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System Requirements for Indeo® Video

Question: What is the recommended system for playing video files compressed with Indeo® video Release 3.2?
The recommended system for Indeo video Release 3.2 is a Pentium® processor-based PC, 75 MHz or faster, running Windows* 95 with Direct Draw* graphics support or Windows 3.x with DCI graphics support, 16 MB of RAM, and a VGA monitor capable of displaying at least 65,536 simultaneous colors (16­bit color mode).


Question: What is the minimum supported system for playing video files compressed with Indeo® video interactive?
The minimum supported system for Indeo video interactive is a Pentium® processor-based PC, 75 MHz or faster, running Windows 95 or Windows 3.x, 8 MB of RAM, and a VGA monitor capable of displaying at least 256 simultaneous colors (8­bit color mode). Faster microprocessors can improve image quality and allow you to play files back smoothly that have larger frame sizes.


Question: What is the recommended system for playing video files compressed with Indeo® video interactive?
The recommended system for Indeo video interactive is a Pentium® processor-based PC, 120 MHz or faster, running Windows 95 with DirectDraw graphics support, 16 MB of RAM, and a VGA monitor capable of displaying at least 65,536 simultaneous colors (16­bit color mode).


Question: What kind of playback quality can I expect to see with Indeo® video interactive?
When run on a 120 MHz or faster Pentium® processor-based PC equipped with a Direct Draw-enabled graphics card in Windows 95, Indeo video interactive can play at full-screen with near-VHS quality.

When run on a 75 MHz Pentium® processor-based PC without DCI or hardware acceleration, Indeo video interactive can play video of 320 by 240 resolution at 15 frames per second.



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