Re: Multimedia programming

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From: Lawrence D'Oliveiro, Waikato Uni...
Date: Thu, 06 Aug 1992 01:59

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In article <1992Aug5.205542.1@cc.newcastle.edu.au>, c9036137@cc.newcastle.edu.au writes:
> I am interested in writing a multimedia application but have little (read
> no) experience in this sort of area and was wondering if someone could point
> me in the right direction as far as the following:-
>
> 	1. Would Windows be the easiest way to start?
> 	2. Would C++ be the best language to use?
> 	3. What are some good references?
>
> I am specifically going to have digital-video clips running on some part of
> the screen as well as information in text form and also doing some I/O at the
> same time.

The Windows Multimedia Extensions don't actually provide any hardware-
independent support for digital video--whether displaying live
video-in-a-window, capturing it to disk, or playing captured video back from
disk. The only PC-level platform I know that does is a Macintosh with QuickTime.

There was some discussion in this newsgroup a few days ago about similar
capabilities in the OS/2 multimedia extensions. Perhaps the person who
described these might be willing to respond as well...

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From: ldo@waikato.ac.nz (Lawrence D'Oliveiro, Waikato University)
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Subject: Re: Multimedia programming
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Date: 6 Aug 92 13:59:56 +1200
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