MNG Component 1.0b5 review

MNG Component is a suite of QuickTime components (image compressor/decompressor, graphics importer, movie importer, and movie exporter) for making the MNG format accessible through QuickTime.

License: Freeware OS: Mac OS X File size: 403K Developer: Tarkvara Design Inc. Price: $0.00 Updated: 26 May 2006

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MNG Component is a suite of QuickTime components (image compressor/decompressor, graphics importer, movie importer, and movie exporter) for making the MNG format accessible through QuickTime.

MNG files are not particularly widespread, so the main goal is not to support MNG files per se. Rather the intention is to use MNG as a superior compression algorithm for sequences of computer-generated images such as screen captures.

MNG allows for much greater compression than the Animation and Graphics codecs which have been standard parts of QuickTime for the past decade.

Here are some key features of "MNG Component":
The ImageCodec allows QuickTime to create movie files which uses the MNG codec for encoding video data. These MNG tracks can be played back and edited just like any other QuickTime video track.
The MovieImporter allows QuickTime-savvy applications to import MNG documents in place.
The GraphicsImporter allows QuickTime-savvy applications to import MNG files as still images.
The MovieExporter allows the video track of any QuickTime movies to be exported as a MNG document.