On Tue, 27 Nov 2001 18:27:44 -0800, John.Maloney@disney.com wrote:
How widely used is it? Do programs such as Quicktime deal with it?
My aproximate understanding is that it's never used for "end product", as MJPEG files are much larger than their MPEG equivalents. The mid-level video capture hardware (Matrox, etc) seems to like using it - I think the key point is that its far easier to edit compared to a file format where you only get a key frame once in a while (ie regular MPEG).
Most of the cheaper tv-card style video grabbers that I've seen don't bother with it, and just go straight to MPEG.
I suppose this boils down to, "Support MJPEG if its nice and easy, but don't bust a gut over it".
HTH, Nick Brown