8.5 QT7 vs. AVF decoding

Playing out movies which are compressed using H.264 or Apple ProRes, just:out now automatically uses the more modern AVF method to decode the video. This allows much faster decoding times and therefore it is possible to encode movies using a more complex H.264 encoding algorithm. In some situations, this also improves the stability of the playout. Especially customers using the latest generation Mac mini for playing out H.264 compressed movies will see improved buffer levels and the same time the Mac mini will run much cooler. The new method is also the foundation of the 4K decoding and therefore we strongly recommend to encode all 4K movies using Apple ProRes.