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QuickTime
23.1 Hello, QuickTime
QuickTime has been around probably as long as any video playback system on desktop computers. Originally, it could only play small-format video and it had no streaming capabilities until the mid-1990s.
QuickTime was the first of the video frameworks to support the idea of pluggable codecs, and Apple has continued to innovate in the way that components are downloaded automatically when needed.
With the introduction of the new Telestream and Real Networks codec plug-ins, QuickTime is the only platform that can export video in its own format, many open standard formats, and those of all its competitors. This is a significant advantage.
QuickTime also introduced de-interlace and inverse-telecine support earlier ...
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