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- From: Stephen Jonke <jonke@kong.gsfc.nasa.gov>
- Subject: Re: Sega CD the early days...
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- Date: Wed, 18 Nov 92 00:45:54 GMT
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- In article <1992Nov17.200701.2721@galileo.cc.rochester.edu> hasit mehta,
- hm002b@uhura.cc.rochester.edu writes:
- >First of all on a macintosh 16-bit equals 32,768 colours (2^15) the final
- >bit is reserved for an "alpha" channel. There is a LIMIT to the amount of
- >compression you will get. I just doubt it will be possible to use 256
- >colours and 20+ fps for any "real" legnth of time with a duo. Unless you use
- >a dedicated CPU or add on proccessors. The CPU power and RAM chache is just
- >not there on a duo.
-
- QuickTime manages around 100:1 compression ratios in software and as I said,
- does so on low end macs at 15 to 30 fps based on picture size. So assume, for
- arguments sake, a low 25:1 compression ratio, picture size of 267x200 (1.33:1
- aspect ratio), 8 bit color, and uncompressed 16 bit 22 KHz stereo digital
- audio and a CD Rom that holds 500 MB of data (low estimate). Also assume a
- video frame rate of 30 frames per second.
-
- Video:
- (((267 x 200 x 8 x 30) / 8) /1024 / 25) = 63 K bytes per second of video
-
- Audio:
- ((((16 x 22000) / 8) / 1024) * 2 = 86 K bytes per second of stereo audio
- (uncompressed)
-
- Total 63 + 86 = 149 K per second of stereo audio and video
-
- 500 MB = 500 x 1024 = 512000 K bytes of space
-
- Thus,
-
- 512000 / 149 = 3436 seconds = 57 minutes of stereo audio and video.
-
- Not bad at all. Program data would take up a little space, but certainly no
- more then, say, 5 minutes of the time.
-
- Keep in mind that this is with uncompressed audio. If the audio is also
- compressed (QT does this, also in software) you could fit even more video on
- the CD ROM. Also, I was presuming only a 25:1 compression ratio for the
- video, but better then this should be possible. Lastly, reducing the frame
- rate to 24 fps (same as film) or even 15 fps (which doesn't look bad) would
- further increase the amount of video possible. Another way to get more video
- would be to reduce the audio sampling rate to less then 22 KHz or fewer then
- 16 bits. As long as you don't take too much off, the sound should still be
- excellent and it could save quite a bit of space.
-
- Anyway, we'll see.
-
- On a related subject - does anyone know about Memorex's CD-I-esque system? I
- saw one at the local Radio Crap yesterday and it had impressive graphics, but
- I didn't get a chance to play with it to see whether or not there was any
- substance behind it. I don't remember the name, but it was NOT CD-I, so it's
- there own variation on the theme.
-
- Steve
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