mcastle@mcs213f.cs.umr.edu (Mike Castle (Nexus)) (01/11/91)
In article <1051@gistdev.gist.com> flint@gistdev.gist.com (Flint Pellett) writes: >This doesn't say how much time is required to do the uncompression. >(I could care less if it takes 20 minutes to compress it, as long as it >can be uncompressed rapidly.) Before JPEG can displace something like >GIF, it's going to have to be able to uncompress images in something >less than 5 seconds on a typical PC, (and obviously, if you want it to (* extra deleted *) Your right about needing quick decompression, IF your going to view directly from the JPEG type file. The JPEG standard, I believe, is being looked at mainly for mass storage and transmissions. The whole idea came about because of a lot of talk on alt.sex.pictures concerning the massive amount of bandwidth being eaten up with the .gifs being posted. What I believe the group who are working on the project is trying to get is programs that will change between formats, not necessarily view them. Well, while I'm posting, I wan't to ask a question about raytraced animations: I recently acquired some .fli files as well as aaplay.exe (for ms-dos). Now, I know about RAYSCENE, which will create multiple input files for the raytracer of choice. Is this all I need? Does it handle the output files as well, turning them into .fli files, or do I need a separate program to cat them all together? Tanx for any info, Mike -- Mike Castle (Nexus) S087891@UMRVMA.UMR.EDU (preferred) | ERROR: Invalid mcastle@mcs213k.cs.umr.edu (unix mail-YEACH!)| command 'HELP' Life is like a clock: You can work constantly, and be right | try 'HELP' all the time, or not work at all, and be right twice a day. |