Still waiting for x264 High Profile playback

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Still waiting for x264 High Profile playback

Since the last thread that asked the question is a year old and locked up tight, I'll ask it again: does Apple ever plan to support x264 High Profile playback in Quicktime? They want to push iTunes/Front Row and Apple TV as the media center platform of the future, but if they can't support what is quickly becoming the new standard, then what's the point? VLC and MPlayer both play these files just fine, so it sure as heck isn't an issue of OS compatibility or processor horsepower.

C'mon Apple, get with the program...

iMac G5 2.0GHz, Mac OS X (10.4.8)

Posted on Feb 25, 2007 1:55 PM

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Answer 1

Feb 25, 2007 2:15 PM in response to Silverhammer

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/X264
It really isn't a "standard" and QuickTime does seem to follow the rules.

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Feb 25, 2007 2:29 PM in response to QuickTimeKirk

Um, wrong. High Profile is most definitely part of the H.264 standard...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H.264/MPEG-4_AVC#Profiles

In fact, it's what is used in Blu-Ray, so if Apple doesn't have plans to support it then we're really in trouble.

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Feb 25, 2007 2:43 PM in response to Silverhammer

Your question was about x264 and not H.264.
Apple (QuickTime) only uses H.264 standards.

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Feb 26, 2007 12:37 PM in response to Silverhammer

I don't see where x264 is part of Blu-ray....

High profile doesn't mean it's a standard.

All so would you post these places on the internet where is says x264 is high profile. I'm lost on this one too!!!

Silverhammer...if you go to a x264 forum you'll find hundreds if not thousands of the variations of x264 codec. All not working together.

x264 needs to die along with AVI...

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