QuickTime MPEG Extension

QuickTime MPEG Extension was a system extension that was developed by Apple Computer for classic Mac OS. It allowed playback of MPEG-1 video on Power Macintosh computers without the need for additional dedicated hardware, such as the Apple MPEG Media System card.Press Release: Apple Introduces High-Quality MPEG Software for QuickTime by Jonathan Hirshon, Apple Computer. 1997-01-24. Archived 1998-12-02.QuickTime gets extension: MPEG-enhanced playback possible by Ed Scannell, InfoWorld. 1997-02-03.
==History==
Version 1.0 of the extension was released on January 24, 1997 and supported QuickTime 2.5 and later. Version 1.02 supported QuickTime 3, which was released in March 1998.Introduction to QuickTime 3: What is QuickTime MPEG?, Apple Computer. Archived 1998-04-29. It was no longer needed with the release of QuickTime 4 in June 1999, which had MPEG-1 functionality built-in.QuickTime - Specifications, Apple Computer. Archived 1999-10-09.
==References==
==External links==
*Download QuickTime MPEG Extension 1.0.1 for the Power Macintosh at Apple (archived 1997-12-10)
**Download QuickTime MPEG Extension 1.0 for the Power Macintosh (archived 1997-02-12)
**Macintosh Software MPEG v 1.0b3 for QuickTime 2.5 (archived 1996-12-19)
Category:Extensions
Category:QuickTime
Category:1997 introductions