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found a really cool document: the official developer/user documentation for the codec used to compress most of the Sega CD FMV games: Cinepak for Sega-CD

https://dn720003.ca.archive.org/0/items/sega-cinepak-users-guide/SEGA%20Cinepak%20Users%20Guide_text.pdf

sadly, the software (macintosh) doesn't seem to be preserved anywhere. it had a really simple interface, and came with a driver for playback on the console

#macintosh #gamePreservation #vintageApple #sega #retroGaming

Extensions for Cinepak for Sega-CD that allow for error diffusion, no-dither and ordered-dither.

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago (2 children)

@drasglaf I actually believe these were uploaded very recently. Several months back I hit up Nemesis and asked him if he'd like me to fill out a few sections of his site that were missing tools and documents that I had, and he said he'd already had them but just hadn't had time to upload them. I'm fairly certain those saturn tools which include the cinepak tools were uploaded after I contacted him, as those were a few of the things I was offering.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago

@drasglaf Just to clarify, these tools have been passed back and forth among developers and hackers for years, but you kind of had to be in the know. That's how I got mine, it was a trade for an SGI Indigo with someone who used to work for Ozisoft (Sega Australia).

[–] drasglaf 1 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

I took a look and our hacker has been disappeared for more 4 years. There's no hope of finishing it, unfortunately.