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Old 09-14-2003, 06:17 AM   #5
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Quote:
Originally posted by Vaskez:
Hmm I haven't heard of GT compression. Mouse, it's ALWAYS a 2 stage process with every video format except raw avi if you wanna be specific. Except what's the point of saying that? All players compress and play on-the-fly anyway.

Maybe I wasn't being clear enough. As far as I can make out, GT compression is is another way of reducing file size, so just as a media player won't play a .zip or .rar file without it being unpacked, a suitable programme will be needed to extract the .avi, .mpeg or whatever from it's compressed state. Then it becomes a question of finding the appropriate video codec to allow the media player to handle the file.
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