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	Pixlet - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Pixlet is a video codec created by Apple Computer and based on wavelets, designed to enable viewing of full resolution, HD movies in real time at low DV data rates.
		A Power Macintosh with at least a 1 GHz PowerPC G4 processor is required for real time playback of High-Definition Video.
		Pixlet, while part of the cross-platform QuickTime, is only available on Macs running Mac OS X v10.3 or later.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Pixlet (173 words)

	Pixlet - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Pixlet is a video codec created by Apple Computer to enable viewing of full resolution, high definition movies in real time at low DV data rates.
		A Power Macintosh with at least a 1 GHz PowerPC G4 processor is required for real time playback.
		Pixlet, while part of the cross-platform QuickTime, is only available on Macs running Mac OS X 10.3 or later.
	www.encyclopedia-online.info /Pixlet (163 words)

	Spymac.com - Social Online Community Network :: Forums :: Technology :: Software Central :: Where's my Pixlet? (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		Pixlet provides 20-25:1 compression, allowing a 75MB/sec series of frames to be delivered in a 3MB/sec movie, similar to DV data rates.
		Pixlet lets high-end digital film frames play in real time with any 1GHz G4 or faster Panther Mac, without investing in costly, proprietary hardware.
		I was under the impression that the pixlet viewer was an application...
	www.spymac.com /forums/showthread.php?threadid=79778 (445 words)

	Usefulness of Pixlet for FCP editing? - MacNN Forums
		However, maybe if they made a way to convert DV to pixlet (as in on the fly conversion, so you don't even notice it), and pixlet were somehow easier to work with than the DV compression, you might have an easier time working with it while editing.
		The downside is that Pixlet is handled by your CPU and DV is handled by a chip on your camera/deck/whatever.
		Pixlet was developed so that Pixar could share high-quality playback among its people without resorting to a frame server or high-speed array.
	forums.macnn.com /62/digital-video-and-audio/165884/usefulness-of-pixlet-for-fcp-editing (741 words)

	Up Next: The iTunes Movie Store?
		When details of Panther were first announced and Apple mentioned the new Pixlet codec [apple.com] (right hand column) I figured this was exactly the reason for deveoping that codec.
		The thing Pixlet provides is the ability to play forwards AND backwards easily to assist in video editing, as there is no inter-frame compression.
		pixlet is used when you are working on such things as large format, extremely high resolution, high color depth video files.
	macslash.org /comments.pl?sid=3669&cid=48173 (584 words)

	Pixlet properties
		David G., To answer your queries, Pixlet is in the standard 10.3 release as a QuickTime codec that works with any Mac.
		By the way, Pixlet compression (forward-encode) is likewise vectorized, and runs within an order-of-magnitude of the decode speed, so, say, several Full-HD frames/sec.
		There is one other feature that is of interest for extreme-quality seekers; namely, Pixlet has a final stage output dither, to effect a virtual 48-bit color-CRT display, that is, animation essentially devoid of Mach banding due to the finitude of monitor colors.
	lists.apple.com /archives/scitech/2004/Aug/msg00025.html (233 words)

	Pixlet - Topic Powered by eve community
		October 30, 2003 05:57 AM I don't have the webspace to put up reviews but this is my experience of pixlet on a 12" 867Mhz G4 Powerbook.
		Pixlet's file weighs in at 46Mb and took about 5 minutes to render out of FCP 4.
		Unless there's some multi-generation advantage to using pixlet (which I haven't experimented with yet), the small reduction in file size isn't worth it.
	forums.studentfilms.com /groupee/forums/a/tpc/f/7246029451/m/8986088364 (158 words)

	Discovering Wavelets: Home Page
		Included in the Apple Macintosh operating system is Pixlet, a wavelet-based codec with some connections to Pixar corporation.
		According to Apple, "Pixlet is the first studio-grade codec for filmmakers.
		An article from Science magazine, late 2001, concerning NSF funding of mathematics research, begins, "Wavelets used to be merely curios of the mathematical realm, visually boring wiggles....
	faculty.gvsu.edu /aboufade/web/dw.htm (524 words)

	FCP Edits Pixlet HD just like DV!! - The Digital Video Information Network
		Another note, real-time effects are NOT available in FCP when editing Pixlet, but I really wasn't expecting them to be, I'm just amazed that for basically the cost of a new Mac, you can now edit HD real-time on the desktop without any additional hardware, and without having to go to a lower res proxy.
		This editing pipeline works just great for me, the convertion from the.m2v file to the Pixlet file is a one step process using mpeg2decx, and I really don't mind going through that extra step to be able to edit HD quality in real time, it's a small price to pay.
		One last point not to forget is that if you choose, you can also use Pixlet as your Offline or "Proxy"editing format, and I imagine that's exactly what the high end HD folks with their CineAlta's and Varicam's will do.
	www.dvinfo.net /conf/showthread.php?t=16270 (2246 words)

