Codecs Articles on TUAW - The Unofficial Apple Weblog

Five reasons why Apple TV is still just a hobby

by Chris Rawson (Oct 8th, 2010)

I'm pretty far from being a Luddite, but I've never understood the point of the Apple TV. Even after its update to the newest version, I still don't get why this product exists. Erica posted the reasons she and other members of the TUAW team feel the Apple TV is every bit as revolutionary as any ...

Apple adds Xvid to QT Components site

by Erica Sadun (Apr 5th, 2007)

Our own David just texted us to let us know that Apple has added Xvid to its online QuickTime Components list. The Xvid-for-QuickTime component, which you can download here, allows you to play and encode Xvid video. As the writeup mentions, Xvid follows the MPEG-4 standard. ...