CompuServe Messages

Oh yes, and why I think it might be too much to play direct is that Quicktime images end up in a Chunky style 8 bit or 24 bit format once decompressed and deltas are applied. The overhead of converting from a Chunky 8 or 24 bit image to, say, HAM, in real time, would *really* slow down the display, even on an accelerated machine. Even on a HAM-E unit where you could get a 256 color mode one would have to run through the Chunky to planar conversion for every frame which would really eat up the time… However, if I do a converter, I'd probably allow for direct play in any case (of the video, at least) because I'd need to get a bitmap image for each frame as I go anyway. So I may as well display it as I go. Nowhere near full speed, I suspect… –>Steve Bennett