Abstract
This paper will examine the issues that are relevant to end-users when choosing digital video technology. In particular it will focus on Intel video technology and its Indeo video algorithms, presenting their development and position within the digital video spectrum.
It will include the background and current status of Intel's digital video products. Their relationship to Microsoft's Video for Windows and the .AVI file format. A look at Intel's plans concerning MPEG and the Px64 teleconferencing algorithm, and an overview of the kind of standards that have an impact on end-users.
It will then examine the needs of end-users as relevant to multimedia application development and use, what the possible options are, and how companies such as Intel, Apple, IBM and Microsoft are incorporating digital video features into their hardware and software products.