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Subject: -1- Is there a QuickTime movieplayer available for SGI?
Date: Thu Feb 16 15:06:32 PST 1995
SGI provides QuickTime movie support as part of Movieplayer in IRIX
5.1 and later. If you can't or don't wish to upgrade, you may wish
to investigate a public domain program called Xanim which offers
Quicktime capability.
Version 2.68.3 of XAnim is available from the following location:
ftp://export.lcs.mit.edu/contrib/applications/xanim2683.README
ftp://export.lcs.mit.edu/contrib/applications/xanim2683.tar.Z
Version 2.68.3 does not support audio, but apparently this feature
is in the works.
If you are running IRIX 4.0.5 (any variant) or earlier, please
consider upgrading to IRIX 5.3. It contains a more full-featured
set of movie tools bundled with the system.
Even better would be to upgrade to IRIX 5.3 and purchase SGI's new
WebFORCE software product. WebFORCE provides additional
enhancements to the digital media tools, such as MPEG-1 and
QuickTime Cinepak support. See elsewhere in this FAQ for
information on ordering WebFORCE.
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