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To: Don Dorsey who wrote (31651)	3/30/1998 8:42:00 PM
From: John Rieman	Respond to of 50808

yep. Early May, it's in the 10K. DVD-PC needs a little more help from Microsoft................................ ijumpstart.com Microsoft [MSFT] is evangelizing DirectShow as the de facto development API for DVD-ROM but has yet to give developers a filter they need to take the best advantage of it. And if the company waits much longer, DVD-ROM could be another non-event this Christmas. DirectShow requires developers to run MPEG-2 files through software that reformats them into.VOB files. How tough a job is that? It depends on how much access you have to Microsoft's inner sanctum. David Shaw, an experienced developer and general manager of Digital Leisure, said he was able to modify a DVD-ROM MCI version of the title Dragon's Lair to DirectShow in just a few days. Shaw acknowledged that Microsoft did a good deal of hand holding to make sure the new version was ready for a public demo at last month's Meltdown '98 conference. He was fortunate enough to have access to the MPEG-2 splitter filter, which makes it possible to change calls to the operating system. Peter Biddle Microsoft's DVD evangelist, would not commit to a ship date for the filter but said it will be complete in a few months. Other developers have become frustrated with DirectShow and don't consider it hearty enough to meet their DVD demands. At least two companies are trying to skirt the MCI-DirectShow issue altogether. They're attempting to build their own engines and integrate them so tightly that calls to the OS aren't necessary. But that kind of code building is too costly for most developers, and it's too time-intensive to jump start the market. Some content creators are holding out for a version of QuickTime that supports MPEG-2.