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Started by Gareth Edwards
Tue, 16 Apr 1996 10:26
HD anim player
Author: Gareth Edwards
Date: Tue, 16 Apr 1996 10:26
Date: Tue, 16 Apr 1996 10:26
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Howdy folks, I've done a 360 frame test render of one of my Lightwave anims, and now that I've compiled it as an anim7, I found that the files size it 15Megs. This poses a problem, as I only have 14 Megs of memory 8^\ I've tried VMM with no luck, so could any one advise me of the best direct-from-disk anim players they've found. I've tried all the ones on aminet (in the gfx/show subdir), but they all suck pretty hard. Hey-elp :) Love & Life, G. -- Gareth Edwards <*> Webmaster <*> Team 17 Software config@team17.com http://www.team17.com
Re: HD anim player
Author: Morten Steen
Date: Wed, 17 Apr 1996 15:51
Date: Wed, 17 Apr 1996 15:51
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Gareth Edwars wrote, >Howdy folks, >I've done a 360 frame test render of one of my Lightwave anims, and now >that I've compiled it as an anim7, I found that the files size it 15Megs. >This poses a problem, as I only have 14 Megs of memory 8^\ >I've tried VMM with no luck, so could any one advise me of the best >direct-from-disk anim players they've found. >I've tried all the ones on aminet (in the gfx/show subdir), but they all >suck pretty hard. ViewTek should do the job. --- Morten Merrill Steen | AlcoVision 3D Graphics LW Animator, Godkar, Lykkis & Kjøtteter | http://www.sn.no/~msteen IRC: *Stubing* (#amiga - #lightwave) | msteen@sn.no A4000/040/18MB/1.62GB - AmigaOS & MacOS | ---
Re: HD anim player
Author: Eric R. Augustine
Date: Wed, 17 Apr 1996 19:23
Date: Wed, 17 Apr 1996 19:23
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In article <4kvsk0$oup@hell.team17.com>, Gareth.Edwards@team17.com (Gareth Edwards) wrote: > I've tried all the ones on aminet (in the gfx/show subdir), but they all > suck pretty hard. > > Hey-elp :) Have you tried ViewTek (in the Aminet gfx/show directory)? I don't think it's labeled as being able to do this in the general description but I do believe there is a flag for it in the options list. It's a relatively decent anim player. .trog-- This is my opinion and not that of my employer and should therefore not be considered anything my employer would say or support.
Re: HD anim player
Author: Th.Huber
Date: Wed, 17 Apr 1996 19:38
Date: Wed, 17 Apr 1996 19:38
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In article <4kvsk0$oup@hell.team17.com> Gareth.Edwards@team17.com (Gareth Edwards) writes: >Howdy folks, > >I've tried VMM with no luck, so could any one advise me of the best >direct-from-disk anim players they've found. I tried the same with gigamem and it worked quite nice. But the anim doesn`t get smooth ,like from real RAM. >I've tried all the ones on aminet (in the gfx/show subdir), but they all >suck pretty hard. Viewtek isn`t that bad. I plays 320x200x8 smoothly from my harddisk. The only sucking aspect about Viewtek, is a bug which makes it play only the first animation with loading-while-showing. If you don`t quit Viewtek after viewing a large animation, it refuses to play a oversizes animation. bye
Re: HD anim player
Author: Paul Trauth
Date: Thu, 18 Apr 1996 06:14
Date: Thu, 18 Apr 1996 06:14
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Gareth Edwards (Gareth.Edwards@team17.com) wrote:
: Howdy folks,
:
: I've done a 360 frame test render of one of my Lightwave anims, and now
: that I've compiled it as an anim7, I found that the files size it 15Megs.
:
: This poses a problem, as I only have 14 Megs of memory 8^\
:
: I've tried VMM with no luck, so could any one advise me of the best
: direct-from-disk anim players they've found.
:
: I've tried all the ones on aminet (in the gfx/show subdir), but they all
: suck pretty hard.
If you're willing to generate a truly HUGE file, and have a fast HD, try out
'agmsfilm' - it generates a private animation format, which includes sound,
and spools if off the drive. Thing is, each frame is stored UNCOMPRESSED -
it leans entirely on the HD DMA for speed.
If you don't need sound, try 'biganim' - it's a pretty fast anim viewer off
of disk. At least for my stuff.
Also, of course, you might try massaging the frames to decrease the size of
each frame's delta - scale down, render with no dithering, or in a shallower
color depth - but then you *knew* that already.
"But I don't want no tea. It gives me a headache." - Pete Puma
paul trauth: cartoonist, animator, programmer, raccoon. raccoon@gs.net
Re: HD anim player
Author: Victor Vargas G.
Date: Fri, 19 Apr 1996 09:50
Date: Fri, 19 Apr 1996 09:50
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In article <721.6682T14T1873@sn.no>, msteen@sn.no (Morten Steen) wrote: > Gareth Edwars wrote, > >Howdy folks, > >I've done a 360 frame test render of one of my Lightwave anims, and now > >that I've compiled it as an anim7, I found that the files size it 15Megs. > >This poses a problem, as I only have 14 Megs of memory 8^\ > >I've tried VMM with no luck, so could any one advise me of the best > >direct-from-disk anim players they've found. > >I've tried all the ones on aminet (in the gfx/show subdir), but they all > >suck pretty hard. > > ViewTek should do the job. I've heard MainActor Broadcast can run from HD real fast, haven't really checked that out... Or bite the bullet and get ScalaMM- its HD anim playback is adequate; of course, is very dependant on HD speed, your processor, the delta values of the anim, so you might end up with jerky playback... if you need really smooth playback, you might try lowering resolution and antialiasing, or to use DCTV... -- Victor Vargas G. Amiga 3D animation & video graphics/Mac DTP
Re: HD anim player
Author: Steve Koren
Date: Fri, 19 Apr 1996 15:29
Date: Fri, 19 Apr 1996 15:29
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Gareth.Edwards@team17.com (Gareth Edwards) wrote: > that I've compiled it as an anim7, I found that the files size it > 15Megs. This poses a problem, as I only have 14 Megs of memory 8^\ > I've tried VMM with no luck, so could any one advise me of the best > direct-from-disk anim players they've found. Try ViewTek. It can play anims (5 or 7) from HD. You need a reasonable HD & CPU to make this happen smoothly of course. - steve
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