Adobe drops QuickTime support, as visual artists look for a solution

The story: Apple leaves QuickTime securities unpatched on Windows; Adobe drops support in their product line. But that leaves creative people stuck – including live visual artists. And now they’re looking for solutions.

Hap to Make VJs Happy: Codec Looks Better, Plays Faster on GPU, Free [Mac]

Hap as in happy sounds about right. Hap is a family of free and open source video codecs for Mac OS X. The notion is that the computer’s GPU – rather than CPU – does the heavy lifting of decoding frames. Because GPUs are optimized for lots of parallel operations in a way CPUs are […]

Peter Kirn - February 27, 2013

Apple’s HTTP Live Streaming Proposal is Actually Pretty Cool, But it Needs Partners

It takes two to tango, and lots of people for a line dance. Yes, as the rest of the Web has noticed, Apple has just proudly touted the fact that it’s streaming its own press event in a format only people with the latest Apple devices can actually watch. Even Mac site TUAW, gearing up […]

Peter Kirn - September 1, 2010

Apple's HTTP Live Streaming Proposal is Actually Pretty Cool, But it Needs Partners

Peter Kirn - September 1, 2010

In-Depth Windows 7 Preview, and Better In-Box Codec Support

Peter Kirn - September 30, 2009

QuickTime X: Here’s What We Know

Peter Kirn - June 9, 2009

QuickTime X: Here’s What We Know

Peter Kirn - June 9, 2009

Apple Has a New QuickTime X, But We’re Not Allowed to Talk About It

Peter Kirn - June 8, 2009

Apple Has a New QuickTime X, But We’re Not Allowed to Talk About It

Peter Kirn - June 8, 2009

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