IRIDAS Technical Documentation 1/4
Playing QuickTimes on Linux I R I DA S
Playing QuickTimes on Linux Apple does not support Quicktime playback on LINUX., therefore Quicktime on LINUX is a somewhat difficult topic. If you can avoid playing Quicktimes on LINUX and go with compressed frame formats (JPEG sequences are great for example) it will make things considerably simpler. There are two technologies that allow you to playback Quicktimes.
Using IRIDAS Native QT functionality All IRIDAS applications have native Quicktime encoding and decoding functionality included out of the box. This functionality is available without the need to install third party libraries or applications, but is limited to the following Codecs: •
Apple Uncompressed (8 bit)
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AJA Kona RGB 10 bit and 8 bit (uncompressed)
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AJA Kona YUV 10 bit and 8 bit (uncompressed)
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Blackmagic RGB 10 bit (uncompressed)
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Blackmagic YUV 10 bit and 8 bit (uncompressed)
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Photo JPEG (decoding only)
If you are using these Codecs, you don’t need to install anything in addition to the IRIDAS
For all other Codecs IRIDAS applications rely on the LibQuicktime Open Source library.
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Document last updated 2007-07-04
application you are using.