Thanks to JWGdesign, I was reminded of Cinepak movies (there was a thread in the Software forum about this). Cinepak is an old format that was designed for playback on cpu-challenged machines, like those using the 386 and the 68030.
The movies are not high-def by any stretch of the imagination, but they are watchable. And for a 68k, they are the only real option.
There's not much content out there in Cinepak, but about 10 years ago, many movie studios released trailers in this format; you can still find them on various sites that archive that sort of thing. A lot of old game CDROMs have content in Cinepak, too. And of course, you can always make your own.
For fun, I transcoded Star Wars IV and Galaxy Quest into Cinepak (10 frames per second, 320x240), using MoviePlayer 2.5 (thanks, alk, for correctly pointing out the distinction between QT and MP). Sound is glorious mono, created by SoundApp (IMA 4:1, 22kHz, from the original MP2). Each movie took all night on a 300 MHz beige G3, but it was worth it. I can play them back on a 33MHz Performa/LC550. Never would have believed it possible to play watchable movies on an '030.
The movies are not high-def by any stretch of the imagination, but they are watchable. And for a 68k, they are the only real option.
There's not much content out there in Cinepak, but about 10 years ago, many movie studios released trailers in this format; you can still find them on various sites that archive that sort of thing. A lot of old game CDROMs have content in Cinepak, too. And of course, you can always make your own.
For fun, I transcoded Star Wars IV and Galaxy Quest into Cinepak (10 frames per second, 320x240), using MoviePlayer 2.5 (thanks, alk, for correctly pointing out the distinction between QT and MP). Sound is glorious mono, created by SoundApp (IMA 4:1, 22kHz, from the original MP2). Each movie took all night on a 300 MHz beige G3, but it was worth it. I can play them back on a 33MHz Performa/LC550. Never would have believed it possible to play watchable movies on an '030.