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Beta MPEG for QuickTime 2.5

Beta MPEG for QuickTime 2.5 — Back in TidBITS-338 we noted that software-only MPEG support wasn’t included in QuickTime 2.5, but Apple has released a beta extension to QuickTime that provides software-only MPEG support on Power Macs. The extension provides a separate track for MPEG I streams, and though you can’t save MPEG tracks, you can play MPEG video in a Web browser using QuickTime plug-ins. [GD]


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