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Indeo(TM) Video R3.2 V3.22/QuickTime Update -- 3.22.21.04
September 22, 1994
This software update is being made available to provide users the latest
Indeo(TM) Video Codec for compressing, editing and playing back video on
your desktop computer, using Apple's QuickTime software.
If you get this file from a non Macintosh computer, the file will
be encoded as a MacBinary file called I322QT.BIN. After converting from
MacBinary, the file will be named "Indeo(TM) Video R3.2 V3.22." See MacBinary
conversion notes at the end of this document.
To install, double click on the "Indeo(TM) Video R3.2 V3.22" icon and
follow the instructions. After installation, the following files will be
installed in the following locations:
* Indeo(TM) Video, installed in the "System:Extensions" folder
A system extension that compresses/decompresses video files in
Indeo Video R3.2 format.
* Intel Raw Video, installed in the "System:Extensions" folder
A system extension that compresses/decompresses video files in
Intel Raw format. This format is used by our Intel Smart Video
Recorder capture/compression board product.
* Indeo(TM) Video Read Me, installed in a folder named "Indeo(TM) Video
R3.2 V3.22"
This text file.
* MakeItMooV, installed in a folder named "Indeo(TM) Video R3.2 V3.22"
An application to help in the importing of MooV files created under
QuickTime for Windows.
* Indeo(TM) Video CLUT, installed in a folder named "Indeo(TM) Video R3.2 V3.22"
A ResEdit document containing the Indeo Video 8-bit Color Look Up Table (palette).
Software Requirements
---------------------
* QuickTime (1.6.1 or 2.0) installed.
* 68020 or better based Macintosh
* 2 MB of RAM
* System 6.0.7 or later installed
Optimum System Requirements:
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* 68040 Based Macintosh
* 16 MB RAM
Related Software
----------------
MakeItMooV -- V1.2
This application changes the type and creator of a file to "MooV" and
"TVOD" respectively. The former allows the file to be recognized as
a movie file by all QuickTime applications; the latter causes the
MoviePlayer to be the default application for opening the file.
This utility is useful when importing movies from non-Macintosh
environments (QuickTime for Windows), in which they are not assigned
appropriate Macintosh file types or creators.
Double-click on the MakeItMooV icon for further information and usage
instructions.
Indeo(TM) Video CLUT
Use this document with the QuickTime 2.0 SetMovieColorTable utility to attach the
Indeo Video palette to a MooV file.
Intel Raw Video codec -- V1.10.20.02
----------------------------------
These notes describe the Intel Raw Video codec, a compressor/decompressor
for YVU9 format video in Apple's QuickTime 1.6.1 and 2.0 video environments.
* YVU9 is the format in which video is captured by the Intel Smart Video
Recorder. In YVU space, a pixel is represented by one luminance (Y) value
and two chrominance (U and V) values. In YVU9 format, the chrominance
values are sub sampled: a single UV pair is used to represent the
chrominance of an entire 4x4 block of pixels. Since Y, U, and V components
are each stored as 8-bit numbers, the color sub sampling results in an
average 9 bits per pixel. Because the human eye is more sensitive to
luminance than to chrominance, the perceived loss of information due
to sub sampling is minimal.
* By providing the capability to read near-lossless captured movie files with
the Intel Smart Video Recorder (that operates under Windows), the Intel Raw
Video Codec provides a path to compress this higher quality source using
Indeo Video codec, which performs spatial and temporal compression
resulting in much smaller files.
* This codec will appear in compressor selection menus as "Intel Raw".
DIFFERENCES FROM V1.10.20.00
----------------------------
There are no functional differences from the previous version of this codec.
The codec has been rebuilt with the an updated release of the compiler and with
the most current QuickTime (2.0) header files.
Known Operating Characteristics
-----------------------------
* The compressor now assigns 24-bit format to the output stream instead
of 32-bit (for portability to the Video for Windows environment).
* The compressor now appends a version string to the end of the binary data
for each frame. To find the version of the compressor used to produce a
video, search (e.g., with the MPW Shell's 'Search' command) the movie file
for a string beginning with the characters "Ver ".
* The performance of 16- and 24-bit decompression has been improved.
* Internal change: spooling functions are now handled correctly (although
data spooling itself is not supported.
* Internal change: the codecGetCompressedImageSize codec function has been
implemented.
Indeo(TM) Video R3.2 codec -- V3.22.21.04
--------------------------------------
Major Differences From V3.22.21.02
----------------------------------
The decompressor has been optimized, resulting in higher frame rates.
Major Differences From V3.22.21.01
--------------------------------
* Both 'iv32' and 'IV32' are recognized as Indeo R3.2 movie formats.
This is for compatibility with some Video for Windows to QuickTime
translators that produce lower case format signatures.
* Memory allocation for large decompressor tables is handled more
intelligently.
* Playback has been sped up for various depths of gray-level output.
Major Differences From V3.20.21.03
----------------------------------
* The compressor algorithm has been updated from R3.20 to R3.22.
