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George N. White II

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(Msg. 1) Posted: Tue Dec 16, 2003 9:09 pm
Post subject: viewing mpeg-2 animations
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http://seawifs.gsfc.nasa.gov/SEAWIFS/IMAGES/IMAGES.html has MPEG-2
animations. Linux has several viewers, but two Mac users, both with
laptops that have DVD readers, one with OS9 and one with OSX, were unable
to view these. PC users with DVD readers can view them using software
that came with the DVD reader, while those without can purchase an add-on
for QuickTime.

It seems odd that Mac users with DVD players don't have the means to view
these animations without paying the MPEG-2 tax a second time (for the
QuickTime MPEG-2 Playback Component). Is there a way for Mac users to
view these files without purchasing the QuickTime MPEG-2 Playback
Component?

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(Msg. 2) Posted: Wed Dec 17, 2003 8:59 pm
Post subject: Re: viewing mpeg-2 animations [Login to view extended thread Info.]
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In article
<Pine.LNX.4.58.0312161749360.23656.TakeThisOut@cerberus.cwmannwn.nowhere>,
"George N. White III" <aa056.TakeThisOut@chebucto.ns.ca> wrote:

 >
 > It seems odd that Mac users with DVD players don't have the means to view
 > these animations without paying the MPEG-2 tax a second time (for the
 > QuickTime MPEG-2 Playback Component). Is there a way for Mac users to
 > view these files without purchasing the QuickTime MPEG-2 Playback
 > Component?

VLC is supposed to decode these. <a style='text-decoration: underline;' href="http://www.videolan.org" target="_blank">http://www.videolan.org</a><!-- ~MESSAGE_AFTER~ -->

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George N. White II

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(Msg. 3) Posted: Fri Dec 19, 2003 7:15 pm
Post subject: Re: viewing mpeg-2 animations [Login to view extended thread Info.]
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On Wed, 17 Dec 2003, Ken wrote:

 > In article
 > <Pine.LNX.4.58.0312161749360.23656 RemoveThis @cerberus.cwmannwn.nowhere>,
 > "George N. White III" <aa056 RemoveThis @chebucto.ns.ca> wrote:
 >
  > >
  > > It seems odd that Mac users with DVD players don't have the means to view
  > > these animations without paying the MPEG-2 tax a second time (for the
  > > QuickTime MPEG-2 Playback Component). Is there a way for Mac users to
  > > view these files without purchasing the QuickTime MPEG-2 Playback
  > > Component?
 >
<font color=purple> > VLC is supposed to decode these. <a style='text-decoration: underline;' href="http://www.videolan.org</font" target="_blank">http://www.videolan.org</font</a>>

Thanks. The Win32 version of VLC didn't handle the file in question, but
I'll suggest it to the Mac people. For the record, I also found Mplayer
via a search on <a style='text-decoration: underline;' href="http://www.macosxhints.com/" target="_blank">http://www.macosxhints.com/</a> (search on Mplayer, QuickTime,
and MPEG-2), and will also suggest that to the Mac users (it works fine
for my file on SGI Irix).

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