From: maupperl@gmail.com

Date: March 25, 2019 9:19:00 PM MDT

To: <Astro_IIDC@yahoogroups.com>

Subject: Quitcktime is Dead in OSX 10.15

Reply-To: maupperl@gmail.com


Hi folks.


Just a heads up that QuickTime will be dead in OS X 10.15.


https://eclecticlight.co/2019/03/23/apple-is-killing-quicktime-7-in-macos-10-15-convert-old-media-now/


That means you will not be able to process any .mov files that Astro IIDC has created under 10.15 in Astro IIDC. That includes 16 bit monochrome or any color formats.


Your only option with new hardware which only runs OSX 10.15 would be to run VMWare to create an Virtual Machine and run an earlier version of OS X to run Astro IIDC in it.


If you do open an older movie (like 8 bit monochrome), Apple will convert them into a lossy highly compressed MP4 video. Anything with color will be using our Bayer codec which will be removed by Apple and therefore not playable or convertible.