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- Sparkle 2.2.3 A mac-look-and-feel MPEG and QT player and converter.
-
- This should replace Sparkle 2.2.2 in the info-mac archives.
- Changes are:
- * Some very minor cosmetic bugs fixed.
- * Some speed tweaks.
- * Worked around a bug in NCSA Mosaic, so should work better with Mosaic.
- * The MPEGSplit program now saves files in the folder you choose---
- it used to save them in the parent of that folder.
-
- Also in this package are a VERY rough quick and dirty port of some unix
- MPEG-2 decoding code. This will allow you to see what's in an MPEG2 file
- and save the result as a QT movie. Of course at some point this support
- will be rolled into Sparkle but I'd like to do sound first.
- Be patient with this programs---in particular when it starts up, it
- may sit for a minute or so looking like it's frozen before anything
- starts happening. This program is based on code by Chad Fogg and the
- MPEG Software Simulation Group.
-
- Also in this package is a VERY rough quicka and dirty port of a
- unix MPEG demuxer. This will split a muxed MPEG file (one containing
- both audio and video) into separate audio and video files. This program
- is based on code by Rainer Menes.
-
- This version of Sparkle
- * has very limited AppleScript support. Probably not yet useful, but
- that'll change soon.
- * does not support sound
- * does not support online help
- These are all high priorities, pretty much in that order.
-
- Thanks to the people who reported bugs in 2.2.0.
-
- As always, if you find any bug or anomaly in this code please tell me.
- The sooner you tell me, the sooner I'll fix it.
- As always there remain a few rough edges to this program, though I hope
- most of them won't be too distressing to users. Like previous rough
- edges, they'll be done away with in time.
-
- •••
- !!! If you write to me PLEASE give me a decent address I can reply to.
- !!! About 10% of the e-mail I receive has a bogus return address---I try
- !!! to reply to you and a few hours or days later I get a message from the
- !!! mail system that my mail could not be delivered.
- !!! This is very frustrating to me and a waste of your and my time.
- !!! I have NEVER just ignored mail sent to me about Sparkle. If I don't
- !!! reply to you, it's because you sent me mail with a garbage return address.
- !!! Check out your mail system and write to me again when it works properly.
- •••
-
- WHAT IS IT?
- Sparkle plays MPEGs, PICTs and QT movies and converts between them. It is
- multifinder friendly and, with enough memory, will open multiple
- documents at once.
- It is free.
-
- REQUIRES:
- System 7 or greater.
- QuickTime 1.6 or greater.
- An 020 based mac or greater.
- This version requires the Thread Manager.
- This program on PowerMac requires ObjectSupportLib. Read the enclosed
- file if you don't have it to learn how to get it.
-
- You can ftp Sparkle from sumex-aim.stanford.edu (or a mirror like
- mrcnext.cso.uiuc.edu) in info-mac/grf/util.
- You can ftp the Thread Manager from ftp.apple.com in
- dts/mac/sys.soft/extensions/Thread_manager_201.hqx
-
- Maynard Handley
- maynard@elwing.otago.ac.nz
- December 11 1994
-