Tell a Friend Share QuickTime News with a friend or colleague. “Billie Holiday: The Ultimate Collection,” a CD/DVD set, honors the 90th anniversary of the legendary singer’s birth with a rich gathering of music and video. With the help of DVD Studio Pro, project director Yan Shvalb was able to turn the DVD, despite its inauspicious beginnings, into a sumptuous multimedia compilation worthy of its subject. On July 2, 10 star-studded concerts worldwide raised awareness for “Make Poverty History” — a movement to encourage the leaders of the world’s most powerful countries to address the crisis in Africa. Download Live 8 performances at the iTunes Music Store. “The Legend of Lucy Keyes” is a chilling ghost story based on actual events that took place in 18th-century Massachusetts. To bring the legend to life, David Bigelow and his team at Moody Street Pictures employed a tapeless post-production workflow anchored on Macs and Final Cut Pro. More news Dido, one of the biggest selling female artists in the UK, just released her first DVD, “Live at Brixton Academy,” featuring 17 live tracks filmed in high definition. Watch five of her performances (”Here With Me,” “See You When You’re 40,” “Life for Rent,” “Thankyou” and “White Flag”) from her August 2004 concerts at Brixton Academy. At the iTunes Music Store, you can sample more music from Dido. You’ll never look at a basketball the same way again after you watch the Chemical Brothers’ video for “The Boxer.” P.S. “The Boxer” makes a nice addition to a workout/gym playlist on your iPod. Buy the Chemical Brothers’ “Push the Button” album at the iTunes Music Store. On July 13, 1985, the biggest names performed for an audience of more than 1.5 billion to raise money for the Band Aid trust, which provides direct hunger relief in Africa. An estimated 85% of the world’s television sets tuned in to Live Aid, featuring more than 10 hours of performances from U2, David Bowie, Eric Clapton, Madonna, Paul McCartney, Sting, the Who, Neil Young, Queen, Duran Duran and many other artists. Watch the trailer for the four-disc DVD set. Multi-platinum singer, songwriter, producer and arranger R. Kelly displays his knack for storytelling in his latest video, “Trapped in the Closet.” At the iTunes Music Store, you can hear more from his new album, “TP.3 Reloaded.” Violent Femmes’ first-ever DVD release, “Permanent Record — Live & Otherwise,” features a live concert at the Boat House in Norfolk, Virginia, plus seven music videos and a bonus street performance of “Kiss Off.” Preview three music videos now: “I Held Her in My Arms,” “Gone Daddy Gone” and “American Music.” The iTunes Music Store offers 10 more Violent Femme albums for your listening pleasure. John Scofield grooves on his guitar while John Mayer, Dr. John, Aaron Neville, Mavis Staples and other artists pay tribute to Ray Charles on “That’s What I Say.” If you enjoy the album listening party, you can buy “That’s What I Say” and earlier albums from John Scofield at the iTunes Music Store. Soul-folk artist Lizz Wright lures you into her new album, “Dreaming Wide Awake,” with the haunting Delta blues recast of “A Taste of Honey.” You’ll come back begging for more after hearing her covers of “Old Man,” originally from Neil Young, and “Get Together,” popularized by the Youngbloods. Listen to “Dreaming Wide Awake,” available at the iTunes Music Store. Listen to a sampler of “Bloom,” the new album from Grammy Award-winning guitarist Eric Johnson. “Bloom” features 16 new songs running the gamut from rock and blues to pop and jazz/fusion. If you like what you hear, you can download “Bloom” at the iTunes Music Store.				On May 3, three rising filmmakers set out on a three-week journey from Los Angeles to New York to document emerging trends in America in high definition. After three weeks of editing on Apple PowerBooks and Power Mac G5 computers, each filmmaker submitted his or her distinct story. Now you can sit back and view “Step Ahead with Audi A3: Personal Journeys with AFI FEST Filmmakers.” Vote on your favorite 15-minute film. Those who cast a vote for the People’s Choice winner may register to win a trip for two to Los Angeles to attend AFI FEST 2005 presented by Audi. Celebrate the iconic film star James Dean with the first DVD set of his entire motion picture legacy. The release of the set coincides with the 50th anniversary of Dean’s death. “The Complete James Dean Collection” features the DVD debut of “East of Eden,” the two-disc special edition DVDs of both “Rebel Without a