Indeo(TM) Video R3.2 V3.22/QuickTime Update -- 3.22.21.02 August 15, 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. This version is an update to the Indeo Video R3.2 release contained on Apple's QuickTime 2.0 Software Developers Kit CD. This software will install the latest Indeo Video QuickTime component, version V3.22.21.02, that works in QuickTime versions 1.6.1 and 2.0. Also included in this release, for the first time, is the latest Intel Raw Codec that works in QuickTime. This Codec provides the capability to decode video files captured with the Intel Smart Video Recorder that operates under Windows. QuickTime MooV files can be compressed into this format as well. Improvements/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. * This is the first release where an Intel Raw Codec is being distributed with the latest Indeo Video codec technology. With this additional codec, a more complete cross-platform development solution is provided. Intel Raw compressed video files can be created on either Video for Windows (VfW) or QuickTime platforms and recompressed into Indeo Video on either platform as well. See the Read Me file included with this release for more information on the Intel Raw compression format. * 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. * Decompressor bug fix: movies whose width was greater than 320 but less than 640 could not be decompressed correctly. 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. 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