QuickTime Compression

[Anonymous]

Is this the new standard for optimum compression of video? MPEG 4 ?

To keep on top of the latest compression standards I always look at the settings of the QuickTime movies posted by Apple. Who would know better than APPLE ?

Their latest Quicktime movie:

http://www.apple.com/imac/video/480.html

Weighs in at 54 MB and run time of 3 minutes and 42 sec. minutes. It is large at 480x360 with stereo sound. Looks beautiful, clean sharp 24 fps. Presenting to the full screen looks good too.

[Vitruvius]

Stylish. Yet, functional.

[stefan]

8 frames per second is a big difference with 24 fps !

[Anonymous]

A test of the MPEG 4 format yeilds a nice small quality animation.

My version of a 70's favorite the Sunken Living room.

http://www.Burginger.com/SUNKEN/SUNKEN_LIVING_RM.MP4

[stefan]

I don't know what is the problem, but I've never have been able to get any smooth playback with large Quicktime movies. DivX AVI-files play fast and DVD's (almost) perfectly smooth on my old P3 600 MHz with an old Geforce 1. But not Quicktime, so I usually avoid the format, despite it's cross-platform capabilities.

But AVI-DivX and XVid also play on Mac's and Linux-PC's, so that is pretty cross-platform if you ask me.