Rosendahl bonsaiLAN - Manual (Page 7)

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4. Quicktime
Quicktime is a multimedia architecture developed by Apple and is
available for MAC and Windows operating systems.
You can download the free QuickTime player software for MAC OSX
or Windows at
http://www.apple.com/quicktime/
Several video and audio codecs are available for QuickTime and are
installed as so called QuickTime Components.
To convert QuickTime movies into other formats you need to buy the
QuickTime PRO version for around USD 30,--.
Some professional video editing systems are based on the
QuickTime API and include a PRO license already.
The bonsaiDRIVE is an 8-bit uncompressed video machine and the
bonsaiLAN module exports accordingly Uncompressed 8-bit 4:2:2
QuickTime files together with 24 bit PCM audio.
To import QuickTime files into the bonsaiDRIVE the video format
must also be Uncompressed 8-bit and uncompressed 16 or 24 bit
PCM audio @ 48kHz. Size for PAL video is fixed to 720 x 576 and
720 x 486 pixels for NTSC.
When you have installed a SDI video card on your computer the
Uncompressed 8-bit Quicktime Codec Component will have been
installed together with the drivers of the card. Otherwise you can get
this Apple Codecs provided from several manufacturers as free
download.
Just google 2vuy download to get the uncompressed-8bit Codec for
Mac OSX or Windows.
2vuy is the codec identifier used in the header. 2Vuy is a
manufacturer modified version and should not be used.
A Quicktime movie file consists of a movie header (MOOV) and the
movie data (MDAT) where the header describes the structure and the
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format of the movie and the movie data contains the raw audio and
video data segments.
The bonsaiLAN module expects the quicktime header at the
beginning of the quicktime file.
Therefore when you export a quicktime movie file using quicktime
PRO you must enable “Prepare for Internet Streaming” to create a
file with the movie header at the beginning of the file.
Otherwise you can open a Quicktime movie in Quicktime PRO and
save as separated Reference File, which is just the movie header
inside a small file.
Now you can transfer this Reference File to the bonsaiLAN module
first and then the large original movie file.
Menu 040 “LAN STATUS” indicates the exspected movie file after
uploading a reference file. “WAITING FOR DATA FILE…”