Re: Pure Java MPEG or WMV playback

From:

"Andrew Thompson" <andrewthommo@gmail.com>

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Date:

4 Jan 2007 21:50:27 -0800

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luke@webber.com.au wrote:

Daniel Pitts wrote:

If your server-side is generating the MOV, why not use QuickTime?
Unless you need to do something specific on the client side.

I do need to make this a part of a seamless whole, and calling up
QuickTime really doesn't cut it.

You do not need to 'exec' QT. Apple provides a QT API.
<http://developer.apple.com/sdk/>

Of course, that may mean a bigger download of the application,
but using JWS and lazy downloads, you can ensure only those
that need the QT support get the Jar's (and only once they
need them).

If it has been designed well, you might only need
to deliver small parts of it, to support the target media.

OTOH - don't forget to check the current API supports the
particular format(s) you can produce.

...In any case, it's entirely likely that
there will be Winblows users who don't have QuickTime and who don't
want to load it.

(Whispers - the user might never know. Especially if
you fail to follow QT's example of claiming all sorts
of file types for which it apparently supports very few
of the available formats.)

Imagine if YouTube used QuickTime to display media. I don't think
they'd be the size they are at present.

I've never heard of 'YouTube' - how big is it?

Andrew T.

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