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Path: digifix!not-for-mail From: Brian Willoughby <brianw@sounds.wa.com> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: SUBMISSION: MPEG Player 2.6 is FAT! Date: 14 Oct 1993 23:34:52 -0400 Organization: Next Announcements Lines: 38 Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Approved: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <29l5os$59g@digifix.digifix.com> Reply-To: Brian Willoughby <brianw@sounds.wa.com> Finally, the long-awaited FAT binary version of MPEG_Play.app is available. I have received many requests for a version which supports NS486, but I started out without a copy of 3.1 to develop under, and only recently secured access to an Intel machine to verify that the port is functional. Look on cs.orst.edu for /pub/next/submissions/MPEGPlay2.6.FAT.tar.Z (there is also a README). I have notified the contact for the archives at Oregon State, so the file may be moved elsewhere. The program requires 3.0 or better. Now that both 68040 and 80486 CPUs are supported, I hope to resume adding features. >From the Info Panel: MPEG Play is in the process of evolving from a bare-bones MPEG animation viewer into a full-fledged NeXT application. The current version is multi-threaded and supports the simultaneous loading and playback of multiple "mini-videos" at different rates as high as 28 frames per second. There is a group of "live controls" which can be manipulated even while the video is playing. MPEG Play will keep track of different settings for each window, reflecting the current values in the Window Settings panel whenever you select a new main window. When playback is complete, a few interesting performance statistics are shown. Notes: You may have to wait some time after opening a new file before it will be shown. The frames will be counted as they are loaded. This version is not recommended for NeXT systems without substantial system RAM and swap space. I have not personally used this software on anything other than a NeXTdimension with 88 MB of RAM (ed: and a 2-bit Intel box), but future versions of MPEG Play will be adjusted for any problems with other systems. I have updated to version 2.0 of the mpeg_play code from Berkeley. B&W support is temporarily disabled. You can reach me as brianw@sounds.wa.com
These are the contents of the former NiCE NeXT User Group NeXTSTEP/OpenStep software archive, currently hosted by Marcel Waldvogel and Netfuture.ch.