What we have here are direct download links to a very recent Apple HD movie spoiler featuring birds (and other critters and nature). The 720p version of this 2 min video weighs in ~90MB. I am uncertain of the 1080p version's mass proportions:
http://images.apple.com/movies/us/hd_gallery/gl1800/720p/cornell_720p.mov
http://images.apple.com/movies/us/hd_gallery/gl1800/1080p/cornell_m1080p.mov
The video is meant as a showcase of Apple's implementation of AVC/h.264. Personally, I think the QT AVC stuff is not nearly as good as some of the other AVC offerings, but nonetheless I quite enjoy the video content and subject matter.
For playback, you will need something that can play it back (both hardware and software wise) Assuming you have a system that can handle the relatively taxing demands of h.264 decoding, the only real stumbling block is the software. From a Windows OS point of view:
Option 1: is installing the standalone version of QT7 (eeewww yuk :evil: ). I suggest you avoid this option like as if it were the plague.
Option 2: is to rename the downloaded file's ".mov" appendage to ".mp4". You will then need the appropriate mp4 fillters for playback. For a splitter/parser I suggest Haali's (make sure you enable mp4 support during installation) and for decoding ffdshow is my choice. Alternatively you could also use Nero Digital's, Mainconcept's etc etc... Any Direct Show media player shall now be equipped to handle all your mp4 playback needs... I strongly suggest using Media Player Classic (which has no relation to MS).
- Option 3: is to install a recent build of Quicktime Alternative and use it in conjunction with Windows Media player (yuk! :evil: ) or, much better, with Media Player Classic ... actually it will probably work with any DS media player
- Option 4: install VideoLan Media player ... I don't use it (always had difficulty with it in the past) so I'm not certain what other hoops are required
- Option 5: use Mplayer (yes, its not only for linux!) .... its a standalone that doesn't require installing...but its a cmdline only (although there are some gui's for it floating around) .... but it should work (>mplayer "locationile") ... I just tested, and the video lagged way behind the very nice accompanying music ... don't know why my frame rate fell behind, but fluid nonetheless.... anyways, this might be the most "least intrusive" option
Enjoy
http://images.apple.com/movies/us/hd_gallery/gl1800/720p/cornell_720p.mov
http://images.apple.com/movies/us/hd_gallery/gl1800/1080p/cornell_m1080p.mov
The video is meant as a showcase of Apple's implementation of AVC/h.264. Personally, I think the QT AVC stuff is not nearly as good as some of the other AVC offerings, but nonetheless I quite enjoy the video content and subject matter.
For playback, you will need something that can play it back (both hardware and software wise) Assuming you have a system that can handle the relatively taxing demands of h.264 decoding, the only real stumbling block is the software. From a Windows OS point of view:
Option 1: is installing the standalone version of QT7 (eeewww yuk :evil: ). I suggest you avoid this option like as if it were the plague.
Option 2: is to rename the downloaded file's ".mov" appendage to ".mp4". You will then need the appropriate mp4 fillters for playback. For a splitter/parser I suggest Haali's (make sure you enable mp4 support during installation) and for decoding ffdshow is my choice. Alternatively you could also use Nero Digital's, Mainconcept's etc etc... Any Direct Show media player shall now be equipped to handle all your mp4 playback needs... I strongly suggest using Media Player Classic (which has no relation to MS).
- Option 3: is to install a recent build of Quicktime Alternative and use it in conjunction with Windows Media player (yuk! :evil: ) or, much better, with Media Player Classic ... actually it will probably work with any DS media player
- Option 4: install VideoLan Media player ... I don't use it (always had difficulty with it in the past) so I'm not certain what other hoops are required
- Option 5: use Mplayer (yes, its not only for linux!) .... its a standalone that doesn't require installing...but its a cmdline only (although there are some gui's for it floating around) .... but it should work (>mplayer "locationile") ... I just tested, and the video lagged way behind the very nice accompanying music ... don't know why my frame rate fell behind, but fluid nonetheless.... anyways, this might be the most "least intrusive" option
Enjoy