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Video clips in this web site have been compressed with the VP31 codec from
On2 Technologies ™.
Download the VP3.2 video codec (to view the video clips of this site).
Notice: To
view the implemented video clips:
1. Download and install the free VP3 codec v. 3.2.6.1 (On2 Technologies™)
here: http://svn.xiph.org/releases/vp3/3.2.6.1/
or, download directly here the installer for the codec
(recommended):
- Windows installer: VP3_VFW_Win.exe
- Quicktime installer: VP3_QT_Win.exe
(Prevous visualization
problems with
Nvidia and Ati Radeon video cards have been fixed).
2. Click on still frames to view video clips as indicated (when
available).
Suggestion: Begin by browsing the
Monthly Image
pages.
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VP31 della ™,
Scarica il codec video
VP3.2
(per visualizzare i clip video di questo sito)
Avviso: Per
vedere i clipvideo implementati:
1. Scaricare ed installare (gratis) il codec VP3 v. 3.2.6.1 (On2 Technologies™)
quì: http://svn.xiph.org/releases/vp3/3.2.6.1/
oppure, scaricare direttamente quì l'installatore per il codec
(raccomandato).
(Risolti i problemi di visualizzazione con
schede video Nvidia ed Ati Radeon).
2. Cliccare sulle immagini fisse per vedere i video clip come
indicato (quando disponibili).
Suggerimento: Cominciare visitando
le pagine delle Immagini
del Mese.
Website pages
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Image acquisitions (hardware)
Digital analog to digital acquisition from
standard s-VHS output of echocardographic equipment using different
acquisition cards (in chronological order):
1. Fast AVMaster ™ (16:1 compression through Fast Mjpeg proprietary
codec)
2. Matrox ™ (14:1 compression through Matrox proprietary codec)
3. Dazzle Holliwood DV Bridge ™ (approx 4-6:1 compression through Dazzle DV
codec).
Image acquisitions during clinical activity
(software)
Digital re-compression, cropping and editing of
acquired clips using:
1. Adobe Premiere ™
2. VirtualDub Software (freeware)
Storage media
CD, hard disk
Storage compression codecs
Radius Cinepak codec v. 1.10.0.6 (included in
Windows™ OS) and presently DivX 4.11 Mpeg4 (available free for personal use online at DivX Networks™:
http://www.divx.com/), and Microsoft MPEG-4
Video Codec V2.
Image Frames
1. Originally acquired as bitmaps from s-VHS echo
output.
2. Acquired from the stored video clips using VirtualDub
Software
(freeware).
Frames on the web
Editing, cropping and re-compression in jpeg
format using Adobe Photosop v3™. Final format: approx 300x400 pixels in
20-30 Kb files.
Clips on the web
Editing, cropping and re-compression in avi
format, Mpeg4 compression using VirtualDub
Software (freeware) and On2
Technologies™ VP3.2 codec (free download
here)