On Wednesday, December 3, 2003, at 10:49 PM, Ben Waggoner wrote:
Whatever one might think of
QuickTime as a deliver format these days, it is unquestionably the best
authoring format, so I'm always glad when Windows tools support it
natively
(which is the main reason I don't use Windows Media Encoder myself
much).
Funny, one might have gotten the impression after reading your 'experts
article' on MS' site and your glowing endorsement of
Windows Media that you prefer the quality of WM:
"This article is about how to get that first HD piece built during
lunch, to prove to yourself and your bosses that Windows Media provides
the highest quality encoding available".
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windowsmedia/howto/articles/
zerotohdsixty.aspx
Do you really believe Windows Media provides the highest quality
encoding available? How do you think Black Magic's codec stack up
against it? I notice the screen shot of Final Cut Pro export showed
that Black Magic was used. Also on the same page is a shot of Pro
Coder (Windows app) with text describing that it can read native
QuickTime files. This further suggests that QuickTime be used initially
- as I know many developers prefer to start with a QT encoded file even
if later it will be converted to another format.
You may be making the distinction between authoring and encoding as two
different processes which they of course are. But besides the multi
bit-rate feature of WM, what does it have that QT doesn't? I agree
that Apple needs to get off the fence and offer a true MBR solution (I
hope they are not going to wait for MPEG group to implement it). And
It is good that we push Apple to offer the features that we need and
think will make them more competitive in the marketplace. It might be
better though if you qualified your statements so as to be more
constructive and instructive to those such as myself who may not have
your knowledge and expertise.
Regards,
Daniel
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