Re: [NTLK] Minority Report on the Newton?

I'm pretty sure that the result will be that the Newt chokes.

On 8/28/08, Ryan Vetter <physicalconstants@yahoo.ca> wrote:
> Ok gang, I know I am a hopeless nerd. I am in the middle of trying to get
> the DVD: Minority Report offloaded and playable onto the Newton. Sure, it
> may not be like watching it on HD but still cool if it will play on the
> Newton.
> Here is what I am doing:
>
> The DVD has been converted to an MPEG4 high quality settings in place. I am
> now exporting that MPEG4 via Quicktime Pro under OS X into JPEG format with
> sound. I know that movie converter for the Newton that runs under classic
> does something like this, where it takes a .mov movie and converts it into a
> series of pictures. Well, I think I am basically doing that but I am using
> Quicktime in Leopard. I will also export a .mov of the said MPEG4 and
> transfer it over to the classic Mac to see how movieconverter for the Newton
> handles it. Of course, if this works, anyone else wanting this on their
> Newton would need a fast ATA flash card (probably 512 MB+).
>
> Once the converter movie is packaged for the Newton (using Newton
> movieconverter?), I will use the high speed serial connection to transfer it
> to the Newton and see if it plays. It will, of course, be stored on my ATA
> Extreme III card and play in Newton's media player, like the Think Different
> commercial and the like. I think the file size will be around 500 MB.
>
>
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