| 29 Jun 2005 05:03 pm |
Regular Rep: 3 Joined: 20 Nov 2004 Posts: 1,239 | Quick Solution:
Mac Users: http://docs.info.apple.com/article2.html?artnum=60366
Windows Users:
1. Type iv5setup.exe or iv5play.exe in your favorite search engine.
2. Purchase it from http://www.ligos.com ($15)
3. Play the file with QuickTime Player. http://www.apple.com/quicktime/download/standalone.html
4. (For users with Windows XP Service Pack 1 or 1a) Download Service Pack 2 http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=049C9DBE-3B8E-4F30-8245-9E368D3CDB5A (kindda lenghty)
More info:
INDEO = INtel viDEO
The latest version is 5.2. Indeo is now owned by Ligos.
Intel originally reserved the fourcc’s IV30 all the way to IV50 for its Indeo codecs. IV31, IV32, IV41, and IV50 are probably the only ones you’ll ever encounter.
Microsoft has included various versions of Indeo in its OS since Windows 95. But when Windows XP SP1 was introduced, they removed Indeo 4 and 5 for unknown reasons. Users with clean installs of Windows XP SP1 were stuck with purchasing it from Ligos if they didn’t know of a better way. It appears Indeo 4 and 5 have been reintroduced in Service Pack 2 (most likely due to a flood of death threats to Microsoft support from disgruntled users - just kidding); streaming of Indeo files has been disabled however (that is, playing the file as it is downloading). Odd feature - who streams avi’s anyway?
QuickTime for Windows can play Indeo 3 and 4 automatically, but requires an additional plugin for Indeo 5. If you have QuickTime 5 or 6 and you’re connected to the internet the plugin will download automatically. If not it can be downloaded manually from here http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=60369 Extract the zip and move the files to your windows/system (windows 95, 98, me), winnt/system32 (windows nt 4, 2000), or windows/system32 (windows xp) folder. If you have QuickTime 7 move the files to the winnt/system32/quicktime (windows nt 4, 2000) or windows/system32/quicktime (windows xp) folder. The Indeo 5 plugin works with versions 3, 4, 5, 6, and 7 of QuickTime for Windows.
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(Based on information from the now-defunct www.codeccentral.com and John McGowan’s AVI overview.)
Indeo 3 uses vector quantization based image compression.
Indeo 4 is totally different and is based on a “hybrid wavelet algorithm” according to Intel.
Indeo 5 — -
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In my testing Indeo 5 files approximately match MPEG-1 videos of the same resolution/quality in size, and also display similar kind of artifacts (mostly square blocks) at low bitrates.
Indeo 5 is commonly chosen as the default codec to capture video by many webcams.
Indeo 4 and 5 are cross-platform (can be in avi or quicktime container). Provided the codecs are properly installed, both QuickTime Player and Windows Media Player can play Indeo in either container.
Miscellaneous: Intel once released a nifty tool for cross-platform conversions called SmartVideo. SmartVideo will losslessly transcode an Indeo file back and forth between QuickTime and AVI containers. I’ve tested it with Indeo 3, 4, 5, and a Cinepak file and conversion works very well from avi to quicktime (all files were readable by QuickTime Player). Conversion back from a QuickTime Pro-produced Cinepak file to avi works, but not so for Indeo 4 or 5 (the error message I got was “could not read video file headers” . Perhaps the version of QuickTime Pro I was using was too new.
— UPDATE —
SmartVideo does in fact convert without any problems with QuickTime Pro 3-produced mov files. Apple may have modified mov headers in later versions. (I have not tested with QuickTime Pro 4 or 5 yet.)
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| | | | 29 Jun 2005 05:13 pm |
Regular Rep: 3Joined: 20 Nov 2004 Posts: 1,239 | Users of QuickTime for Mac OS X should be able to play Indeo 3 and 4 without a hitch, but as of now there is no Indeo 5 codec for them.
Apple describes a workaround on this page
http://docs.info.apple.com/article2.html?artnum=60366
It involves rebooting into Classic Mode (which may not be available to all Mac OS X users) and potentially downloading the plugin.
Some users may find it unbearable to reboot just to watch a video, and will look into alternative solutions such as MPlayer. MPlayer was originally developed for Linux but has been ported to Mac OS X. It is like xanim in that it can use Windows dll’s to decode videos in a specific codec.
http://mplayerosx.sourceforge.net
Users of older versions of Mac OS can get Indeo plugins for QuickTime at the following links
Indeo 5: http://docs.info.apple.com/article2.html?artnum=60366
Indeo 4: http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=30904
Indeo 3: http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=30903
| | | 30 Jun 2005 10:37 am |
Regular Rep: 3Joined: 20 Nov 2004 Posts: 1,239 | If you’re going to get one of the older free versions of Indeo on the net, you may be concerned about viruses because it’s an executable. Here’s a list of some known versions of Indeo and their sizes in bytes so you can cross-check (and put your mind at ease).
Most of these packages will contain versions 3, 4, and 5 of Indeo in them, and despite what anyone says, will work on most Windows systems (even XP ones).
<table><tr><td>filename</td><td>size</td><td>version</td></tr><tr><td>indeo.exe</td><td>786,944</td><td>5.03</td></tr><tr><td>iv5play.exe</td><td>823,808</td><td>5.06</td></tr><tr><td>iv5devl.exe</td><td>1,809,135</td><td>5.06</td></tr><tr><td>codinstl.exe</td><td>1,860,416</td><td>5.07 (also includes i.263)</td></tr><tr><td>iv5setup.exe</td><td>1,946,377</td><td>5.10</td></tr><tr><td>iv5setup.exe</td><td>1,964,075</td><td>5.11 (Intel)</td></tr><tr><td>iv5setup.exe</td><td>2,068,266</td><td>5.11 (switched over to Ligos)</td></tr></table>
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