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The MPEG Library
Version 1.2 - 17 October, 1995
MPEG decoding engine (c) 1992 The Regents of the University of California
Front end (c) 1994-95 Gregory P. Ward (greg@bic.mni.mcgill.ca)
The MPEG Library is a collection of C routines to decode MPEG movies
and dither them in a variety of colour schemes. Most of the code in
the library comes directly from the Berkely MPEG player, an
X11-specific implementation that works fine, but suffers from minimal
documentation and a lack of modularity. A front end to the Berkeley
decoding engine was developed by Greg Ward at the Montreal
Neurological Institute in May/June 1994 to facilitate the development
of an MPEG player specifically for Silicon Graphics workstations; the
decoding engine together with the MNI front end constitute the MPEG
Library.
AVAILABILITY
============
Both the above-mentioned SGI-specific MPEG player (glmpeg_play) and
the MPEG Library itself are available from ftp.mni.mcgill.ca, in
/pub/mpeg. Several other MPEG-related goodies are gathered here as
well, in particular the MPEG encoder/decoder from the Portable Video
Research Group at Stanford University.
The original Berkeley decoder is available via anonymous ftp from
mm-ftp.cs.berkeley.edu, in the directory /pub/multimedia/mpeg/play.
COMPLETE LACK OF WARRANTY
=========================
This software is supplied without even the faintest shred of assurance
that it works in its entirety.
Copyright (c) 1994-95 by Gregory P. Ward.
All rights reserved.
This file is part of the MNI front end of the Berkeley MPEG decoder.
Permission to use, copy, modify, and distribute this software and its
documentation for any purpose, without fee, and without written agreement is
hereby granted, provided that the above copyright notice and the following
two paragraphs appear in all copies of this software.
IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHOR BE LIABLE TO ANY PARTY FOR DIRECT,
INDIRECT, SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES ARISING OUT
OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE AND ITS DOCUMENTATION, EVEN IF THE
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF
SUCH DAMAGE.
THE AUTHOR SPECIFICALLY DISCLAIMS ANY WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT
NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND
FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. THE SOFTWARE PROVIDED HEREUNDER
IS ON AN "AS IS" BASIS, AND THE AUTHOR HAS NO OBLIGATION TO PROVIDE
MAINTENANCE, SUPPORT, UPDATES, ENHANCEMENTS, OR MODIFICATIONS.
Please drop me a line if you use the MPEG Library, either successfully
or not. And if you use it unsuccessfully and find a nice, easy fix,
do please let me know about it! My email address is
greg@bic.mni.mcgill.ca.
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