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  1. Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
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  3. From: MLONG@isucard.card.iastate.edu
  4. Subject: Full motion video - no extra HW
  5. Message-ID: <1689CF120.MLONG@isucard.card.iastate.edu>
  6. Sender: news@news.iastate.edu (USENET News System)
  7. Organization: CARD
  8. Date: Wed, 11 Nov 1992 23:08:48 GMT
  9. Lines: 58
  10.  
  11. IBM ANNOUNCES SOFTWARE MOTION VIDEO SUPPORT FOR OS/2                            
  12. November 10, 1992                                                               
  13.                                                                                 
  14. WHITE PLAINS, N.Y., Nov. 10 . . . IBM today is announcing                       
  15. software motion video support for the OS/2* platform.  This                     
  16. support is contained within IBM's Multimedia Presentation                       
  17. Manager/2* (MMPM/2) beta version which is now being made                        
  18. available to developers.                                                        
  19.                                                                                 
  20. Software motion video is a technology that provides digital                     
  21. video in a window on the desktop without a video overlay board.                 
  22. An audio card is required to play back the audio with the digital               
  23. video.                                                                          
  24.                                                                                 
  25. The MMPM/2 beta contains a generic video player called                          
  26. Matinee'*.  This interfaces with an installable video algorithm                 
  27. manager, providing playback of assorted compressed video formats.               
  28.                                                                                 
  29. While MMPM/2 will ultimately support multiple video                             
  30. compressions algorithms, the beta package contains: Ultimotion*,                
  31. an IBM-developed video compression algorithm, optimized for high                
  32. quality software video playback; and Photomotion*, a compression                
  33. algorithm optimized for low-power CPU's.                                        
  34.                                                                                 
  35. In the beta version is a capture tool for movie creation and                    
  36. a large number of sample movies.                                                
  37.                                                                                 
  38. IBM is also working with Intel to support the video                             
  39. compression algorithm family, Indeo** video technology, Intel's                 
  40. real time scalable video solution.  Indeo video provides playback               
  41. under Matinee' in a software-only environment, or under the                     
  42. Actionmedia** II card in a hardware-assisted environment.                       
  43.                                                                                 
  44. While the quality of Ultimotion makes it the premier digital                    
  45. video software for title publishing and application development,                
  46. the networking and cross platform qualities of Indeo video make                 
  47. it a logical choice for a networked business environment.                       
  48.                                                                                 
  49. "We are pleased to be providing this advanced multimedia                        
  50. function in OS/2," said Lee Reiswig, Assistant General Manager of               
  51. IBM's Personal Systems Programming.  "The robustness of OS/2 has                
  52. allowed us to provide very reliable and very high-quality                       
  53. software motion video with unsurpassed audio and video                          
  54. synchronization."                                                               
  55.                                                                                 
  56. These new features of MMPM/2 will be made generally                             
  57. available when the product meets customer requirements as                       
  58.  identified by the beta users.                                                  
  59.                                                                                 
  60.  *    Indicates trademark or registered trademark of the IBM                    
  61.       Corporation.                                                              
  62.                                                                                 
  63.  **   Indicates trademark or registered trademark of the Intel                  
  64.       Corporation.                                                              
  65.                                                                                 
  66.  Please Note:                                                                   
  67.  Questions about the content or currency of this press release                  
  68.  should be directed to your local IBM representative.                           
  69.