In addition to the announcement of new iPhones and MacBooks from Apple, there were at WWDC, some info on the new version of QuickTime. QuickTime X in Snow Leopard and therefore uses Mac OS X technologies like Core Animation, Cocoa, Grand Central Dispatch, and 64-bit computing - the graphics processor is used for scaling and display of videos used, in addition, a GPU-accelerated decoding of H.264 video files. Like the PC version of QuickTime X will be knitted in terms of optimization and acceleration remains to be seen. The player itself comes in a new form and with new features that. As it is now by many Flashplayer applications used to hide the buttons, if they are not needed. The trimming of clips is no longer on the timeline, but by frame thumbnails happened (see below). In addition to clay are also video recordings possible (it is the bsp. Cam built-in MacBook approached), even Screencapturings can make. The separation between standard and Pro version, it seems no more to give, one can only hope that despite a new, playful interface continues with the professional players can work - the new about trimming behavior is explicitly associated with simple, direct Export for YouTube and MobileMe mentioned. Brand new and particularly interesting is the support for HTTP streaming live, using the standard network protocol is therefore no special streaming server needed. QuickTime X and OS X 10.6 (Snow Leopard) will be available from September.
