I work with a few Windows folks. Several times they have mentioned
DirectX
and how great it is. As I have struggled to learn QuickTime, I
have found
some of the "common" things to do are pretty difficult.
By DirectX, I'm assuming you are referring to DirectShow. What sort
of "common" things are you trying to do? Just play back a movie?
I'm an experienced Windows programmer who is now learning to come to
grips with Mac OS X and QuickTime. I've created many DirectShow
applications and "filters" (which are the components used within
DirectShow) and also a few Windows Media applications. I'm now
developing a QuickTime plug-in. From what I can tell so far,
QuickTime is probably on a par with Windows Media in terms of
difficulty, and a lot easier that DirectShow filter development.
When it comes to just playing back a movie, all three architectures
are I've found are quite straightforward.
Is there some answer to my colleagues on the Windows side about why
many
things are so difficult in QuickTime and what makes QuickTime
better than
DirectX?
You'll need to give me more information about what you're doing, but
probably the thing that I miss least about learning QuickTime is that
I don't have to deal with COM. DirectShow is an architecture that is
more or less in maintenance -- as far as I can tell Microsoft are
concentrating on Windows Media, but WM can't do everything that
DirectShow can at the moment. With Apple, everything is with
QuickTime, so there is just the one architecture to deal with.
Regards,
David
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