Computer Museum of America on Tuesday night's PBS NOVA (fwd)

From: Cameron Kaiser <spectre_at_stockholm.ptloma.edu>
Date: Thu Jan 31 21:56:38 2002

> Same goes with DivX, although at least there, the Mac isn't as left out
> (it tends to be a little behind the curve of DivX versions, but so far, I
> have been able to play most DivX movies).
>
> Personally, I am up in the air about DivX on the Mac. It makes VERY nice
> quality videos, in a very small size, but at least in my playing, lacks
> the ability to scrub thru the video. That means I can fast forward, but
> only blindly (I can move the playback marker forward, but the video will
> not update as I do, so it is random hunt and peck).

This is pretty much my experience as well. The video quality is quite nice,
but seek is crummy and very high-bandwith playback is also rather stuttery.
On a G3/500 with hardware-accelerated QuickTime this is not excusable.

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