The previous version of the
player is also available for Macintosh OS 9, Unix, Linux, and even OS/2. MSN TV even plays RealAudio 3.0.
By contrast, QuickTime is limited to Windows and Macintosh, and Microsoft??™s streaming video solution is
basically Windows-only.
RealNetworks has also led the way in terms of users; for years it was the only option for large-scale streaming
media sites. Even now, when it faces the stiffest competition it??™s ever had, its market share is very high.
RealPlayer is included with major browsers, as well as with Windows and Red Hat Linux.
See www.real.com for examples of RealMedia content.
QuickTime
What QuickTime refers to is widely misunderstood. Some people mix up the video format QuickTime Video
with QuickTime itself. But QuickTime Video is just one of the things a QuickTime movie might
contain. Sometimes the high-profile QuickTime Player is confused with QuickTime, but it is just one
dependent application.
The best way to explain QuickTime is to say that it??™s a multimedia operating system, enabling applications
such as CD-ROM titles to run on top of it and use the features it provides. These features include support
for audio, video, images, 3D objects, MIDI music (including a software wavetable synthesizer), streaming
video, Flash movies, and MP3 audio.
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