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Shame they won't just stream on Youtube like everyone else.
by mcintyre1994 13y ago
Shame they won't just stream on Youtube like everyone else.
- RossM 13y agoI find the once-per-year installation and subsequent purging of QuickTime quite therapeutic. Is there anyone else than Apple that still serves up QuickTime video?
- mcintyre1994 13y agoNot that I'm aware of, unless they use it internally for OS X apps?
- mikeash 13y agoIsn't all of this H.264 stuff floating around these days basically a subset of QuickTime?
- smackfu 13y agoMost iOS app that shows video are using it behind the scenes. It's even mandatory if you want to work over 3G: "If your app delivers video over cellular networks, and the video exceeds either 10 minutes duration or 5 MB of data in a five minute period, you are required to use HTTP Live Streaming. (Progressive download may be used for smaller clips.)"
- diroussel 13y agoWho doesn't serve up quicktime video? After all mp4 is based on quicktime.
- micampe 13y agoDid you really install it? Why? Just to take a jab at it? You should have used VLC if you are not on a Mac. The video stream is H264, not QuickTime video.
- snowwrestler 13y agoWho live streams on YouTube aside from the occasional celebrity event with connections?
- mcintyre1994 13y agohttp://www.youtube.com/live/all http://www.youtube.com/live/all Quite a few, more than I'd have expected actually. Looks like there'll be an unofficial WWDC stream too.
- snowwrestler 13y agoVery interesting, thanks...anyone know how one might get their organization included within the ranks of the YouTube live streamers? We're using a mix of Ustream and Brightcove right now.
- mcintyre1994 13y agohttp://support.google.com/youtube/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=2474026 http://support.google.com/youtube/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer... 1000 Subscribers, "no strikes" on your account, SMS verification are all that's required.
- snowwrestler 13y agoThanks. Looks like that is the criteria to be eligible, and they're rolling out access gradually.
- kristofferR 13y agohttp://www.youtube.com/live/all http://www.youtube.com/live/all Al Jazeera: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e93MaEwrsfc http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e93MaEwrsfc Everyone with 1000+ subscribers can live stream if they want to.
- panacea 13y agoIt's an Apple event... why would they want to stream it on Google? Serious question (your 'everyone else' statement is begging for clari-citation-ification).
- mcintyre1994 13y agoMaybe everyone else doesn't work in the tech context, because E3 seem to be doing their own thing too. I'm pretty sure I remember Son and Nintendo streaming there though. In a more general context, Felix Baumgartner's jump, Coachella 2013, Al Jazaeera, IOC streamed the Olympics, Barack Obama used it, it just seems to be becoming the standard for live streaming. I can see why they wouldn't, but it's a shame.
- bornhuetter 13y agoI'm not sure that YouTube would be the best choice due to the Google connection, but I do wish they would let people on non-Apple hardware watch. It just furthers my view of them as overly insular and disdainful of Windows/Linux users.
- mcintyre1994 13y agoI'd be interested to know how many of their sales are from existing customers, I'd hypothesise more than the average tech company. I suppose to them it's not worth it but it's a shame.
- bornhuetter 13y agoIt's needlessly polarizing, though. Like they never learned anything from the Lemmings commercial.
- mitchty 13y agoUmm its their developer conference. By and large if you're a developer, you've got a mac or some device from apple that supports it.
- nicholassmith 13y agoFrom what I've tried the YouTube streaming doesn't work through the Apple TV. They could probably do both methods, but I can't see Apple rushing to it.