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From: wwarner@en.ecn.purdue.edu (Art Warner)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.multimedia
Subject: Re: CDTV Motion Video
Message-ID: <1991Jun18.144308.19783@en.ecn.purdue.edu>
Date: 18 Jun 91 14:43:08 GMT
References: <YAMANAKA.91Jun17091455@probe.cv.sony.co.jp>
Organization: Purdue University Engineering Computer Network
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In article <YAMANAKA.91Jun17091455@probe.cv.sony.co.jp> yamanaka@cv.sony.co.jp (Brian Yamanaka) writes:
>Quicktime decompresses from the CD-ROM or HD on the fly.  That is the
>beauty of it.  Currently they use a proprietary compression scheme to
>accomplish this, but the design of QuickTime allows for other methods
>to be substituted as they becom available using modules.

I am SORRY, but I don't consider a 160x120 pixel window running at one fps to be
"true" realtime decompression of "VIDEO MOTION".  I don't care how many bits of
color is in that tiny window.

SORRY MacFans.   (not real sorry though!)

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>  Brian YAMANAKA (aka The VISCA dude)    |"I knew I should have made that
>  Sony Corporation, Personal Video Group | left turn at Albuquerque."
>  Email: yamanaka@cv.sony.co.jp          |                      -Bugs Bunny
>  Phone: +81-3-5488-6160                 |
>    FAX: +81-3-5488-6469                 |Hawaii,Illinois,Japan...what's next?


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