The Be FAQs

The Be FAQs
The BeOS

Have you or will you be licensing Apple technologies like QuickTime or their new Sprockets/3D RAVE?

The BeOS:
Features

FAQ Number:
FAQ-0029

Last Modified:
2/3/98

Keywords:
BeOS, Features, QuickTime, Apple, Sprockets, RAVE, video, movie, Cinepak

The BeOS is currently able to play "flattened" QuickTime movies compressed with the Cinepak compressor, but it does not support the full QuickTime API.

We talked to Apple for some time about QuickTime, as we would have liked to provide full QuickTime support on the BeOS, but we found the licensing requirements and costs made this impossible. We have no plans to support Sprockets or 3D RAVE.

How well does the BeOS handle time-sensitive graphics?

Do you support sound tracks in QuickTime movies?

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The Be FAQs

Have you or will you be licensing Apple technologies like QuickTime or their new Sprockets/3D RAVE?