[M4IF Discuss] Dispute won't clock QuickTime 6 -- ZDNET

[Rob Koenen]

You should not underestimate the enormous effort
Apple put into supporting MPEG-4. It is considerably
more than just 'a codec'. Their is a lot of back-end
support too. It will also not be simple to untangle 
that all.
Also note that there is confusing and wrong information 
in the press about "Apple supporting Dolby's AAC codec".
This is about MPEG-4 AAC, which was invented by MPEG,
not Dolby. Dolby acts as a licensing agent for 5 patent 
holders. Apple had it on the OSX website as "ACC", which 
didn't help either, but that has been corrected in the 
meantime, although it still is confusing to read "MPEG-4 
Video and AAC Audio". It's MPEG-4 Video and Audio. 
(And I can't wait  to upgrade my iMac !)
Best,
Rob
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Craig Birkmaier [mailto:craig   pcube.com]
> Sent: Tuesday, May 07, 2024 19:48
> To: Daniel B. Miller; Moeritz, Sebastian
> Cc: discuss   lists.m4if.org; discuss-admin   lists.m4if.org
> Subject: Re: [M4IF Discuss] Dispute won't clock QuickTime 6 -- ZDNET
> 
> 
> At 9:40 PM -0400 5/7/02, Daniel B. Miller wrote:
> >hmm...
> >
> >"very hopeful" is the kind of language you hear from 
> negotiators who know
> >there is no hope of a solution anytime soon.
> >
> 
> Apple must continue to evolve QuickTime, with or without MPEG-4. 
> Because of the modular architecture of Quicktime, this involve 
> nothing more than pulling the MPEG-4 codec from the QuickTime 6 
> release. Apple did exactly this with MPEG-2 support, which was ready 
> as an update for version 4.0 and announced - but not released - for 
> version 5.0 of QuickTime.
> 
> As Bill Fulco noted, the marketplace will respond to any real 
> opportunities. QuickTime has offered many of the object based coding 
> and composition techniques incorporated in MPEG-4 for years; this is 
> one of the reasons that the QuickTime File Format was well matched to 
> the requirements for the MP4 file format.
> 
> -- 
> Regards
> Craig Birkmaier
> Pcube Labs
>