This is an archive of CompuServe forum messages from 1985 to 1995, as saved in transcripts by John Foust.
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Brian, The default extension for a QuickTime movie playable under Windows is ".MOV". Movies so named will be seen by the basic player app that comes with QTW as playable QTW movies, and it is also a good way of marking them as being "flattened" — having their data forks…
Brian, For conversion between AVI and MOV you could get a copy of the book "How to Digitize Video" which has a CD attached containing a Windows app called TRMOOV.EXE. This app converts in either direction as long as the source and target codecs are the same (such as Cinepak…
John, I assumed Shoot Video Like A Pro was at least generally available because I have seen it at Bay Area retailers and in a fair number of ads. Shows you the current state of multimedia distribution, I guess. Nels Johnson, San Francisco Canyon Company
John, Did you try ordering it direct from Zelos? Nels Johnson
John, If we're still talking about "Shoot Video Like A Pro", I think it is well worth the price and the content is valuable and well organized. My company did the C programming for both the Windows and Mac versions. Zelos is the publisher. Nels Johnson, San Fancisco Canyon Company
David, Much of Bob Hone's Lighting Lab has been incorporated in a CD available from Zelos! called "Shoot Video Like A Pro", which is generally available. Zelos is located in San Francisco, but I don't have their number handy. Nels Johnson, San Francisco Canyon Company
Tim, Arnold, One of QTW's main design tenets was to always drop video frames to keep in synch with audio during normal playback. Unfortunately, Apple took the project back in house last year and have been making changes to it since before v2.0 was released. If you want to get…
Allan, My book "How to Digitize Video" comes with a CD-ROM that includes a Windows utility that converts QTWAVI without recompression as long as the source and target codecs are the same (basically Cinepak or Indeo). You should be able to find it in bookstores or you can order it…
Larry, David, I had a feeling the problem was at the 30 fps capture rate. Despite the marketing hype, no one I've talked to has gotten 30 fps at 320 x 240. As noted by David, 15 fps at 320 x 240 is quite doable and appropriate for multimedia /…
Larry, What frame rates did you test it at? Nels Johnson
John, Ken, The program is called CAPSCRN.EXE and comes with VFW 1.1a (seems to be missing from 1.1d). Nels Johnson
John, I would be wary of saying 2X CD-ROM drives can sustain 300kbs, which is generally considerd peak performance. One rule of thumb says 60kbs off peak is sustained, which seems to hold true for movies played on high-end Macs. When setting data rates for movies which you don't want…
Jon, I believe you should be able to find the ISVR Pro on the street for somewhere between $500 – $600. Nels Johnson
I can heartily recommend the Intel Smart Video Recorder Pro. I describe it and other such PC and Mac capture cards in my book "How to Digitize Video" published by John Wiley (actually I review the non-Pro model, but the Pro is just better).
Timothy, My company, The San Francisco Canyon Company, has done the software development and video digitization for many well-known CD-ROM titles (Turner Interactive's "Gettysburg", Penthouse Interactive's "Virtual Photo Shoot", etc.) and we also wrote QuickTime for Windows for Apple. If you'd like to talk to us for your article, please…
Bill, A few years ago, there were two main contenders for desktop video editor of choice on the Mac: Premiere and VideoShop. In those days, VideoShop was owned by a firm named DiVA. Later it became the AVid product it is today. Somewhere along the line, Premiere pulled ahead in…