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Re: Convert Quicktime -> VfW?

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From: Jim Matthews
Date: Thu, 17 Dec 1992 21:30
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Lawrence D'Oliveiro, Waikato University writes
> In article <1992Dec16.135136.16878@cbnewsh.cb.att.com>,  
rkl@cbnewsh.cb.att.com (kevin.laux) writes:
> >
> > 	If you purchased a copy of Video for Windows, you would have both
> > the AVI clips (over 200 on the CD-ROM), as well as the Quicktime to  
VfW
> > converter.
> 
> Interesting. Do you know which compression formats this converter will  
handle?
> Will it take the Compact Video compression in QuickTime 1.5?

Another question: does the VfW converter just expand the movies on the Mac  
(using QuickTime codecs) and compress them with its own algorithms?  If  
that's the case it could handle any format supported by QuickTime, but I  
wonder how the re-compression process would affect quality.

Jim Matthews
Dartmouth Software Development
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From: Jim.Matthews@dartmouth.edu (Jim Matthews)
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Subject: Re: Convert Quicktime -> VfW?
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Date: 17 Dec 92 21:30:42 GMT
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