Re: JPEG and/or Mpeg viewers for the GS

[bazyar@netcom.com (Jawaid Bazyar)]

Salvatore Buttice <qsilver@moose.erie.net> writes:

>I realize that on my stock GS things like this will be horribly slow

  Well, define "horribly". :)

>but 
>has anyoe come out with a JPEG or Mpeg veiwer for the GS? Most places are 
>starting to post Jpegs rather than GIFs due to the compression scheme and 
>compuscrew's riduculous stance on GIF files... :) 
 
>Is anyone working on something like this???

  As a matter of fact, I am.  I've never accepted the phrase "The
GS can't do it", so I'm hard at work on a (relatively :-) insanely
fast JPEG decoder.  This JPEG viewer will only work with Second
Sight, and will take advantage of SS's TrueColor modes to present
the best images you have ever seen on a IIGS. (It should also support
256-color modes for bigger pictures).

  MPEG is probably right out the window, unless you don't mind
pre-processing the movies into a more GS-palatable form.
 
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