3ivx 4.5
It has multichannel AAC. Does QT Pro 6.4? If not I'm surprised, 3ivx seems currently to be beating Apple's ass at the MP4 game, it also has HE (High Efficiency) MP4 support. It claims to be much faster too. Anyway I'm glad it's out, 3ivx is the only solution for movies on CDs with good quality.
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Originally posted by Aquatic
It has multichannel AAC. Does QT Pro 6.4? ....
Yes.
Originally posted by krisneph
How do you burn 3ivx to Video CD's. Those are Super VCD's right? Can most DVD plyers read them pretty good?
Super VCD is based on MPEG-2; most DVD players can play those.
3ivx on a CD is just 3ivx on a CD. Maybe one or two players can play them, but 99% will not.
However if you have a SuperDrive DVD2One, DVDBackup, and Toast will make a higher quality and ultimately compatible copy of a movie. 3ivx looks better IMO too however as has been mentioned won't play on set tops.
It hands the Sorenson MPEG-4 Pro encoder its ass.
The personal version(I paid for) also was discontinued it seems after D3.5. unfortunate
Originally posted by seppak
Too bad the only people who use it are movie pirates. It would be ideal if they could get into the Quicktime component download program. Until then, it really isn't practical to use. You can change the FourCC code to get apple's codec to decode it IIRC. However, you lose many of the benefits of using 3ivx to begin with.
The personal version(I paid for) also was discontinued it seems after D3.5. unfortunate
Apple's codec will decode version 4.5 video. You don't need the 3ivx plugin installed. There are plenty of benefits to using 3ivx to encode QuickTime compatible Simple-Profile MPEG-4 files. The Advanced Simple-Profile stuff is just icing.
Originally posted by seppak
I encoded a short clip, removed 3ivx, and it would not play. I'm pretty sure you need to change the FourCC of the video to match apple's mpeg4 code. Anyways, it isn't worth the hassle.
And I'm pretty sure (absolutely sure) that you're wrong. My encoded videos play just fine on a virgin install of QuickTime, in a .mov container or in a .mp4 container (exported from the .mov via passthrough). It works on virgin installs of QuickTime for Windows too. As long as you don't select the 2 advanced options in the middle row, the video will play back just fine in QuickTime with the Apple decoder.
Originally posted by Aquatic
In my experience Eugene is right it can make clean MP4. Apple should include it with QT or QT Pro for Mac and PC, it's so great I can't believe it's free and isn't being used more, it's the best codec I've seen.
Actually, I take that back...in most cases, 3ivx is better than Sorenson MPEG-4 Pro. In cases where there is lots and lots of motion...like a spotter camera in a chase scene, then Sorenson MPEG-4 Pro seems to do a bit better.
3ivx is much faster at encoding though, so I wonder if it could be optimized for even better quality, but slower encodes...
Why is it that much better in Cleaner than in Final Cut Pro??
The 3ivx component should allow for the same quality for both programs.
Overall it the best codec i've used in my limited time using these programs.
What can you do with Quicktime Pro anyway ?
Okay last question how do I add a Flash Track in one of my movies ?
Thanks for your help.