	MacAddict Forums / pixlet!
		They were also saying that Pixlet took some seroius hardware to run to play back nicely...
		Pixlet gets 20:1 compression, and is for pro use, i.e they will not be making huge sacrifices in picture quality just so you can send it over the internet, that's what divX does.
		In Britain in the last century, it was quite acceptable for a young gentleman to lose his virginity to one of London's many "whoredogs".
	www.macaddict.com /forums/post/329148 (436 words)

	The PIXLET codec - NewTek Discussions
		The Pixlet codec will add to Apple's dominance, as they'll be able to offer "uncompressed quality" (lossless) with Final Cut Pro, without hardware add-ons.
		While pixlet as a codec is a milestone, its QT that the bottleneck here.
		The significance of the Pixlet codec is that it plays lossless "D1" spec video off any standard ATA hard drive.
	www.newtek.com /forums/showthread.php?t=7313 (2417 words)

	Pixlet will be your best friend soon (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		Pixlet is the new video codec that will be included in MacOS 10.3 later this year.
		Apple claims that Pixlet can compress a 6GB movie at half high definition, which is a little worse than DVD down to 250MB.
		Pixlet could very easily deliver DVD or higher quality with relatively small file sizes.
	homepage.mac.com /macsatin/C1255802821/E1509052356 (401 words)

	ivanortega.com - articles - old projects page
		Pixlet looks good but i'm also including the new Sheer Codec aswell.
		One problem with supporting Pixlet is that I need Panther, which at the time of this writing, has yet to leave developer preview status.
		Except that Pixlet is optimized for film resolutions and requires a 1GHz G3/G4/G5.
	www.ivanortega.com /articles/projectsArchive.html (12567 words)

	Apple not Pushing Trailers with QuickTime? - Topic Powered by eve community
		Pixlet is for use in movie production, not distribution.
		The one great advantage of Pixlet is that it is interframe only, and so works well for proxy editing and such.
		Pixlet is very neat for what it's good for, which is maybe of interest to a few thousand people worldwide, at most.
	episteme.arstechnica.com /groupee/forums/a/tpc/f/8300945231/m/87910001/r/68010351 (2857 words)

	Pixlet samples (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		Because Pixlet is supposed to play HD video (up to 1920x1080p) with a low bitrate, as low as DV...
		Though pixlet movies are in Quicktime format, they are not compatible with QT for Windows.
		This is not due to Pixlet Codec, it's due to shooting conditions : each frame is captured in 1/400 of second, so there is no motion blur.
	www.ac-lumiere.com /pixlet/index_uk.html (628 words)

	The PIXLET codec [Archive] - NewTek Discussions
		07-16-2003, 08:59 PM Pixlet has been in developmen for 4 years with help from Pixar and ILM, it is a big codec, I wouldnt be suprised if u get charged for it.
		Pixlet (done some research) does indeed look like an amazing advance in the video compression field.
		Pixlet sounds like a good compromise, but I'll stick to cineons for now....
	www.newtek.com /forums/archive/index.php/t-7313.html (4540 words)

	Spymac.com - Social Online Community Network :: Forums :: Technology :: Software Central :: pixlet sample movie (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		The sample clip on the Apple site for demonstration of Pixlet codec appears to have disappeared off the face of the earth.
		You can record in pixlet with quicktime broadcaster, which is free unlike quicktime pro.
		not quite 25:1 compression that apple claims but its damn good for nearly lossless and maybe with a different camera (the isight it not exactly what they had in mind when making pixlet) the compression will be effecient.
	www.spymac.com /forums/showthread.php?threadid=50307 (454 words)

	What's the best intermediate codec to use? \| Ask MetaFilter
		And this project in particular doesn't need an alpha channel (and yes, by keying I meant defining an alpha channel), I was just curious to know what codecs with alpha channels were good for intermediate use.
		Pixlet is a wavelet codec...as you decrease the percentage it gets more compressed.
		I don't think necessarily DV is the best solution...but I know that Pixlet was planned for playback of Animation...not compositing or editing.
	ask.metafilter.com /mefi/24416 (1403 words)

