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Re: WWDC 2012 Session Videos

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Post by Maascamp »

hboon wrote: post #6
HorizonXP wrote: post #5

So to view these videos, I need to be running Safari for the streaming version, or have iTunes installed to download the videos? Can someone explain what's the benefit of doing it that way? I'm on Windows (Ubuntu also, in a VM) running Chrome. Sure, I could install Safari or iTunes, but why do I have to? (And don't say "So you can watch the videos.")

Chances are, most developers they are targeting are on Macs, so they made it easy for them.

On the other hand, chances are that most of those developers still aren't running Safari.

Re: WWDC 2012 Session Videos

#12

Post by hboon »

Maascamp wrote: post #11
hboon wrote: post #6

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Chances are, most developers they are targeting are on Macs, so they made it easy for them.

On the other hand, chances are that most of those developers still aren't running Safari.

Me neither. I use iTunes to download and watch them and only launched to Safari to verify that it works there.

I already know what I want to watch so iTunes is good enough. But maybe it's just me.

But happy watching. It's a great resource, every year.

Re: WWDC 2012 Session Videos

#13

Post by zaphoyd »

DeepDuh wrote: post #8

Does anyone else have problems with the sound? I've had two videos stop the sound at some point while the slides still continue. Reloading doesn't seem to help, it still stops at the same point. edit: Nevermind, I think it was my SSD running out of space. Still waiting for that damn retina macbook ;).

I had this issue as well with the web streaming versions and plenty of free disk space. I ended up just pulling them up in iTunes which downloaded the whole thing and then it played fine. Something to do with the adaptive HTTP streaming I would guess.

Re: WWDC 2012 Session Videos

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Post by hboon »

HorizonXP wrote: post #10
derefr wrote: post #9

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It's not specifically Safari; it's the Quicktime codec library which is bundled with Safari (and iTunes). You can just download Quicktime standalone and anything NPAPI-supporting will gain the ability to play the videos.

That would make sense, except that I have Quicktime installed, and it works fine on Apple's movie trailers site. It's fine, I'm barking up the wrong tree here TBH. Apple makes it clear that they want you to use their products to view this developer stuff. It's the same type of lock-in that others try to do, so they're not the only guilty party. Just unfortunate when companies do that. I'll go and install iTunes.

+1 and thanks for all the positive-toned posts and comments you have added recently (I didn't look beyond the first page). This seems to be lacking among us nowadays.

Re: WWDC 2012 Session Videos

#15

Post by [deleted] »

HorizonXP wrote: post #5

So to view these videos, I need to be running Safari for the streaming version, or have iTunes installed to download the videos? Can someone explain what's the benefit of doing it that way? I'm on Windows (Ubuntu also, in a VM) running Chrome. Sure, I could install Safari or iTunes, but why do I have to? (And don't say "So you can watch the videos.")

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Re: WWDC 2012 Session Videos

#17

Post by DeepDuh »

zaphoyd wrote: post #13
DeepDuh wrote: post #8

Does anyone else have problems with the sound? I've had two videos stop the sound at some point while the slides still continue. Reloading doesn't seem to help, it still stops at the same point. edit: Nevermind, I think it was my SSD running out of space. Still waiting for that damn retina macbook ;).

I had this issue as well with the web streaming versions and plenty of free disk space. I ended up just pulling them up in iTunes which downloaded the whole thing and then it played fine. Something to do with the adaptive HTTP streaming I would guess.

Oh ok, so it wasn't just my SSD then. Something fishy going on with that streaming, it's so proprietary that it needs Safari AND Lion..
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