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- Received: (from jeffk@localhost) by desk.jdksoftware.com (8.6.12/8.6.9) id OAA09717; Tue, 24 Oct 1995 14:55:31 -0700
- Date: Tue, 24 Oct 1995 14:55:30 -0700 (PDT)
- From: Jeff Koftinoff <jeffk@awinc.com>
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- To: executor@nacm.com
- Subject: Re: Quicktime
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- On Tue, 24 Oct 1995 jered@MIT.EDU wrote:
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- > > With regards to QuickTime, I recall that there was one free animation file
- > > viewer available for X11 that supported playing QuickTime movies.
- > >
- > > Apple complained that they were violating a patent or something - So the
- > > authors had to REMOVE the quicktime support from their application!
- >
- > I haven't heard that story before (although I wouldn't put Apple past it).
- > However, XAnim can play .MOV files just fine. The current beta versions
- > are great, they'll play MPEG, QuickTime, MS .AVI, and several other formats
- > with sound, and on all bit depth displays. Sorry, I don't know the URL for
- > XAnim.
-
- Actually, you're right - I checked and it wasn't quicktime in general, it
- was the Radius Cinepak encoded AVI and Quicktime files. Sorry Apple.
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- Maybe in Executor 3.0 there could be integration with XAnim somehow.
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- >
- > Apple's latest scam, 'Apple Notebook Disks.' You pay $4 extra per box to
- > get 3.5" floppies that are 'precision-crafted to Apple factory specifications.'
- > Sigh.
-
- The next step is to have 'your notebook warrenty is void if you don't use
- our expensive disks'
-
- jeff
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