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  1. Path: sparky!uunet!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!caen!kuhub.cc.ukans.edu!husc-news.harvard.edu!husc10!ibhan
  2. Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.system
  3. Subject: Re: Quicktime natural bit depth
  4. Message-ID: <ibhan.724716107@husc10>
  5. From: ibhan@husc10.harvard.edu (Ishir Bhan)
  6. Date: 18 Dec 92 22:01:47 GMT
  7. References: <1gqjp1INNni1@MINERVA.CIS.YALE.EDU> <168C19755.AVERNON1@ua1vm.ua.edu>
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  11. AVERNON1@ua1vm.ua.edu (Andrew Vernon) writes:
  12. >QuickTime is based on a 16 bit pixel. If you use another depth, Quicktime will
  13. >redither the movie to 16 bits. The only major slowdown is if you try to use
  14. >QuickTime on a 1-bit display (Then it will also look crummy ;-)
  15.  
  16. Actually, with QuickTime 1.5, I've notice that the 1-bit playback is
  17. significantly faster than that of the 2 or 4 bit playback rates.  
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  19.                -  Ishir Bhan -  ibhan@husc.harvard.edu  - 
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  21.            "The sky and the impossible explode..." -The Cure
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