Return-Path: Received: from spike.lmi.net ([66.117.140.17] verified) by media-motion.tv (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 4.2.10) with ESMTP id 5472580 for AE-List@media-motion.tv; Tue, 13 May 2014 23:29:55 +0200 Received: from [10.0.1.10] (c-71-198-249-239.hsd1.ca.comcast.net [71.198.249.239]) by spike.lmi.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id B16BD154078 for ; Tue, 13 May 2014 14:29:50 -0700 (PDT) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v1085) Subject: Re: [AE] Lossless movie format From: Brendan Bolles In-Reply-To: Date: Tue, 13 May 2014 14:29:49 -0700 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Message-Id: References: To: "After Effects Mail List" X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.1085) On May 13, 2014, at 1:55 PM, Benny Christensen wrote: > The number one thing I would like to see is for the container to also = be the app to play the spot, so that each spot can be played on any = system without installing any other apps (and I get why this might be = too hard or it would have already happened). >=20 > However, this would sort of future proof the movies. There is nothing = worse than finding a movie and then not being able to play it on newer = systems for whatever reason. Unfortunately, I do not think that would future-proof the movies. = Perhaps the opposite. How often has an OS update made a program stop working? What if now = your movies stopped working? This is another beef I have with QuickTime = - since programs use the QuickTime service to read the files, a system = update could eliminate a codec you had been using and break your files = in every program. Since OpenEXR has an open source library, even if your software has been = broken by an OS update, you just have to get another program built with = the latest OS in mind. Also, these movies would not be cross-platform as generally an app is = made for one particular operating system. (Maybe Java?) I understand the desire to have a file you can send to people and be = guaranteed they could play it back without needing to install anything, = but I don't think we'll get there any time soon. The best we can do is = have a format like MP4 with H.264 which is so ubiquitous that virtually = anyone with a web browser should be able to play it. But that format is = no good for production, so we need POM. Brendan