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- From: Dan Winfield <winfield@dakota.demon.co.uk>
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.multimedia
- Subject: Re: No Quicktime for Amiga?
- Date: Thu, 08 Feb 1996 09:06:19 +0000
- Organization: IMM Studios
- Message-ID: <3119BD0B.36BB@dakota.demon.co.uk>
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- David Gentry 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...
-
- There is a port of Quicktime being done now for the Amiga , I
- think it is by VillageTronics!
-
- I heard a story that Apple actually aproached AT with a port
- which someone at Apple knocked up relatively quickly. They will
- probably need to optimise it etc, but it may not be too long
- now.
-
- Dan Winfield
-