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"Richard Ragon" <bsema04NOSPAM@hanaho.com> wrote in message
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> I might be wrong but with windows media file.. don't you have to
> download the entire movie first, then your OS associates it with the
> player.. After you have to wait for the entire download, then windows
> media will open and then play?? For broad band users this is no big
> deal, but for dial-up clients this can be awful as there is no feedback
> as to what's going on.
>
> With WM there's no indication of streaming, unlike Quicktime where it
> opens QT player on the webpage or application, and you can view your
> video while it's downloading at the same time..
>
> Don't get me wrong.. windows media is awesome on Mac and Pc. Just that
> QT seams to be better at "streaming".
Windows Media allows near instant playback of streaming files on both Mac
and Windows. Here is a link to the details section of the Mac player that
lists quite a few other features, supported codecs, and properties of the
player.
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windowsmedia/software/Macintosh/osx/default.aspx#details
Windows Media Playback Details
a.. Support for local and streamed playback of Windows Media files
b.. ASX version 1.0, 2.0, and 3.0 parsing
c.. UDP, TCP/IP, HTTP and multicast streaming
d.. Protocol automatic ordering and rollover
e.. Multiple bit rates
f.. Intelligent streaming
g.. Logging
h.. Producer file support
i.. Server Side playlist
j.. Favorites
k.. Closed captioning
l.. HTTP basic authentication
m.. Limited Windows Media Download (WMD) support (will not display ICP
skin - only playback of audio/video)
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Comprehensive List of Codecs Supported
Audio:
a.. Windows Media Audio Decode (Format Tag: WMA2 = 353, WMA1=352)
b.. Decodes all CBR profiles from 5kbps to 192kbps, 8kHz to 48kHz, mono
and stereo
c.. Decodes all v9 CBR profiles, from 5kbps to 320kbps, 8kHz to 48kHz,
mono and stereo
d.. Decodes all quality based, bit rate based and peak constrained VBR
profiles
e.. Supports WMA v1 and WMA v2 bit streams
f.. Decodes WMV v9 Pro downsampled to stereo
g.. Windows Media Audio Pro Decode
h.. 5.1 discrete to stereo fold down only
i.. Windows Media Audio Lossless Decode
j.. Windows Media Audio Voice Decode (Format Tag: 10)
k.. Decodes all CBR profiles from 4kbps to 20kbps, 8kHz to 22kHz, mono
l.. Supports Speech mode, Music Mode and post-filtering
m.. G.726
Video:
a.. Windows Media Video Decode (4CC: WMV7, WMV8, WMV9)
b.. Decodes content encoded with WMV v7 and v8
c.. Decodes content encoded with WMV v9
d.. Decodes WMV v9 1p/2p CBR/VBR
e.. Windows Media Video Image (4CC: WMVP)
f.. Decodes CBR/VBR content
g.. MS MPEG-4 Decode (4CC: MP42, MP43)
h.. Decodes content encoded with MS MPEG-4 v2 and MS MPEG-4 v3
i.. ISO MPEG-4 Decode (4CC: MP4S)
j.. Decodes ISO MPEG-4 v1.0 (subset of simple profile)
k.. Windows Media Video Screen v7
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