The QuickTime Update: A Look at What's New with QuickTime

June 1994

Apple s QuickTime multimedia software makes it possible for users to view
and edit video, music, text, animations, and other dynamic information on
their computer. With QuickTime--a cross-platform multimedia
standard--customers can create a single multimedia presentation and
deliver it many times: to Apple Macintosh, Windows, Fujitsu FM-TOWNS
machines and soon, even interactive televisions.

What's New?

-- QuickTime 2.0 for Windows --It's Coming

QuickTime 2.0 for Windows, a big leap forward for multimedia software, was
previewed at PC Expo in New York on June 28. 1994. QuickTime 2.0 for
Windows features extensive video support: Full-motion full-screen video is
now possible on many MPC 2 machines without additional hardware, and
through QuickTime for Windows' support of two emerging video standards:
Display Control Interface (DCI) and MPEG (Motion Pictures Experts Group).
DCI, co-developed by Intel and Microsoft, can accelerate video playback in
the Windows environment, and provide increased frame rate; MPEG is a
standard that allows for smoother, higher-quality video.

But QuickTime 2.0 for Windows is so much more than video. The new
release--due out in the fall of 1994--also includes support for
searchable. anti-aliased text, music, and compressed digital audio. And
that's a combination of features people won't find elsewhere.

Come on, it's easy!

Great multimedia presentations contain photographs, music, computer
animation, musical scores, CD-quality audio, text, and digital video.
QuickTime 2.0 for Windows seamlessly integrates and synchronizes these
data types, resulting in reduced production time and more exciting
presentations.

QuickTime 2.0 for Windows lowers the barriers to multimedia creation and
playback with features that customers with limited hard disk space and no
CD-ROM drive can take advantage of as well. For example, a 20-slide
multimedia sales presentation created in QuickTime 2.0 with compressed
high-resolution images, music and text can fit on a single 1MB floppy
disk.

Hum a few bars...

QuickTime 2.0 for Windows includes new music capabilities that make it
easier to include music with CD-ROM titles and presentations--without a
technical understanding of MIDI technology. By utilizing the capabilities
of MIDI and sound add-on cards (such as Creative Labs' SoundBlaster),
QuickTime synchronizes MIDI-generated music with video and digital audio.
QuickTime 2.0 for Windows also features audio compression which brings
CD-quality audio into multimedia presentations--while using just 1/4 of
the space required by uncompressed audio. And QuickTime 2.0 for Windows
supports searchable, anti-aliased text--making it easy to incorporate and
use words within reference titles and interactive books.

A beta version of QuickTime 2.0 for Windows is expected to be seeded to
developers later this summer through the Apple Multimedia Program. For
more information on AMP, people can call (408) 974-4897 or send an
AppleLink to DEVSUPPORT. The QuickTime 2.0 for Windows Software Developer
Kit is expected to be available in fall 1994. No pricing has been
announced for QuickTime 2.0 for Windows.

-- QuickTime 2.0 for Macintosh--It, Here

In other news from PC Expo, Apple announced that QuickTime 2.0 for
Macintosh is now shipping. QuickTime 2.0--like QuickTime 2.0 for
Windows--supports larger faster video, music, and MPEG. And the best news
of all: It's available now.

Developers can license QuickTime 2.0 for Macintosh immediately for
redistribution with applications, titles and media clip libraries that
support QuickTime. The cost is $300. For licensing information, contact
Apple Software Licensing at (512) 919-2645 or via AppleLink at SW.LICENSE.
Members of Apple Developer Programs will receive QuickTime 2.0 for
Macintosh in the August monthly mailing.

The QuickTime 2.0 for Macintosh Software Developers Kit is expected to be
available in August for $195 (part number R0147LL/D) or $99 for an upgrade
from previous versions (part number R0456LL/C) through Apple Programmers
and Developers Association (APDA). To order, customers can call
1-800-282-2732 in the U.S., 1-800-637-0029 in Canada, or (716) 871-6555
for other countries.

-- Welcome Indeo

PC Expo was also the site for Apple s announcement of support for Intel's
Indeo video Release 3.2, the latest release of Intel's software-based PC
video technology. Intel's Indeo video is a widely supported digital video
format that allows for software-only video playback on personal computers.
Indeo will be included in QuickTime 2.0 for both the Macintosh and
Windows.

What Are the QuickTime System Requirements?

QuickTime 2.0 for Windows requires a minimum of a 386 CPU running at 20
MHz, equipped with 4MB of RAM, and a VGA graphics card. Movies with sound
require installation of a Windows compatible PC sound card. MS-DOS 5.0 or
later and Windows 3.1 or higher is also required. A CD-ROM drive and
graphics card displaying at least 256 colors are recommended.

QuickTime 2.0 for Macintosh will run on any color-capable (68020 or later)
Macintosh computer running System 7 or 6.0.7 with at least 1 MB of
memory.

Apple Computer Inc, 20525 Mariana Ave, Cupertino, CA 95014
408-996-1010

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