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- From: singh@wwa.com (singh)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.multimedia
- Subject: Re: No Quicktime for Amiga?
- Date: 7 Feb 1996 16:54:50 GMT
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- In article <4fabb3$473@news.internetmci.com>, David Gentry
- <dgentry@vlsi4.racal.com> wrote:
-
- > 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...?
- >
- > 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...
- >
- > D. G.
- >
- > p.s. You can find both Xanim and the unregistered version of
- Shapeshifter on Aminet.
-
- Mainactor Broadcast may do it also, if I'm not mistaken. Also Xanim has a
- MUI version now which is very easy to use, although I can't say I'm a big
- fan of MUI.
-
-
- wavegirl
-