QuickTime ruled from 1991-2019, and was bigger than Apple itself. But can you name what replaced it, and whether it works as well?
CODEC
When you want control over the codecs used and their settings, or have a large batch of movies to convert, use a transcoder like Compressor.
How to use the Finder to locate movies which need to be converted for future compatibility, and converting them with QuickTime Player/
32-bit apps and codecs die with macOS 10.15 later this year. Many video, audio and still image formats will become unusable as a result. Here’s what to do.
In 1996, QuickTime had no serious competition, was very cross-platform, elegant, and highly practical. Yet now it is dying.
It may have become QTKit, but QuickTime is still going strong, and now 24 years old.
I read that Apple Lossless audio compression is not perfect, but that XLD is more faithful. Is that true?
The commercial mower of lawns does not pay a royalty for each lawn that they mow. So why should a user of H.264 video encoding be expected to pay royalties?
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