aphro wrote: > one thing i would like to understand is what apple is doing by restricting > who uses their codec. i mean..how does it hurt them if other people use > it for decoding purposes? i can only imagine it helping the population
In fairness to Apple, it isn't their codec to give away. They license the sorenson codec from Sorenson Vision (http://www.s-vision.com) who are the ones not giving it away. It might be possible to talk the s-vision folks into releasing a playback only version of the codec. > from being upgraded to G4 via bios "updates"..the list goes on.) intel > has (had?) a nifty tool that converted AVI -> QT and back(free) but it > doesnt work with most of the new (past 2-3 years) codecs from QT. Again, Apple doesn't invent most of the codecs in QT, they license them from other people. jpb -- Joe Block <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> CREOL System Administrator Social graces are the packet headers of everyday life.
