TITLE
    MPEG Media System: Support For Video Capture
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6/27/97

TOPIC

    The READ ME document for the Apple MPEG Media System states the following, under the Limitations section:

    "Video capture of MPEG movies is not currently supported. Future software releases will include this functionality."

    - Is this a correct statement?
    - Is such an effort in the works?
    - Is it technically feasible?


DISCUSSION

    Currently, we are not aware of any plans at Apple to update the Apple MPEG Media System to provide video capture of MPEG movies. The MPEG Media System was designed to be a playback-only solution. Future directions of Apple's support for the MPEG standards are being addressed via QuickTime technology.

    Since the Apple MPEG Media System is tightly integrated with QuickTime, it is quite feasible to develop MPEG encoding functionality that takes advantage of the hardware included with the MPEG Media System. For more information on how to do this, developers should refer to the QuickTime 2.5 developers guide. This guide can be downloaded from Apple's QuickTime web site at:

    http://www.quicktime.apple.com/dev/qt_25_developers_guide.pdf


    This article was published in the 14 May 1997 "Information Alley".

Document Information
Product Area: Peripherals
Category: Apple MPEG System
Sub Category: General Topics

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