Everyone seems to have a different opinion on this
issue. However, I must say here that as much as I
would like to agree with the Apple camp, Microsoft has
produced a more practical codec than Apple.
I volunteer for a Student Media group at my university
and we have been using Cleaner to make videos ready
for streaming. Now I don't know a whole lot about
video in general but let me tell you that the Windows
Media coded _always_ produced a better result every
time.
Najaf Shah
Technical Director, Blazeradio
Phoenix Interactive
http://www.uab.edu/phoenixhttp://www.uab.edu/blazeradio
--- broadcast <email@hidden> wrote:
> Maybe this sounds to conspiratorial....but I wonder
> if this has
> anything to do with
> the announced agreement NPR has with Microsoft to
> offer WM9 streams.
> How far would MS go to remove further competition?
>
> BTW the BBC has recently struck a deal to begin
> testing with Envivio to
> offer interactive MPEG-4
> streams. While this does not have to do with Apple
> per se, there is no
> doubt that Apple
> -and by extension the ISMA, ISO, ITU, EBU, is
> placing heavy bets on the
> MPEG-4 format
> and that MS is clearly the 'odd man out'.
>
> Daniel
>
> --
>
>
> On Saturday, April 12, 2003, at 07:14 PM,
> engineermike wrote:
>
> > Steve I think you reaching a bit by saying your
> seeing QT drop off
> > when I'm seeing just the
> > opposite. It appears it was a decision NPR made
> and not anything
> > Apple did to my knowledge.
> > Being an NPR station I did send an e-mail to
> certain folks when I
> > heard the news and the reply I
> > received basically said it was simply a
> disagreement between NPR and
> > Apple and NPR decided to
> > stop using the service until further notice or
> maybe for good if
> > things can't be worked out. As
> > I said I don't know the details other than it
> appears not to be a
> > money issue because as we all
> > know there's no fee for using QT. My guess is it
> was simply a
> > disagreement over something in the
> > little agreement form you say yes to when you
> install and use the QT
> > encoder and server. Most
> > likely just one word that the lawyers can't agree
> with. In big
> > business that makes or breaks
> > deals every day, even free deals. As I said I
> have no idea for sure
> > what caused this and all I
> > can do is hope the problem can be worked out some
> day soon.
> > Just my .02 worth
> > Mike Murrell
> > WUOT
> >
> > Steve Meredith wrote:
> >
> >> What gives? What "arrangement with Apple
> QuickTime" would force NPR
> >> to no
> >> longer offer QuickTime for their audio offerings?
> Is Apple going to
> >> come
> >> down on my system and demand a "new arrangement"
> for me to use QT?
> >>
> >> I love QuickTime and invested quite a bit of time
> and money
> >> developing my
> >> site. However, I'm noticing QuickTime offerings
> appearing less and
> >> less on
> >> major sites. I also noticed that all the major
> news organizations
> >> using
> >> Real or Windows Media for their video offerings.
> This is another
> >> loss for
> >> Apple.
> >>
> >>> NPR.org had been offering some of its audio in
> the Apple QuickTime
> >>> format
> >>> under an arrangement with Apple QuickTime. We
> regret that we were
> >>> unable to
> >>> reach mutually acceptable terms for a new
> arrangement with Apple
> >>> QuickTime.
> >>> As a result, NPR is unable to continue offering
> its content in this
> >>> format.
> >>>
> >>> You can also contact Apple QuickTime directly
> at: email@hidden
> >>>
> >>> Weston
> >>> NPR Online
> >>> Love the music you heard on the radio? Get the
> new CD "I Heard it on
> >>> NPR"
> >>> at
> >>> the online shop
> >>
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