Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.multimedia Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!menudo.uh.edu!karazm.math.uh.edu!jet From: jet@karazm.math.uh.edu (J Eric Townsend) Subject: Re: CDTV Motion Video Message-ID: <1991Jun8.034328.18609@menudo.uh.edu> Sender: usenet@menudo.uh.edu (USENET News System) Nntp-Posting-Host: karazm.math.uh.edu Organization: University of Houston -- Department of Mathematics References: <30764@hydra.gatech.EDU> <1991Jun7.025704.21505@watserv1.waterloo.edu> Date: Sat, 8 Jun 1991 03:43:28 GMT In article ottmar@ajberl.UUCP (Ottmar Roehrig) writes: >>In article <1991Jun7.025704.21505@watserv1.waterloo.edu> tcapener@watserv1.waterloo.edu (CAPENER TD - ENGLISH ) writes: >>The C= rep said that right now decompression is done in software because >>the standard for compressed video in hardware has not yet been finalized. >>When it is, he said that C= will incorporate it. >That's the same as I know. BTW: The "standard" mentioned is designed >by a group called MPEG (motion picture expert group) and is something >like JPEG for stills. (in short :-) You might want to look at the company UEC. Rumor has it they're doing the compression tech for CBM. -- J. Eric Townsend - jet@uh.edu - bitnet: jet@UHOU - vox: (713) 749-2126 Skate UNIX! (curb fault: skater dumped) -- If you're hacking PowerGloves and Amigas, drop me a line. --