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Subject: Re: AVI Builder
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>A programmer friend of mine is nearly finished writing
>a .AVI compiler for Windows (3.1,95,NT) and was wondering
>a few things:
>
>1> Right now, it only supports .BMP's (any Color-depth);
> Should it support .TGA's, .IFF's, etc. And if so,
> how important is this?
>
>2> Next, he was wondering if sound support is that
> important. If it is, he would allow the user to
> attach .WAV's at compile time.
>
>Any other suggestions are welcomed. We started this
>project because of the utter lack of .AVI compilers out
>there for Windows.
>
>Program History:
>
>Right now, it supports whatever compressors the user has
>installed and allows you to scale the video to any
>user-defined size. You can of course define the frame
>rate and add key frames and consistant intervals. All
>of these functions and more are done at compile time,
>NOT as after-effects. There are enough programs that do
>that sort of thing already. This is intented as a simple,
>much-needed utility for users with a small registration
>price tag of $15. Please e-mail me your comments and
>questions directly. I will of course announce where you
>can acquire this app as soon as it is done.
>
Er, perhaps you already know this... There is already a (free) utility that
will do this on Microsoft's ftp site. VidEdit is included in the WinVideo
SDK, and is a free download if you can manage the nightmare directory structure.
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