Apple Releases ProRes QuickTime Decoder 1.0

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kyledroid

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Wasn't quite sure where to put this, but this is pretty neat for all those mac heads out there!
http://www.macrumors.com/2008/08/28/apple-releases-prores-quicktime-decoder-1-0/

Apple today released ProRes QuickTime Decoder 1.0, which allows Mac and PC users to view Apple ProRes files through QuickTime. ProRes, released as part of Final Cut Pro 6 in April 2007, is a post-production format targeted at video editors and offering uncompressed high-definition quality at standard-definition file sizes.
The Apple ProRes QuickTime Decoder software allows both Mac and Windows users to play Apple ProRes files through QuickTime. Apple ProRes is a visually lossless format that provides uncompressed HD quality at SD data rates.

It is an excellent choice for mastering and can easily be transcoded to distribution formats like H.264. With new support for playback on both Mac and Windows computers, Apple ProRes can also be used for review and approval of Final Cut Studio sequences.

Apple previously published a white paper (PDF) detailing the features and benefits of the format.

The update is available in a Mac version weighing in at 369 KB and requiring OS X 10.4 or 10.5 and a Windows version weighing in at 273 KB and requiring Windows XP (SP2) or later. Both versions also require QuickTime 7.5 or later.
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Hmmm. Unclear if it will be anything other than a viewing codec. Doesn't look like it.

If it were released as an editing intermediate for both platforms, then it could be really something.
 
Well the nice thing is that ProRes files now open up and play extremely well in Vegas which makes capture on the Mac really suitable for both platforms now.

I agree with an encoder though, that would be HUGE.
 
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