Return-Path: Received: from nk11p00mm-asmtp002.mac.com ([17.158.161.1] verified) by media-motion.tv (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 4.2.10) with ESMTP id 5472541 for AE-List@media-motion.tv; Tue, 13 May 2014 22:16:49 +0200 MIME-version: 1.0 Content-type: multipart/alternative; boundary="Boundary_(ID_P5Yr5TBSmbL3neh53mNAJg)" Received: from [192.168.1.68] (99-152-153-100.lightspeed.dllstx.sbcglobal.net [99.152.153.100]) by nk11p00mm-asmtp002.mac.com (Oracle Communications Messaging Server 7u4-27.08(7.0.4.27.7) 64bit (built Aug 22 2013)) with ESMTPSA id <0N5J0081E4BT3H80@nk11p00mm-asmtp002.mac.com> for AE-List@media-motion.tv; Tue, 13 May 2014 20:16:42 +0000 (GMT) From: Jim Curtis Message-id: <7073AE05-21A4-47AA-9907-D20486A57A89@me.com> Subject: Re: [AE] Lossless movie format Date: Tue, 13 May 2014 15:16:40 -0500 References: To: After Effects Mail List In-reply-to: X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.1510) X-MANTSH: 1TEIXREEbG1oaGkdHB0lGUkdDRl5PWBoaHhEKTEMXGx0EGx8SBBscHwQdGxAbHho fGhEKWE0XSxEKbX4XGhEKTFkXGxobGxEKWUkXEQpZXhdoY2YRCkNOF0sbGxpiTk1mHBxSHxl4c wcebhgaGxxNGREKWFwXGQQaBBsbB01OHxgYGBlLBRsdBBsfEgQbHB8EHRsQGx4aHxsRCl5ZF2F baWBsEQpMRhdia2sRCkNaFxMTBBsfGAQbHxkEGxoaEQpCRhdjGHxpeHhZSHpbAREKQkUXZ3oSU 3wScFMdbh4RCkJOF2xwYHlAHWJSaRpiEQpCTBdrHVIaBR9CQxhBHBEKQmwXZRxyR2d/T1plYGY RCkJAF3ofXmJgbl5/GmFAEQpCWBdpYUNuZ1teeV5EchEKcGgXY3thW2FoHx5MfGsRCnBoF2tye 39JHXxjHxNwEQpwaBduRxxyfU1JZHpzXREKcGgXZHhtcl5GBR5teFwRCnBoF2FuGmxvQmFoElh ZEQpwfxdve2d4RW0dGURlcBEKcF8XZ2BCE0gYGVtrXWMRCnBsF3pffWNMR3NYYnBLEQpwTBduZ ElcHmFnE0hvbxE= X-CLX-Spam: false X-CLX-Score: 1011 X-Proofpoint-Virus-Version: vendor=fsecure engine=2.50.10432:5.11.96,1.0.14,0.0.0000 definitions=2014-05-13_06:2014-05-13,2014-05-13,1970-01-01 signatures=0 X-Proofpoint-Spam-Details: rule=notspam policy=default score=0 spamscore=0 suspectscore=0 phishscore=0 adultscore=0 bulkscore=0 classifier=spam adjust=0 reason=mlx scancount=1 engine=7.0.1-1402240000 definitions=main-1405130236 --Boundary_(ID_P5Yr5TBSmbL3neh53mNAJg) Content-type: text/plain; CHARSET=US-ASCII Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT As I recall from many years ago, OMF was announced by Avid to be an Open (source) Media Framework that they hoped would be adopted by the world. That didn't happen. http://www.edlmax.com/FormatOmf.htm But, if your development costs are as modest as you estimated, perhaps some huge software company would like to support it on your proviso that it for always and ever be open source (and maybe put you on the payroll to shepherd further development). $15K is a drop in the bucket, and would be a PR coup for anybody or company that would like to gift it to the production world, including competitors. Maybe give them naming rights, and let it have something like an .ado extension (Hint, hint.). Just a thought. . --Boundary_(ID_P5Yr5TBSmbL3neh53mNAJg) Content-type: text/html; CHARSET=US-ASCII Content-transfer-encoding: quoted-printable As I = recall from many years ago, OMF was announced by Avid to be an Open = (source) Media Framework that they hoped would be adopted by the world. =

That didn't happen.

But, if your development costs = are as modest as you estimated, perhaps some huge software company would = like to support it on your proviso that it for always and ever be open = source (and maybe put you on the payroll to shepherd further = development). $15K is a drop in the bucket, and would be a PR coup = for anybody or company that would like to gift it to the production = world, including competitors. Maybe give them naming rights, and = let it have something like an .ado extension (Hint, = hint.).

Just a = thought.

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