[Coco] CoCo3 plays YouTube video... (was Re: CoCo Video Player Project)

[Joel Ewy]

John W. Linville wrote:

> On Sun, Apr 05, 2009 at 06:39:18AM +1000, Nick Marentes wrote:

>

>   

>> That is not to say that someone like Sock Master can't  amaze us with   

>> some form or video playback, I just think that apart from a moment of  

>> temporary amusement, watching an episode of "Heroes" on a CoCo video  

>> player may not be something many of us will be able to bare for too long  

>> in 16 colors at 15fps (and that would be the best it could do if it had  

>> to decode compressed video data).

>>

>> But please, don't let me stop anyone from trying...I'd be more than  

>> happy to eat my words if someone can prove me wrong.   :)

>>

>> (There, I've set the challenge, whose up to it?)   :)

>>     

>

> I gave-up on Heroes last season, but you be the judge...

>

> 	http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vVksKs8Y_XA

>

> For those interested, I expect to demo a wide range of videos live

> at the next "Last" CoCoFEST!

>

> 	http://www.glensideccc.com/

>

> I hope to see you all there! :-)

>

> John

>   

John, that is very cool!  Has Allen seen what you've done with his 
video?  He'll love it.  I remember he was very excited about motion 
video on the CoCo a while back after seeing a demo of a T/S 1000 doing a 
b/w animation.

JCE