Samples
MAGMEDIA.ZIP contains a demonstration project, MAGDEMO.MAG, with supporting
stream files, video file, audio description sound files, and output files. Open
MAGDEMO.MAG from within MAGpie and press F6 to play the media to see what a
finished captioned project looks like. (See Section I, Part D , for full details on reviewing captions.) To view this demonstration with
both captions and audio descriptions, you must open MAGDEMO.SMIL from within the
RealPlayer.
The following is a list of the files included in MAGMEDIA.ZIP.
Name Description
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MAGDEMO.MAG Project file (with project settings)
SPACETIME.AVI Media file
MAGDEMOCAP.STRM Stream file with captions
MAGDEMOAD.STRM Stream file with audio description pointers
MAGDEMO.SMIL Sample SMIL output file (playable with the RealPlayer)
MAGDEMOCAP.RT Sample RealText output file with formatted captions
MAGDEMOAD.RT Sample output file containing audio description pointers
SPHERE.WAV Audio description sound file
TRANSFRM.WAV Audio description sound file
SPACETIME.SMI Sample SAMI output file (playable with Windows Media Player)
with formatted captions
MAGDEMOCAP.TXT Sample QuickTime caption-text output file
To view caption output in Windows Media Player, make sure SPACETIME.AVI
and SPACETIME.SMI are in the same folder, and then open SPACETIME.AVI
with Windows Media Player.
To view caption/description output in the RealPlayer, make sure MAGDEMO.SMIL,
MAGDEMOCAP.RT, SPHERE.WAV, and TRANSFRM.WAV, are in the same folder, and then
open MAGDEMO.SMIL with the RealPlayer.
To view caption output in QuickTime, open SPACETIME.AVI with QuickTime Player,
then use the QuickTime Player to Import MAGDEMOCAP.TXT into a new (text) movie,
and then cut/paste the entire text movie into the original. Position the text
at the bottom using the GetInfo/Size/Adjust control. This process is described
in detail on the NCAM Web site at:
http://www.wgbh.org/wgbh/pages/ncam/qtcaptionhowto.html
MAGDEMO.MAG and its components, including the video file itself (known as
"Space-time"), may not be copied, distributed or used for purposes other than
demonstrating the operation of MAGpie. Animation from NOVA "Einstein Revealed" is
copyright 1996-2000, WGBH Educational Foundation.
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