Yes. We are both talking about movies. Quicktime is a library that plays movies. So is Media Player. So is Real. None of them force you to use their player, but no other player will play their particular format. The only difference with Quicktime is that it lets you play *many* formats, not just wmv or ram. Furthermore, it stands out in that it runs just as well on Windows as it does on its native OS X platform. WMV and Real files play much more slowly on Macs. So you could also say that WMV and Real are diminishing on Macs just as you claim that Quicktime is diminishing on Windows, a claim which you have cited no evidence to back up.
Anyways, back to my original idea - the open-source cross-platform MPlayer plays many formats very nicely. Just peek at its source.
Anyways, back to my original idea - the open-source cross-platform MPlayer plays many formats very nicely. Just peek at its source.