Masher  
    Video Compression Technology 
    Description:
MASHER is designed specifically with the needs of the video game/multimedia developer in mind.  MASHER operates in 16 bit color resolution only, which, with its unique real-time dithering, produces excellent image quality, compression size, speed of compression and playback. 
 
  • The MASHER toolkit consists of:
    1. MASHER.EXE- a compressor/player application, which allows BMP/WAV files or AVIs to be compressed into our proprietary .DDV file format.

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    2. MASHER.LIB- a low level library, which can be called by the developer's application to decode the compressed .DDV file video and audio.

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    3. MASHPLAY.CPP- a high level interface module, which can be linked with the developer's application to play back .DDV files with a single call.

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    4. MASHPLAY.EXE- a simple source code example player, demonstrating how to integrate MASHER into an application. The toolkit is designed to work with Visual C++ and Win95/98 only. It is possible to play back MASHER files in a window without using Direct X, but the compressor/player and examples all use Direct X.
    The downloadable demo consists of the MASHER.EXE program, which allows developers to test out the performance of MASHER on their own test examples.  The other parts of the toolkit are necessary to integrate MASHER playback into an application, and are available for a low license fee (see pricing). 
     
     
    Features: 
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  • Masher video compression technology has the following advanced features:
    1. High compression with excellent video quality.  

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    2. No picture degradation during full image changes (pans, dissolves).  

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    3.  Adjustable quality level for both audio and video.  

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    4. 16 bit color resolution for better image quality.

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    5. Real-time dithering eliminates banding and effectively displays 2 million colors.

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    6. MMX optimization increases performance dramatically on MMX machines.

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    7. DirectX compatible for Windows games.

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    8. Low priced, royalty free, site license available.
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