I don't know exactly how it's done.  At least on this machine with the
installed extensions, MoviePlayer can open almost any media file.  It
invokes the Indeo engine just like it would when it encounters a .moov
resource and summons QuickTime.  About the version, I believe OS 8 installs
Indeo v3.22.24.09.  One thing to note though, I separately installed an
extension called Windows Compressors along with Intel Raw Video which may be
overriding Indeo 3.2 when it falls short.  You're right, there are many
different CODECs for AVI and you may not have the right one, or if you do it
may be an old version.  If you'd like to test the Windows Compressors or Raw
Video, let me know.

-Aaron
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From: Rick Brown <rbrown@...>
To: futurebasic@...
Subject: Re: [FB] [Ex-FB]
Date: Sat, Mar 28, 1998, 11:09 AM


How is this done, exactly?  I have OS 8.0.  I have MoviePlayer.  I have
an AVI file.  Yet I cannot find any way for MoviePlayer even to open or
import the AVI file, much less convert it.

Also, my impression was that AVI movies (like QT movies) can be created
by any of a variety of compressors.  Although OS8.x may install some of
the more _common_ codecs used by AVI, I don't see how it could install
all _possible_ ones.  For example, I see a lot of AVI's lately that use
the "Indeo" (Intel Video) v5.0 codec.  To the best of my knowledge,
there is no such version of Indeo available for the Mac, and earlier Mac
Indeo codec's won't play movies compressed with v5.0.