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 5473343 for AE-List@media-motion.tv; Wed, 14 May 2014 19:57:13 +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 7C44F1540D2 for ; Wed, 14 May 2014 10:57:11 -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: Wed, 14 May 2014 10:57:10 -0700 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Message-Id: References: To: "After Effects Mail List" X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.1085) On May 14, 2014, at 10:09 AM, Steve Oakley wrote: > I understand that. lets say I *pay* for a h.264 codec from vendor. = the new format should be in some respects like QT, its a container for = data. if I install a codec, then the data can be turned into picture. = I'm not asking for explicit h264/5, but rather the option it can be in = the container. having some built in standard codecs is great but what = happens when some spiffy new codec shows up a year from now that we all = might want to use ? This is exactly what I'm hoping to avoid with POM: making movies that = not every POM program can play. Closed-source commercial add-ons would = be the fastest way to break POM. I am not even interested in free open = source add-ons if they have to be installed separately. I want any = program using POM to be able to open any POM movie, like you can with = OpenEXR. I'm all for adding new patent-free codecs if they add functionality. = OpenEXR has done this. Eventually every program updates to the latest = libraries and everyone can read files with the new codec. I'm OK with = with some people not being able to read a new codec in the short term as = long as everyone can read it in the long term. Nearly every container out there already follows the model you describe, = so people are free to choose that workflow. What's needed is an = alternative. Brendan