#Titel Forum / aktuell / Multimedia in OS/2 Warp #Logo gadget17:pinsel/AG.Aktuell #Font topaz 8 #C10 Submitted by: pspinfo@ausvm1.vnet.ibm.com Source: pspinfo@ausvm1.vnet.ibm.com Date received: 1994 September 29 Date posted: 1994 September 29 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- #C31 IBM to Offer Extensive Multimedia Technology in New OS/2 #C21 AUSTIN, Texas, Sept. 27, 1994 . . . IBM today announced that the next version of OS/2*, code-named Warp, will include high-performance multimedia support designed to make it easy for users to transform their computers into televisions, store and view their favorite photos, and host live video teleconferences with friends and colleagues. The multimedia features that will optimize the end user experience include Eastman Kodak**Photo CD support, Person to Person* for OS/2, a multimedia viewer, WIN/TV card support, additional audio device drivers, Ultimedia Video IN* for OS/2, and industry-leading audio/video synchronization and stretching technology. The combined multimedia capabilities will make OS/2 the ideal operating system environment for CD-ROM-based educational programs and games. IBM also announced that it has included MPEG support, a single DIVE API, built-in autodesk animation playback support and compressed audio support, so that the new OS/2 will offer a compelling development environment for next-generation multimedia applications. "We expect the multimedia features in Warp to be a big hit in the booming home office and edutainment markets," said Wally Casey, director of marketing, IBM Personal Software Products division. "OS/2's multimedia capabilities will change the way people use their computers. For example, you will be able to have your daughter's birthday pictures developed on a Kodak Photo CD and send them electronically on OS/2 to family members across the country via Warp's Internet features." #Seitenende #C31 Optimizing the End User Experience #C30 Eastman Kodak Photo CD Technology #C21 IBM will incorporate Kodak's Photo CD technology in Warp to allow OS/2 users to store and view high-resolution color images and photographs developed on Kodak Photo CDs. The ability to view these images will make OS/2 an attractive program for the creation of business presentations, newsletters and other documents, as well as for commercial multimedia programs for kiosks, sales, education and training. When the next version ships, OS/2 will be the first PC operating system to be Photo CD-enabled without additional software requirements. #C30 Person to Person for OS/2 Makes Collaborative Computing Easy #C21 Person to Person, IBM's real-time conferencing software, has been integrated in the Warp BonusPak. Person to Person allows up to eight people to work together on a single document, sharing suggestions and writing or drawing comments on the document on their PCs. Without leaving their desks, users can achieve the same level of efficiency, personal interaction and productivity associated with traditional working sessions, saving time and reducing unnecessary business travel costs. By adding video cameras and an ActionMedia II adapter, users can host live teleconferences over existing networks. #C30 Browse Images with the Multimedia Viewer #C21 The Warp BonusPak will include a multimedia viewer that will allow users to browse images, audio files, animation, and video clips. Multimedia objects are shown with "thumbnails", or miniature pictures, as if they were slides on a photographer's light table. The multimedia viewer is an extension of OS2's Workplace Shell* that gives the user freedom to display or play an object by simply double clicking on it with a mouse. The multimedia viewer allows users to view popular image formats such as GIF, TIFF, Targa and PCX. Many of the formats are found on online services such as CompuServe and Internet. #C30 Use the PC Like a TV With Warp Multimedia #C21 Warp will support popular video overlay cards, including the WIN/TV card from Hauppauge Computer Works, Inc. that allows users to turn their computers into televisions. With the preemptive multitasking power of OS/2, a fully-scalable TV screen can run in the foreground or background while users work on other applications. Device driver support for other popular video overlay adapters will also be included in Warp. #C30 Capture, Clip and Play Synchronized Video and Audio with Video IN for OS/2 #C21 Ultimedia Video IN for OS/2, IBM's award-winning digital video technology, will be included in the Warp BonusPak. With Video IN, OS/2 users can use a video recorder to capture their favorite videos and images from a camcorder or other devices and incorporate them in presentations using IBM's Ultimotion* and Intel's Indeo** formats. Video IN for OS/2 complements the integrated multimedia capabilities of OS/2, including its advanced synchronization and streaming capabilities and the ability to play and record Ultimotion and Indeo Audio Video Interleaved (AVI) clips. Video IN for OS/2 will be particularly useful to the educational community, which can use the technology to help create a wide range of CD-ROM titles and multimedia applications that can be used as teaching tools. #C30 More Audio Device Drivers Added to Warp #C21 New audio support has been added to Warp including Compaq Business Audio, Toshiba Business Audio, Analog Devices Audio, Aztech Sound Galaxy Nova 16, ESS 688 AudioDrive, Media Vision Jazz16, Creative LabsAWE 32 drivers and Crystal Semi-Conductor audio support for the IBM ThinkPad* and other mobile computers. The next version of OS/2 will support more than 80 percent of the audio devices on the PC market. #Seitenende #C31 Creating a Compelling Development Environment #C30 MPEG Digital Video Support #C21 Motion Picture Experts Group (MPEG) support has been added to Warp through Sigma Designs' ReelMagic** MPEG multimedia playback adapter. The support will allow multimedia developers to create OS/2 applications that offer full-motion, full-screen, full-color video and CD-quality digital stereo sound from a single-speed CD-ROM. MPEG support in OS/2 will also allow users to view movies and television shows created in the emerging cross-platform VideoCD standard. #C30 Enhancements to OS/2 Digital Video and Games Graphics #C21 The Direct Interface Video Extensions (DIVE) API in Warp gives OS/2 applications direct access to the PC video hardware, enabling them to generate high-speed graphics needed for today's advanced multimedia software. The DIVE graphics interface allows powerful, high-speed games and digital video applications to use a single high-speed API for stretching, clipping and color conversion. #C30 Built-in Autodesk Animation Playback Support #C21 The built-in autodesk animator playback support in Warp allows users to view video animation files developed using the Autodesk .FLI and .FLC animation file formats. These formats are recognized as the industry standard for animation on personal computers. Sound effects can be added to these files to enhance playback. #C30 Compressed Audio Support #C21 The next version of OS/2 will have built-in software support for the industry standard Interactive Multimedia Association ADPCM and Microsoft ADPCM formats. These formats reduce the amount of disk space required to store audio content and make it easier to send and receive voice files over networks. Now audio files take up to 75 percent less disk space without the need for additional hardware device support. IBM is also extending this capability in Warp to reduce the disk space needed for AVI files to be stored and played back in OS/2. The new OS/2 will combine the performance and reliability of the 32-bit OS/2 environment with mobility and productivity features, such as simplified installation, reduced memory requirements, a BonusPak of productivity applications, Internet access, LaunchPad and a more responsive user interface. The new OS/2 will allow OS/2, Windows 3.1, Windows 3.11, Windows for Workgroups** 3.1, and DOS applications to run on the same desktop. #C10 ### * Indicates trademark or registered trademark of International Business Machines Corporation. ** Indicates trademark or registered trademark of Sigma Designs and Microsoft Corporation. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Dave Tholen moderator for comp.os.os2.announce Institute for Astronomy Internet: tholen@newton.ifa.hawaii.edu 2680 Woodlawn Drive Honolulu, HI 96822 Astronewsbyte: comet P/Machholz 2 in five pieces