Sparkle 2.02 A mac-look-and-feel MPEG and QT player and converter.

This should replace Sparkle 2.01 in the info-mac archives.

Damn. I'm sorry everyone. I released 2.01 compiled with an option to trap 
to the debugger everytime something goes wrong, and I forgot to remove 
this option from what I sent out. I feel like a complete idiot about this 
and apologize for wasting everyones's time.

About 2.01
This is largely a bug fix and tweak release. Many bugs fixed. MPEGs 
created may be 15 to 25% smaller. Slight performance improvements. 
Slightly lower memory required to do things, and better handling of 
low memory situations. Can open much longer MPEGs than before.
Read the "What's New in 2.01"  for the gory details.

Will run MUCH MUCH better if you have the Thread Manager installed. 
Without the Thread Manager installed, Sparkle 2.02 will run, but you will 
not be able to run in the background, do multiple things at once, etc.
To learn how to obtain the Thread Manager for either 68K or PowerPC 
Macs, start Sparkle and read the dialogs that come up.

This version has rough edges but so many people have wanted an MPEG 
encoder that I'm releasing it right away. It should always work and should 
never crash. If you have problems with it, please let me know.

WHAT IS IT?
Sparkle plays MPEGs and QT movies and converts between them. It is
multifinder friendly and, with enough memory, will open multiple 
documents at once.
It is free. I ask only that you read the enclosed README file and if you 
can help with any of the issues I raise there, you mail me.

REQUIRES: 
System 7 or greater.
QuickTime 1.6 or greater.
An 020 based mac or greater.
Works best with Thread Manager installed.

Maynard Handley
maynard@elwing.otago.ac.nz 
April 10 1994