[MacDV] QuickTime 7, H.264, etc

[Derek Roff]

> I'm asking whether the new version of QuickTime (v. 7?) will include a
> new codec (I'm thinking specifically of the one getting all the
> publicity. I think it's called H.264) capable of taking HDV footage
> (from the new Sony camcorder, for example

In the January MacWorld Keynote, Steve Jobs said QuickTime 7 would include 
H.264.

[from a different message]
> Both of these proposals include H.264, an
> improved derivative of MPEG-4 (layer 10, I believe), as the compression
> technology with full compliance to the MPEG standards by the way.

I'm wondering if "improved derivative" is the best way to express this. 
Since H.264 is a part of MPEG-4, as planned for the next generation DVDs 
and QuickTime, and since MPEG-4 includes the opportunity to incorporate and 
utilize various codecs, I don't see one as a replacement for or derivative 
of the other.

Derek


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