From: genglish@applelink.apple.com (Gary English)
Newsgroups: alt.graphics.pixutils
Subject: Re: QuickTime viewer for MS-DOS/Windows
Date: 28 Dec 92 23:01:55 GMT
Followup-To: alt.graphics.pixutils
Organization: Apple Computer

In article <1h3ttlINNt80@sumax.seattleu.edu>, jorgand@sumax.seattleu.edu
(Dave Jorgan) wrote:
> 
> 	Is there a PC-based viewer for QuickTime format animations?





Apple Ships QuickTime for Windows
To Provide Cross-Platform Multimedia Standard
 
CUPERTINO, California--November 10, 1992--Apple Computer, Inc., today
announced plans to bring the world's most sophisticated multimedia
technology to people who use Microsoft Windows. QuickTime for
Windows, a set of Windows Dynamic Linked Libraries (DLLs), can be
installed on any PC and used by any Windows application adapted to
QuickTime's application programming interface. Several Windows
software and hardware vendors today also announced support for
QuickTime for Windows, version 1.0.
    With QuickTime for Windows, Apple has developed a cross-platform
multimedia standard to provide users with a consistent interface and
file format for working with digital video, sound, animation, and
other multimedia data.  Using QuickTime, authors and publishers will
have a simple way to distribute their work in a single file format.
QuickTime for Windows will also give multimedia programmers and
developers one cross-platform multimedia programming interface.
    "QuickTime for Windows clearly demonstrates Apple's commitment to
setting the standard for performance and ease of use in multimedia,"
said John Sculley, Apple's chairman and CEO.  "The QuickTime
architecture has emerged as the industry's most widely adopted
multimedia technology on Macintosh personal computers, and we look
forward to making this same award-winning technology available to
Windows users."
    More than 500 QuickTime applications have been announced since
QuickTime was introduced in January 1992, with 300 QuickTime products
currently shipping. QuickTime has received worldwide recognition and
awards for technical excellence and innovation reinforcing Macintosh
as the personal computer of choice for multimedia.
 
QuickTime for Windows
    QuickTime for Windows is an implementation of the QuickTime
architecture on Microsoft's Windows environment.  QuickTime for
Windows provides Windows users with the portions of QuickTime needed
to playback and control QuickTime Movie files and compressed still
images.  With the availability of QuickTime for Windows multimedia
authors, developers, publishers, and users can work with QuickTime
Movies on Macintosh, Silicon Graphics, and PCs running Windows.
Through QuickTime, users on Macintosh and Windows PCs will be able to
easily exchange files, rely on a consistent human interface, and use
a variety of modular compression technologies for storing multimedia
information.
 
Apple and Intel Work Together to Drive Standards
    Apple and Intel today also announced that they are jointly
integrating Intel's Indeo video compression technology into QuickTime
on Macintosh and Windows.  This development provides users with
Intel's technology for compression and decompression of QuickTime
video data. Intel's support for QuickTime, with the Indeo line of
software and hardware products, will offer QuickTime users with
accelerated playback capabilities.
    "Intel's Indeo video technology represents a key ingredient to
standardize video computing on all major computing platforms," said
Andrew S. Grove, president and CEO of Intel Corp.  "With Indeo
technology integrated into Apple's QuickTime for Windows, the ability
to play videos on PCs is easy to install, and available to the tens
of millions of Intel microprocessor-based computer users."
 
Third-party Developers Rally to Support QuickTime for Windows
    Several software vendors also announced that they will support
QuickTime for Windows in their products.  Among those announcing are
industry leaders Adobe Systems; Corel Systems; Claris Corp.; Lotus
Development Corp.; MacroMedia; and WordPerfect Corp.  Additionally,
several PC hardware and peripherals vendors have announced support
for QuickTime for Windows in their products.  The list includes
Creative Labs; Dolch Computer; and Media Vision.  (See attached list
of companies planning to support QuickTime for Windows for contact
names and phone numbers).
 
Pricing and Availability
    Apple will offer version 1.0 of QuickTime for Windows in a Software
Development Kit (SDK) designed for professional programmers, and sold
through the APDA, Apple's developer tools distribution group. The SDK
is priced at $295 and will be available worldwide Nov. 23, 1992. The
SDK Bundle for Windows and Macintosh, also available worldwide on
Nov. 23, 1992, is priced at $495.
 
System Requirements
    The QuickTime for Windows software requires a 386 or faster CPU,
equipped with 4MB of RAM, an 80MB hard disk, and a VGA or better
graphics adapter.  Movies with sound require installation of a PC
sound card.  System software requirements include MS-DOS 5.0 and
Windows 3.1 or higher.
 
 
For Additional Information
    To receive a QuickTime Starter Kit for Macintosh, call 1-800-538-
9696, extension 175, to contact an Apple software reseller.
    For more information about QuickTime for Windows, Macintosh, or the
Movie Exchange Toolkit, call APDA--Apple' s mail order service for
developers--at 1-800-282-2732 in the United States, or 1-800-637-0029
in Canada.  From other international locations call 716-871-6555 or
contact the country APDA representative.  APDA may be contacted
electronically through the following addresses:
 
 
 
AppleLink:         APDA                   APDA
America Online:    APDA                   Apple Computer, Inc.
CompuServe:        76666,2405             P.O. Box 319
Internet:  APDA@applelink.apple.com       Buffalo, NY  1407-0319
 
 
Headquartered in Cupertino, Calif., Apple Computer, Inc. develops,
manufactures and markets personal computer systems for use in
business, education, science, engineering and government.  A
recognized pioneer and innovator in the personal computer industry,
Apple does business in more than 120 countries.  Apple has redefined
computing to mean empowerment of the individual, and has been named
first in customer satisfaction among business computer users in the
United States for two years in a row by J.D. Powers and Associates.
It seeks through technology to provide people with easy and
affordable access to information and computing power.
 
 
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Apple and Macintosh are registered trademarks of Apple Computer, Inc.
QuickTime is a trademark of Apple Computer, Inc.  Windows  is a
trademark of Microsoft Corporation.  All other trademarks are
property of their respective owners.




Gary English
Continuous Improvement Engineer
Newton Software
Apple Computer, Inc.
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