Sparkle 2.4.5 A mac-look-and-feel MPEG and QT player and converter.

This should replace Sparkle 2.4.3 in the info-mac archives.
* Bug fixes
* Supports QT-style dithering.
!!!
On a PowerPC Sparkle 2.4.5 REQUIRES Sound Manager 3.1 which you can 
obtain from 
<ftp://ftp.support.apple.com//pub/apple_sw_updates/US/mac/
  System Software/Other System Software/Sound_Manager_3.1.hqx>
On a 68K system you do not need SoundManager 3.1 but without it you 
won't be able to use .WAV or IMA sound files.

Also in this package are a VERY rough quick and dirty port of some unix 
MPEG-2 decoding code. This will allow you to see what's in an MPEG2 file 
and save the result as a QT movie. Of course at some point this support 
will be rolled into Sparkle but I'd like to do sound first.
Be patient with this programs---in particular when it starts up, it 
may sit for a minute or so looking like it's frozen before anything 
starts happening. This program is based on code by Chad Fogg and the 
MPEG Software Simulation Group.

Also in this package is a VERY rough quick and dirty port of a 
unix MPEG demuxer. This will split a muxed MPEG file (one containing 
both audio and video) into separate audio and video files. This program
is based on code by Rainer Menes.

This version of Sparkle
* has very limited AppleScript support. Probably not yet useful, but 
  that'll change soon.
* does not support online help
These are all high priorities, pretty much in that order.


WHAT IS IT?
Sparkle plays MPEGs, PICTs and QT movies and converts between them. It is
multifinder friendly and, with enough memory, will open multiple 
documents at once.
It is free. 

REQUIRES: 
Sparkle is no longer supported on systems less that 7.5. If you refuse 
to upgrade to 7.5, the enclosed docs will tell you the list of 
extensions you need to get for Sporkle to work, but I do not have 
time to help you track these down.

Maynard Handley
maynardh@apple.com 
July 24 1994