[HN Gopher] QuickTime as a Tape Archival Format
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       QuickTime as a Tape Archival Format
        
       Author : ingve
       Score  : 20 points
       Date   : 2024-01-22 07:12 UTC (1 days ago)
        
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       | stop50 wrote:
       | An interesting idea
        
         | actionfromafar wrote:
         | A great idea! Could even put an actual video stream in there as
         | a "thumbnail" of what is in the data streams.
        
       | KaiserPro wrote:
       | Supporting actual quicktime from what I recall is a massive
       | massive faff. The colleges that have dealt with QT first hand all
       | seem to loath it with a passion.
        
         | jfb wrote:
         | The file format is pretty good, though, and that's largely
         | what's being discussed here.
        
       | spicybright wrote:
       | I wasn't expecting much going in but that was a great read.
       | Hearing quicktime turned me off but it's actually an interesting
       | format from this articles description.
       | 
       | Obviously proprietary formats with not many open source parsers
       | is the biggest issue, but still a neat idea to think about.
        
         | CharlesW wrote:
         | The QuickTime Movie container format became ISOBMFF
         | (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISO_base_media_file_format),
         | which is open, and so happily has lots of open source support.
        
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