apple.com — Apple, through the use of CSS, Javascript and Browser/OS Detection removes the 1080i and 1080p HD H264 Downloads from their quicktime site. Look at the linked page on a Mac and on a PC. This is the code:"if (browser.isWin) {document.write('.q1080 {display: none}');}"
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kramitDec 8, 2005
Am i missing the point here? But as a UK user we donut really have the best lines in the world (512k between 4 people at work and 2Mbit at home), so to me the reason i don't download HD trailers is the size for what you get, i really don't want to wait a couple of hours for a 3-4 min video to download, no matter how amazing the quality is.Now if i was living in south Korea on the other hand.................*drools over the thought of 100Mbit home line*
dyamalosDec 8, 2005
this still means Linux users can download it. and I remember having a Firefox extent ion installed once that allowed you to change your browser UI to Linux/mac/windows and IE/Netscape/Mozilla. So by using that you could get around it.
gabebearDec 8, 2005
Their is very little reason to ever use Windows Media Player, or Quicktime Player. Both MPlayer and VLC are available for Windows, Mac, and UNIX. MPlayer is my favorite, but VLC is a close second and generally has a better GUI. Mplayer supports pretty much any file you can throw at it.For anyone familiar with XBMC on the XBox, Mplayer is what is used to actually play the video.<a class="user" href="http://www.mplayerhq.hu/">http://www.mplayerhq.hu/</a><a class="user" href="http://mplayerosx.sourceforge.net/">http://mplayerosx.sourceforge.net/</a><a class="user" href="http://www.videolan.org/vlc/">http://www.videolan.org/vlc/</a>
hexixDec 8, 2005
Quicktime performance is really hit or miss on a PC. Even 720p is totally unplayable on my 1.3ghz AMD Duron. I realize that's an underpowered machine, but if you look up discussion threads on this topic, you will find people with really beefy machines have problems playing back 1080i/p clips. But as people have pointed out in this discussion, there are many people who can play it fine on their machines.I have no clue why Apple would do this, especially in such an obvious manner. I would agree with an earlier posting and say if this was a permanent thing they would do it server side, not client side.Anyway, for all those windows users complaining about how terrible it is that some cheesy javascript is hiding the 1080 link from you, get a clue. The Mac version of Windows Media Player is unable to play any DRM'ed windows media. This effectively makes it useless. As someone else pointed out, the HD windows media clips that Microsoft supplies are .exe files for some reason. And even if they weren't, they still wouldn't play in Windows Media Player for the mac.So basically, who the hell cares until Apple rips out support for the HD video clips from the windows version of quicktime. Then I'll be pointing fingers and yelling "evil company" with the rest of you. Until then, big friggin' deal.
glitchbitDec 8, 2005
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thx_7168Dec 8, 2005
My comp has no problem playing vids up to 1080p. It just takes a very long time to finish downloading.
oktoDec 14, 2005
Yup, that's totally it. PCs are more powerful, that's why Apple is switching to Windows.Oh wait, they aren't? Well, certainly they're switching to a PC-compatible architecture.Oh, not doign that either? Then what are they doing?Ohhhh, I see. So you're saying there's more inside a computer than the processor?Wait...and you should know things about computers before you talk about them?What is this world coming to?Now brass tacks. If it's not the hardware, bigrederglbsdmyusernameisridiculous, then how does Apple switching hardware prove that PCs are more powerful?And how do you explain the millions of digital media professionals who use exclusively Mac hardware and software?
oktoDec 14, 2005
It's not that Apple can't optimize QT/Win, it's why the hell should they care?They don't sell it, and they don't really care, I don't think, if everyone uses it or not.