Cause” and “Giant.” The DVDs feature previously unseen documentaries, commentaries, deleted scenes, behind-the-scenes segments, screen tests and more. Enjoy four clips from the collection. “Ask Dr. Baden: An Autopsy Special,” an all-new edition of HBO’s hugely popular “Autopsy” documentary series, explores two suspicious cases of death that were brought to HBO’s attention as a result of the “Ask Dr. Baden” interactive component on the “Autopsy” website at hbo.com. After emailing their stories to the website, several potential subjects were contacted by HBO, with their cases examined in the trademark “Autopsy” fashion. See what to expect on HBO’s “Autopsy.” If you missed the National Association of Broadcasters (NAB) show in Las Vegas in April, you can still check out the latest technologies from NAB 2005 in the VideoClix trade show coverage segment. In this VideoClix-enabled movie, you can click on any of the products shown to learn more about them. Pretty cool, huh? Imagine what you could do with VideoClix and your own video content. In the midst of a mid-life crisis, a charismatic Memphis pimp named DJay (Terrence Dashon Howard) struggles to find his voice and realize his long-buried dreams. With the support of friends and his “family,” DJay is drawn to create and record his own hip-hop music. With the impending visit to Memphis of hometown platinum-selling rapper Skinny Black (Ludacris), DJay has to make one last hustle if he’s ever going to flow. “Hustle & Flow” opens in theaters July 22. In the meantime, preview the soundtrack at the iTunes Music Store. A boy from an impoverished family living under the shadow of a giant chocolate factory, Charlie Bucket (Freddie Highmore) wins a candy bar contest and gets a tour, along with four other children, of the amazing Wonka Chocolate Factory run by the eccentric Willy Wonka (Johnny Depp) and his staff of Oompa-Loompas. Enjoy the Tim Burton interpretation of the Roald Dahl children’s classic “Charlie and the Chocolate Factory,” in theaters now. If you’ve always dreamed of producing music videos, your opportunity has arrived. Put your creative energy to work by making a QuickTime video for Bob Mould’s single “Paralyzed” from his new album, “Body of Song.” Bob Mould will personally choose his favorite video from the submissions. The winning video will then post on multiple video sites across the Internet showcasing the producer’s talent. Preview the single now at the iTunes Music Store and learn more about the “Create a Bob Mould Video Contest.” H.264 — much more than just a pretty face. For your reading pleasure, the QuickTime team has assembled some materials that explain why H.264 makes such stunning QuickTime 7 movies. The H.264 page in the Technologies section of the QuickTime website features industry information, news and technical resources to help you learn a great deal more about H.264/AVC. Check out the H.264 technology page now. Music fans in 19 countries are clicking their way to 500 million downloads on the iTunes Music Store. To celebrate this milestone in the digital music revolution and to thank you for participating, Apple is giving away an iPod mini and a 50-song iTunes gift card to the iTunes customer who purchases the winning song at each 100,000 interval. The person who downloads the 500 millionth song will win the grand prize — 10 iPods of his or her choice to share with family and friends, a gold 10,000-song iTunes Music Store gift card, 10 additional 50-song gift cards to go with those iPods and an all-expenses-paid trip for four to see Coldplay on its world tour. Terms and conditions apply. Get the iTunes Music Store free Single of the Week — “Wires” by South London foursome Athlete. Check back every Tuesday for a new free download. Download iTunes 4.9 for Mac and Windows. It’s free. Video compression is a method of shrinking enormous image and audio data files for fast transmission without significant loss of quality. It’s the magic behind digital TV, video conferencing, DVDs and Internet radio. Want to learn more about video compression? After reading “A Practical Guide to Video and Audio Compression: From Sprockets and Rasters to Macro Blocks” by Cliff Wootton, you’ll know how to prepare and distribute professional audio and video on any platform — including streaming to the Internet, broadcast on-air, storing in PVRs, burning onto CD-ROMs or DVDs, delivering by broadband and viewing in kiosk applications, PDA devices or mobile phones.
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