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From:Jan-Erik Karlsson
Date:24 Apr 2001 at 23:59:53
Subject:Re: AVI,etc

Hello, Vincenzo

On 24-Apr-01, you wrote:

VM > Hello Nuno
VM >
VM > On 24-Apr-01, you wrote:
VM >
VM >> Hello,
VM >>
VM >> I would like to know which is the best AVI/MOV/QT viewer.I use Action
VM >> from OS3.9 and keep getting the "unsupported xxxxxxx",which is
VM >> annoying.Any sugestions?
VM >
VM > Well, Action is just a cut down version of Moovid.
VM >
VM > I have registered Moovid because Iwanted to have a complete viewer
VM > supporting has many codecs as possible.
VM >
VM > It is OK, but it still does not support the most common codecs.
VM > One of the most common is SVQ1 which belongs to Microsoft.

not correct SVQ1 is owned by Sorenson

perhaps you mean the horrible Div1-Div4 (Mpeg4-1 -> Mpeg4-4)

VM > Unfortunately, all the latest trailers use the above codec :(
VM > and getting a license is way too expensive.
VM >
VM > BTW, I am after the Tomb Raider trailer (I have the SVQ1 version which
VM > I cannot visualize).
VM > Anybody knows where to find it

if you have fusion/shapeshifter/basilisk you can view it with quicktime
(yes, the SVQ1 does run under 68K) not very fast but... (strangely enough
that the indeo 4.x and 5.x codecs is PPC only)

With kind regards,
Jan-Erik Karlsson



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