Q I have a 320x255 picture that opens properly with QuickTime 2.0 on the
Macintosh but can't be opened under Windows 3.11 with QuickTime 2.0.1's Picture
Viewer. Why can't I open this picture with QuickTime for Windows?
A There is a bug in the QuickTime for Windows JPEG marker scanning code. This bug
causes any byte with a value of 255 (0xff) in the JPEG header to be interpreted
as a JPEG marker, which in turn caused a redraw problem. Any height or width
with a least-significant-byte value of 255 will cause a problem.
The scanner code will be fixed in the next release after 2.0.2. Until then,
create JPEG's that don't have heights or widths with a least-significant-byte
value of 255. In fact, both should be a multiple of 4 to achieve optimal
performance from the JPEG codec.
[Jul 01 1995]
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