucking tards.Comment
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Quicktime is shit
Real is shit
Will not install either on my system. Both try to hijack everything.
Say what you will about wmp, but it is the best. And wmv compression is great.Comment
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so many clueless people in this biz. speak about what you know, not what you think you know.Comment
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Originally posted by Digipimp
so many clueless people in this biz. speak about what you know, not what you think you know.
Quick compression is nice but thier player sucks.Comment
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it's the best there is, you ever think for a minute to realize that windows and microsoft is the problem, not the player. that MS does everything they can to hinder quicktime and real on their platform.Originally posted by Meta Ridley
Quick compression is nice but thier player sucks.Comment
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I wouldnt doubt it, but both real and quicktime do the same thing when you install them on your system.Originally posted by Digipimp
it's the best there is, you ever think for a minute to realize that windows and microsoft is the problem, not the player. that MS does everything they can to hinder quicktime and real on their platform.
But the point, using wmv , means one less step for the surfer to see video (nnost surfers anyway) Quciktime is good to offer in addition to windows media format. Whats the point of real player?Comment
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"wmv 9, divx, xvid are all superior compression methods compared to quicktime"Originally posted by Digipimp
someone is smoking the glass dick
They most definitely are better than quicktime.
Do an easy comparison test..encode a movie in quicktime, and use the SAME bit rate with wmv9 or divx..you will not only see the higher quality of the video, but also smaller file size.
And it has been my experience that the surfer will also pay for a video that is larger in byte size as long as the QUALITY is better too.
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I really hate Quicktime and Realplayer, I dont want to have 3 different media players installed.
Use Quicktime Alternative and Real Alternative to play these files in WMP.Comment
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Originally posted by More Booze
I really hate Quicktime and Realplayer, I dont want to have 3 different media players installed.
Use Quicktime Alternative and Real Alternative to play these files in WMP.
Same here
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wmv: great compression, ugly movies and not crossplateform evn if mac version exist. Streams takes ages, and require MS OS to run And VERY VERY bad security.
Real: compression suck goats in hell, ugly quality, but faster start for streaming.
Quicktime: fair compression (supports many formats such as the latest 3gpp for cell phones and mepg4 clear crytal quality), very cross plateform. You can customize skins etc...
Most people who blame qt because the don't know how to use or setup quicktime! Using it just exporting to mov sucks, there're a lot of options to optimise the size for dl or for the stream.
We use quicktime stream servers using rtp/rtsp it free and easy to setup. It runs on OSX server, linux, solaris, and winblows.-------------------------------
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Originally posted by More Booze
I really hate Quicktime and Realplayer, I dont want to have 3 different media players installed.
Use Quicktime Alternative and Real Alternative to play these files in WMP.
YOU DON'T HAVE PANCAKE HEAD!
VLC is the most crossplateform player check that:
http://www.videolan.org/vlc/features.html
get a life and google sometimes after porn
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Originally posted by tahiti
YOU DON'T HAVE PANCAKE HEAD!
VLC is the most crossplateform player check that:
http://www.videolan.org/vlc/features.html
get a life and google sometimes after porn
I KNOW!!!
"Use Quicktime Alternative and Real Alternative to play these files in WMP."
However installed VLC and it looks okComment
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Looking at my logs on our member server about 3% use QT, for us it's a waste of space and time uploading the QT format, oh well trying to keep the 3% happyOriginally posted by tony404
I was playing with doing some encoding in quicktime and I was very impressed. Why would one use quicktime as the encoder of choice for a site? I figure everyone has it.
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It's time and money to give the minority this feature, the players are all free, for 3% of the surfers it may not be worth the effort to give them QT anymore, this is the same reason we stopped providing Real Player, no one complained.Originally posted by cayne
I simply don't like that standard.Comment
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2 things:Originally posted by MediumPimpin
It's time and money to give the minority this feature, the players are all free, for 3% of the surfers it may not be worth the effort to give them QT anymore, this is the same reason we stopped providing Real Player, no one complained.
1-quicktime doesn't only play mov files but many other formats.
2-Ignoring more than 150 million potential users is a choice. I don't ignore them, it's my choice.
About the complains, do you think a guy is going to complain? Not sure he will switch before registering that's sure.
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Never said I ignore them what I am saying is the bottom wont be affected, which means QT is just a waste of my time.Originally posted by tahiti
2 things:
1-quicktime doesn't only play mov files but many other formats.
2-Ignoring more than 150 million potential users is a choice. I don't ignore them, it's my choice.
About the complains, do you think a guy is going to complain? Not sure he will switch before registering that's sure.
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