Description:

libquicktime is a library for reading and writing quicktime files. It
is based on the quicktime4linux library, with the following
extensions:
- Sourcetree upgraded with autoconf/automake/libtool and all the other
stuff, people like in "standard" Linux libraries.
- All 3rd party libraries (jpeg, OggVorbis) were removed to reduce
download size, compilation time and code duplication on users
harddisks. Instead, the sytemwide installed libraries are used.
- All codecs have been moved into dynamically loadable modules. This
makes it possible to distribute closed source codecs (or codecs with
an incompatible license) as separate packages.
- Unlike other quicktime libraries, it's source compatible with
quicktime4linux. Programs like cinelerra or xmovie can be compiled
with libquicktime.
- The codecs themselves are also source compatible with
quicktime4linux, so porting codecs between quicktime4linux and
libquicktime requires only little brain load.
- Special API extensions allow access to the codec registry.
Applications can get important information about the codecs, their
settable parameters etc. at runtime.