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Re: mpeg

In article etxmsl@tn.etx.ericsson.se writes...
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>Should not Second Sight be able sort that problem out ?

	Yes with handling of the resolution and colors per screen, but 
not with live playback of images. MPEG Type-1 is a highly compressed 
video format, animated images are achieved by on-the-fly decompression 
as playback occurs. To my knowledge, this requires exteremly *FAST* 
processing power, which I'm not even sure a ZipGS could help with. 
Perhaps the combination of a ZipGS 10/64, Math-coprocessor board and the 
Second Sight, MPEG video could be displayed directly? If not, the other 
solution is an MPEG->PaintWorks $C1 convertor, then all you'd need is a 
stock Apple IIgs with lots of available RAM (decompressed images saved as
PaintWorks animations would be quite large).

>Martin Landhage         etxmsl@tn.etx.ericsson.se

Mitchell Spector
m_spect@pavo.concordia.ca / spector@vax2.concordia.ca