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ASTARTE MPEG Exporter™ Read Me
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About ASTARTE MPEG Exporter™ 1.0.11
ASTARTE MPEG Exporter™ (AME) is an export component for QuickTime 2.5
which exports QuickTime movies as MPEG QuickTime movies. It can be used
from within any application which supports QuickTime export components
(e.g. MoviePlayer).
IMPORTANT NOTE:
ASTARTE MPEG Exporter is distributed as Shareware. Although commercial
distribution is restricted, you may freely give it to your friends. If you
continue using it, please pay the $20 fee. Use the enclosed Register program
to create a customized registration form, which you can mail or e-mail to
Kagi Shareware (whose address is given on the form).
ASTARTE MPEG Exporter registrations are handled by Kagi, a payment
processing service. To register, use the enclosed “Register” application to
create a customized form, which you then send to Kagi, whose address is
given on the form. The “How to Register” document gives detailed
step-by-step instructions.
Alternatively, you can register via credit card using the Kagi Online Order
Processing service. Their web site is <http://order.kagi.com/?1UM>.
Changes since version 1.0.5:
- reduced video data rate to 1065600L Bit/s. Multiplex errors should not occur
any more. If they come up they are indicated by
const OSErr kAudioTimeOutErr = -2329;
const OSErr kVideoTimeOutErr = -2330; Please inform me.
- audio and video are in synch (NTSC only).
- Works for QT 3.0. Please be sure that the 'Enable QuickTime
Exchange' check box is off. To do this, open the QT Settings
control panel and choose the QuickTime Exchange popup menu.
Switch the 'Enable QuickTime Exchange' check box off, if it's on.
System requirements:
- Apple PowerMacintosh (sorry no 68k machines)
- System 7.5 or later
- QuickTime 2.5 or later
- Thread Manager
- The application must have at least 3 MB of free RAM for AME to function
– Playback requires the Apple QuickTime™ MPEG Extension or MPEG decoding
hardware.
(You can obtain the QuickTime playback software from quicktime.apple.com)
Installation:
Just drag ASTARTE MPEG Exporter onto your System Folder. It will be copied
to the Extensions folder. Restart your computer; you should see the AME icon
on the screen during startup.
Usage:
- Open MoviePlayer
- Open any QuickTime movie with at least one video track.
- Select "Export…" from the "File" menu
- Select "Movie to MPEG" from the pop-up menu at the bottom of the dialog box,
specify a name for the new file and click OK.
- Choose either 30 fps (for NTSC) or 25 fps (for PAL) in the Options dialog that appears.
- Go to sleep or go do something else (encoding takes a while.)
Now you have a QuickTime movie on your hard disk which contains MPEG data.
You can play this back with any QuickTime-aware application. Don't forget to make
this movie "Make Movie Self Contained" (within "MoviePlayer") if you want to play
it back on a non-Apple computer.
Limitations:
- only 30 fps (for NTSC) and 25 fps (for PAL) are supported
- 384 pixels maximum width; 288 pixels maximum height. Larger movies are
scaled to that size.
- width and height will be changed to a multiple of 16 pixels, if they are not already.
- the data rate is always 176400 bytes/s (this corresponds to single-speed
CD-ROM playback)
- MIDI tracks will be ignored.
Technical Support:
Support for ASTARTE MPEG Exporter is available by e-mail at:
mpack2@astarte.de or mpack2@kagi.com.
© 1996-98 ASTARTE GmbH, Weberstraße 1, D-76133 Karlsruhe, Germany
Portions ©MPEG Software Simulation Group