home *** CD-ROM | disk | FTP | other *** search
- Path: sparky!uunet!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!wupost!kuhub.cc.ukans.edu!parsifal.umkc.edu!quadra
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc
- Subject: Re: Quicktime Movies Compression
- Message-ID: <gcombs-310792121131@quadra.csrv.umkc.edu>
- From: gcombs@vax1.umkc.edu (Gerald Combs)
- Date: Fri, 31 Jul 1992 17:18:44 GMT
- Sender: root@parsifal.umkc.edu (Parsifal Administration)
- Followup-To: comp.sys.mac.misc,comp.sys.mac.apps
- References: <4024@blue.cis.pitt.edu.UUCP> <thacker.43.712531252@cc1.unt.edu> <jdb1.712596884@kepler.unh.edu>
- Organization: UMKC Computing Services
- Lines: 26
-
- In article <jdb1.712596884@kepler.unh.edu>, jdb1@kepler.unh.edu (Jonathan D
- Baumgartner) wrote:
- >
- > In <thacker.43.712531252@cc1.unt.edu> thacker@cc1.unt.edu (Mark D. Thacker x2568) writes:
- >
- > >Quicktime USES the JPEG compression algorithm. I have tried compressing QT
- > >movies before and its a silly exercise because they are already compressed.
- >
- > If they're already compressed, how come all the movies I've downloaded
- > have been compressed as Compact Pro or StuffIt files? IF it doesn't
- > do any good, why bother?
-
- QuickTime also stores uncompressed sound, among other things. This is
- why you can get extra compression with Compact Pro and StuffIt.
-
- > Jonathan D. Baumgartner "D O T H G R O O V E"
- > jdbaum@unh.edu
- > "It's just a matter of opinion" -- Primus
- > "I laughed 'til I stopped." -- Tiny Toons Adventures
- (BTW, I think Monty Python said this first.)
-
- - Gerald Combs
- _____ __o Internet : gcombs@vax1.umkc.edu
- ----- -\<, Bitnet : gcombs@umkcvax1
- ----- ( )/ ( )
- "A thousand cheshire cats grin inside of me." -- XTC
-