So what do you prefer the F*#(8(#$ up WMV HD format that only works decently on Windows boxes?
Sorry for the outburst but WMV9 HD (VC-1) basically takes about 20-30 seconds to load a 1080p video compared to AVC (H.264)/MPEG-2 on my Macbook Pro compared to 1-2 secs in Parallels in Windows Media Player 9. I've also tried the "open" implementation by VLC but it just crashes and its also the same under Linux.
In any case AVC HD is not "Sony's" format. It was introduced by Sony and Panasonic which utilizes the AVC H.264 video codec. This codec already has been freely implemented by the open source community and is supported in many high end professional applications.
No, I prefer HDV using mpeg2. Since the format was introduced by Sony, I guess it is Sony's and Sony doesn't use any other HD format, thus my statement.
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So what do you prefer the F*#(8(#$ up WMV HD format that only works decently on Windows boxes?
Sorry for the outburst but WMV9 HD (VC-1) basically takes about 20-30 seconds to load a 1080p video compared to AVC (H.264)/MPEG-2 on my Macbook Pro compared to 1-2 secs in Parallels in Windows Media Player 9. I've also tried the "open" implementation by VLC but it just crashes and its also the same under Linux.
In any case AVC HD is not "Sony's" format. It was introduced by Sony and Panasonic which utilizes the AVC H.264 video codec. This codec already has been freely implemented by the open source community and is supported in many high end professional applications.
No, I prefer HDV using mpeg2. Since the format was introduced by Sony, I guess it is Sony's and Sony doesn't use any other HD format, thus my statement.