	VideoHelp.com Forum Archive - Digicam MiniDV files size too big
		You asked for "no loss in quality" so this is what I offered, but I still think you do not understand that DV, an uncompressed format is used for editing, while MPEG2 is used for DVDs.
		My iMovie project is about 25GB, and after using "Least" quality for the pixlet codec, the file size comes out at just over 5GB (still too small to fit on a blank DVD).
		Sooooo.....my real question is: Is it then true that pixlet really only shines with high def.
	www.videohelp.com /forum/archive/t251423.html (1310 words)

	Hash, Inc. Forums > Sorenson 3 codec and V11 Hair
		A high complexity tolerant codec like mpg-2 (used for DVDs) or pixlet (only available to a select few) would be the right choice but you still have large file sizes.
		MPEG-4 is.mov format so I am assuming the MAC folks will be able to view them (I'm thinking the animation contest).
		Pixlet seems to be available only to MAC folks with one specific operating system.
	www.hash.com /forums/lofiversion/index.php?t8117.html (447 words)

	decaffeinated archives :: We all have our reasons
		Tonight, though, I’ve suddenly found myself excited less by the big–ticket items and more by the Pixlet codec.
		I was about to jump on the bandwagon and get freaky with my video backlog when I remembered Pixlet.
		Panther is a meager 3 days away… and Pixlet is supposed to be damnably impressive; doing the math, it should (conceivably) compress the Rose vid (which has become my own little benchmark for compression/quality) to a 16Mb file.
	decaffeinated.org /archives/2003/10/21/we_all_h (520 words)

	Opinions: Apple G5 - GameDev.Net Discussion Forums
		Apple are painting themselves into a corner as far as their computer hardware business is concerned, and that concerns me. I love what they've been doing with the industrial designs of their machines for a while now; I absolutely love the iPod!
		The Pixlet codec is impressive according to spec, and may help to make interactive video-on-demand applications a reality in the very near future, for which I will eternally be grateful.
		But I think that moving to the Intel platform would be better for both Apple and consumers in general in the long run.
	www.gamedev.net /community/forums/topic.asp?topic_id=164521 (3305 words)

	FCP Edits Pixlet HD just like DV!! [Archive] - The Digital Video Information Network
		October 27th, 2003, 06:14 AM I understand Steve's reasons for being a bit down on Pixlet, but having used it, I have to say that I don't agree with many of his points on this one.
		October 27th, 2003, 06:16 AM One last point not to forget is that if you choose, you can also use Pixlet as your Offline or "Proxy"editing format, and I imagine that's exactly what the high end HD folks with their CineAlta's and Varicam's will do.
		It seems that you've been opposed to Pixlet from day 1 and all of your posts seem to be a way to prove HDVCinema is a superior solution.
	www.dvinfo.net /conf/archive/index.php/t-16270.html (6406 words)

	DVB on the Mac — Forums :: View topic - HD capture and playback quality ?
		I just exported a 29second DV clip to Pixlet with QT7, and it took longer than real-time to do it.
		I'm sure that Apple/Pixar released Pixlet saying it was a lossless codec that they asked apple to develop to let them zoom video around their network quicker.
		With Pixlet you can get good quality at between 3 and 10 MB/s depending on resolution and framerate.
	www.defyne.org /forums/viewtopic.php?highlight=SheerVideo&p=3521 (779 words)

	Pixlet - Extremely processor intensive - Page 2 - macosx.com - Mac Support
		I mean, why should someone do video pixlet encoding, when there are other nice and fast encodings?
		The most important thing is that Pixlet is a frame based encoding so you can run it forward and backward or randomly jump anywhere.
		Basically all other encodings are tracking the changes from one frame to another so you cannot just get any frame you want from anystarting point.
	www.macosx.com /forums/showthread.php?t=34349&page=2 (275 words)

	Pixlet - macosx.com - Mac Support
		I purchased panther when it first came out, installed it that night, and could not find the program Pixlet on any cd, when is it?
		Newton, iPod 3G 20gb, iPod shuffle 1gb, Palm Vx
		Pixlet is a codec that is apart of Quicktime Pro as far as I know.
	macosx.com /forums/showthread.php?t=39802 (122 words)

	Macworld UK - Pixar in Panther, G5 move (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		Speaking at an Apple event in New York Wednesday Apple staffer Don Peebles revealed that while Pixar had used Linux and Intel-based systems in 2003, the company is switching to Apple products for its production work, reports MacNN.
		The move follows the work Apple and Pixar did developing a feature in Mac OS X 10.3 called 'Pixlet'.
		Pixlet provides 20-25:1 compression, allowing a 75MB/sec series of frames to be delivered in a 3MB/sec movie, similar to digital-video data rates.
	www.macworld.co.uk /news/main_news.cfm?NewsID=8143 (193 words)

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