If i could find some good documentation on quicktime, i'd probably give it a shot... since i already have most of the infrastructure already for directshow. I had a look a few times for detailed info on quicktime, and it all looked pretty painful. Not to mention all the base media handler code provided for the sdk, says not suitable for bitrates greater than like 32kpbs which is useless to most media plug-ins, so it looks like you have to get down and dirty to get anything non-trivial done. But it's certainly one of those things that has been on my really long like-to-do list. Since i primarily use iTunes (under windows) for audio, it would be nice to be able to put my various .ogg files in the same playlist as the rest of my music. Zen. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Josh Coalson" <xflac@yahoo.com> To: "Dave Peck" <o-flac@delver.org>; <flac-dev@xiph.org> Sent: Wednesday, September 29, 2004 7:26 AM Subject: Re: [Flac-dev] Quicktime + FLAC?> --- Dave Peck <o-flac@delver.org> wrote: > >> I bought myself a PowerBook and hoped to play my FLAC-encoded library >> via >> iTunes. Alas -- it doesn't work. >> >> My understanding is that iTunes uses QuickTime for playback; does >> anyone >> know where to find a FLAC codec for QuickTime? > > there is a semi-working component with source available. I > have not yet had a chance to try it out. see this thread: > > http://www.hydrogenaudio.org/forums/index.php?showtopic=17290 > > you can skip through until the post by ddrix where it gets > interesting. > > Josh > > > > > _______________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > Express yourself with Y! Messenger! Free. Download now. > http://messenger.yahoo.com > _______________________________________________ > Flac-dev mailing list > Flac-dev@xiph.org > http://lists.xiph.org/mailman/listinfo/flac-dev > > >
On Sat, Oct 02, 2004 at 01:21:03PM +0800, illiminable wrote:> I had a look a few times for detailed info on quicktime, and it all looked > pretty painful.It didn't look that bad to me; just a lot of time figuring out how you're supposed to do things. But then, I have some background in MacOS programming. However, people in the past have hit bugs pretty fast. That's part of why I've not been inspired to try. Things may well be better now, so please do give it a go.> But it's certainly one of those things that has been on my really long > like-to-do list. Since i primarily use iTunes (under windows) for audio, it > would be nice to be able to put my various .ogg files in the same playlist > as the rest of my music.Have you tried the plugins at http://qtcomponents.sf.net/ ? They work for me (with vorbis, I've not tried speex) with iTunes on MacOS X. The 'load everything into memory' hack is annoying, but better than nothing. -r
----- Original Message ----- From: "Ralph Giles" <giles@xiph.org> To: "illiminable" <ogg@illiminable.com> Cc: <flac-dev@xiph.org> Sent: Saturday, October 02, 2004 1:22 PM Subject: Re: [Flac-dev] Quicktime + FLAC?> On Sat, Oct 02, 2004 at 01:21:03PM +0800, illiminable wrote: > >> I had a look a few times for detailed info on quicktime, and it all >> looked >> pretty painful. > > It didn't look that bad to me; just a lot of time figuring out how > you're supposed to do things. But then, I have some background in MacOS > programming. >Hehe... yeah... after you figure it out... it's just the simple matter of coding it :) But as with directshow, figuring out how it works is by far the most difficult and time consuming thing ! At least with directshow there is a few hundred thousand pages of docs you can search through. For quicktime... i've come up with a dozen or so .pdf's, which don't really tell me what i need to know ! Though i admit, it was a pretty half-hearted attempt i made to search just to see what i was up against.> However, people in the past have hit bugs pretty fast. That's part of > why I've not been inspired to try. Things may well be better now, so > please do give it a go. > >> But it's certainly one of those things that has been on my really long >> like-to-do list. Since i primarily use iTunes (under windows) for audio, >> it >> would be nice to be able to put my various .ogg files in the same >> playlist >> as the rest of my music. > > Have you tried the plugins at http://qtcomponents.sf.net/ ? They work > for me (with vorbis, I've not tried speex) with iTunes on MacOS X. The > 'load everything into memory' hack is annoying, but better than nothing. >I tried the vorbis one once, it worked ok... it's probably a lot better now. Though i'd really like a unified solution, rather than 4 or five different plug-ins which are 75% the same all doing their own thing. And also the ability to add new codecs easily without writing the entire thing each time. Short-term, yeah it's better than nothing, but long-term i think a unified solution would be a lot better. Zen.
have you guys looked at ddrix's component I mentioned in the hydrogenaudio thread? it should at least be a good start. Josh --- illiminable <ogg@illiminable.com> wrote:> If i could find some good documentation on quicktime, i'd probably > give it a > shot... since i already have most of the infrastructure already for > directshow. > > I had a look a few times for detailed info on quicktime, and it all > looked > pretty painful. > > Not to mention all the base media handler code provided for the sdk, > says > not suitable for bitrates greater than like 32kpbs which is useless > to most > media plug-ins, so it looks like you have to get down and dirty to > get > anything non-trivial done. > > But it's certainly one of those things that has been on my really > long > like-to-do list. Since i primarily use iTunes (under windows) for > audio, it > would be nice to be able to put my various .ogg files in the same > playlist > as the rest of my music. > > Zen. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Josh Coalson" <xflac@yahoo.com> > To: "Dave Peck" <o-flac@delver.org>; <flac-dev@xiph.org> > Sent: Wednesday, September 29, 2004 7:26 AM > Subject: Re: [Flac-dev] Quicktime + FLAC? > > > > --- Dave Peck <o-flac@delver.org> wrote: > > > >> I bought myself a PowerBook and hoped to play my FLAC-encoded > library > >> via > >> iTunes. Alas -- it doesn't work. > >> > >> My understanding is that iTunes uses QuickTime for playback; does > >> anyone > >> know where to find a FLAC codec for QuickTime? > > > > there is a semi-working component with source available. I > > have not yet had a chance to try it out. see this thread: > > > > http://www.hydrogenaudio.org/forums/index.php?showtopic=17290 > > > > you can skip through until the post by ddrix where it gets > > interesting. > > > > Josh__________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? New and Improved Yahoo! Mail - Send 10MB messages! http://promotions.yahoo.com/new_mail