Windows ProRes Quicktime Deoder

[Rafael Amador]

Hi Matt,
Thanks for the info.
I think this is a very positive step from Apple.
Will make the life easier for many people.
rafael

http://www.nagavideo.com

[David Roth weiss]

[Rafael Amador] “I think this is a very positive step from Apple.
Will make the life easier for many people.”

Absolutely!!!

Great find and great post Matt. Always good to hear positive advances coming from Apple.

David Roth Weiss
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[Michael Alberts]

That’s a decoder only. Why only the half step forward Apple? Why not release a QT component for Mac and PC that allows encoding to ProRes as well? Now I can hand off ProRes to various FX companies, but if they’re on a PC platform they can’t render out to ProRes for delivery back to me. Avid makes the DNX codec freely available to all, why not ProRes?

Michael Alberts
Ambidextrous Productions, Inc.
http://www.ambidextrous.net

[Jeremy Garchow]

I’d like to thank Final Cut Sever for making this all possible….

I’d also like to thank Marty, for just being being you.

I’d like thank the city of Chicago for being my home.

I’d like to thank drums, cuz, well, you keep the beat grooving.

And my ma…without you, I wouldn’t be here.

Thank you!

[Robert Longwell]

This is definitely a huge step in the right direction for this codec. Apple has received quite a bit of flack for making this a Mac only codec (from me as well).

My guess is they’re testing the waters to see how it is received and used. I’d bet by NAB there will also be a PC encoder…well I can only hope.

But for now this fixes 95% of my accessibility problems. Yeah Apple!

Robert Longwell

[Rafael Amador]

[Michael Alberts] “That’s a decoder only. Why only the half step forward Apple? Why not release a QT component for Mac and PC that allows encoding to ProRes as well?”
They try to be good boys, no Santa Claus.
If they open the door to full edit ProRes in a PC, many people that are shifting or have in mind to go to FC they would stick in PC.
Giving a Free Decoder is a common practice in the codecs market. (Sheer, Ensharper,.) but the compressor you have to pay for it.
rafael

http://www.nagavideo.com

[Zane Barker]

[Rafael Amador] “Giving a Free Decoder is a common practice in the codecs market. (Sheer, Ensharper,.) but the compressor you have to pay for it. “

Exactly, I only see the possibility of a ProRes encoding component being releases as a purchase.

There are no “technical solutions” to your “artistic problems”.
Don’t let technology get in the way of your creativity!

[Rafael Amador]

Hi Zane,
In the end the free release of the free AVID codecs or this reader for ProRes in PC are just marketing strategies. Nobody gives nothing for free.
rafael

http://www.nagavideo.com