The new algorithm produces higher quality video with more accurate
data rate control. In addition, the maximum size movie that can
be compressed has been increased from 320x240 to 640x480.
* Decompressor bug fix: movies whose width was greater than 320 but less
than 640 could not be decompressed correctly.
Known Operating Characteristics
------------------------------
* Decompressor
The decompressor is capable of taking advantage of the asynchronous
decompression features of QuickTime 2.0.
In addition to any overhead imposed by application software, the
decompressor requires approximately 100K of system memory (about 128K
more for 16-bit color, about 256K more for 24-bit color). Approximately
200K of application memory are needed for each open 320x240 movie.
Although error handling is application-dependent, generally
any movies for which there is not adequate application memory will
display as blank (all-white) frames until sufficient memory is
available. You can make memory available by closing applications,
closing windows, or closing some of the other movies currently open
under the same application. Note that leaving a blank movie open
may cause the display rate of other movies to be impaired.
You can increase the number of movies that can be open simultaneously
by increasing the amount of memory available to the application:
before launching the application in question, select its icon, then use
the Finder's "Get Info" command. NOTE: Problems may occur if application
partitions are increased to the point that 200K-300K of memory is not
available for growth of the system heap.
* Compressor
We suggest you set the key frame interval to 4 when compressing movies.
Videos compressed with this codec cannot be decompressed by R3.1
codecs.
If your application supports data rate constraint by passing a target
data rate to the codec, the codec will automatically vary the quality
of the compressed image to achieve the specified data rate. In this case,
any user-specified quality information will be ignored. For example, in
the ConvertToMovie application, checking the "Limit data rate to..." box
will cause the spatial quality slider to be ignored; if the box is left
unchecked, the spatial quality slider value will be used to determine image
quality.
NOTE: MovieShop (an application based on an older codec interface
paradigm) does not pass data rate parameters to the codec.
* This codec will appear in compressor selection menus as:
"Intel Indeo(tm) Video R3.2."
* We suggest that you SET BOTH THE HEIGHT AND WIDTH OF THE MOVIE TO
BE COMPRESSED TO MULTIPLES OF 4. The Macintosh version of the Indeo codec
will allow you to compress movies of arbitrary dimensions. However, if the
dimensions are not multiples of 4 the playback rate will be affected; furthermore,
there is no guarantee that such movies will be portable to other environments
(e.g., QuickTime for Windows or Video for Windows).
* There should be ONE AND ONLY ONE Indeo Video codec in the Extensions folder:
do not leave older versions there.
Support
-------
Please communicate questions and suggestions to Intel Technical Support
INDEO.SUP on AppleLink
Within USA: call (800) 628-8686 [press 1-3-1]
Outside USA: call (916) 356-3551 [press 1-3-1]
Fax: (503) 696-6067
Ask for Indeo video support when connected.
Please be prepared to provide detailed information about your hardware
and software configuration when reporting a problem.
Before reporting a problem, check the version notes section earlier in
this document to make sure that it isn't already listed.
Updates are available:
---------------------
As new Indeo video drivers are released, they will be available on:
* CompuServe Intel Arch. Labs forum library 9 (GO INTELA)
* Intel's Application Support BBS, (916) 356-3600
* Internet FTP, ftp.intel.com in the '/pub/IAL/Indeo_video' directory
* AppleLink in Intel's folder in: Third Parties,3rd Party Demos/Updates,
Software Updates,Companies E-J,Intel Corp.
MacBinary Conversion Notes:
-------------------------
When this software is distributed on non-Macintosh computers, it must be
first converted into a format that allows Macintosh two fork files to be
read and written as a single fork file. There is a standard for this type of
conversion, MacBinary. The encoding conversion, which takes place on a Mac,
combines the two file forks into one with header information prepended for
later decoding. Files that have been encoded into MacBinary usually have the
'.bin' file extension. After encoding, these files can be transported through
DOS or Unix computers. When they arrive back on a Macintosh computer, they
need to be decoded back into normal two fork Macintosh files. This decoding
can be done by several commercial and shareware applications. The StuffIt
Deluxe and StuffIt Lite versions 3.0.6 (or later) programs can decode
MacBinary files. Use the Translate menu, not File Open, to perform this
decoding. Two other shareware applications that do this decoding are
available on Compuserve and Internet FTP archives:
* MacBinary
* Compuserve: Utility to restore MacBinary files
DTPFORUM forum, Mac DTP Utilities Library: MACBIN.SEA
* Internet FTP: sumex-aim.stanford.edu:/info-mac/cmp/mac-binary-101.sit
* MacBinary II+ 1.0.2
* Compuserve: MacBinary II+ 1.0.2
MACCOMM Forum, Comm Progs/Utils Library: MACBIN.SIT
* Internet FTP: sumex-aim.stanford.edu:/info-mac/cmp/mac-binary-ii-plus-101.sit
* StuffIt Lite
* Compuserve: MACSYS Forum, Help Files Library: SITLIT.INS
* Internet FTP: ftp.netcom.com:pub/leonardr/Aladdin/StuffIt_Lite_3.0.7.hqx