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- From: David Gentry <dgentry@vlsi4.racal.com>
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.multimedia
- Subject: Re: No Quicktime for Amiga?
- Date: 7 Feb 1996 14:01:07 GMT
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- TAOBERLY@news.delphi.com (TAOBERLY@DELPHI.COM) wrote:
- >There is no Quicktime player for our platform, is there? Yes, the format
- >isn't the pinnacle of animation, but it is very common on PC/Mac systems,
- >and deserves an Amiga port. Is anyone currently attempting one, or tried
- >to write one? How easy would it be to get the documentation from Apple?
- >I'm not currently proficient enough to try it myself, but 6 or 8 months
- >down the road, who knows...?
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- The port of Xanim will play Quicktime. Also, running the Shapeshifter macintosh
- emulator on the amiga will allow you to play Quicktime animations. I've also been
- hearing rumors that Apple is writing an amiga version of Quicktime because of a deal
- that was struck between them and Amiga Technologies. Who knows...
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- D. G.
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- p.s. You can find both Xanim and the unregistered version of Shapeshifter on Aminet.
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