QuickTime and H.264 High Profile?

Hi,
Just a quick question...
Does QuickTime support H.264 High Profile?
If not, does anyone know if Apple are working on it?
Thanks,
Lee.

.mov works...
try this file... Dolby Digital 5.1 in a .mov container. VisualHub will supposedly be adding this ability to there outputs...
http://uploaded.to/?id=yqshmu

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