stevep@galadriel.bt.co.uk (Steve Paine) (07/13/90)
Here's a quickie. What is the fastest anim player available for the amiga? I Have been using DPIII to develop my anims and I need something that is faster or at least as fast to sequence and play them. I have been using DVidIII but that seems to be slower on larger anims (although quicker on small anims.) Another question: How do you get rid of the black bar when using DVidIII with a genlock? Yes I know the net have discussed this before, but I didnt have DVidIII then did I! Many many thanks. Steve.
seanc@pro-party.cts.com (Sean Cunningham) (07/15/90)
In-Reply-To: message from stevep@galadriel.bt.co.uk Anims, especially when you're dealing with lots of changes onscreen, are inherently (sp) slow...or rather, they slow down and jump when things get complicated. Aegis did the best they could with the ANIM standard, and there still isn't anything for real-time animation on any other platform that comes near it. Some of the ANIMs I create slow down, and I'm currently working an a 6MB (4MB fast/2MB chip) 25MHz A3000 where the chip-mem is twice as fast as in an A500/2000! For optimum playback speed, you need to go to something like PageFlipper Plus/FX...it'll sustain 60fps in non-interlaced resolutions, and 30fps in interlaced resolutions. Oh, what black bar (in DVIII) are you refering to??? Sean //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// UUCP: ...!crash!pnet01!pro-party!seanc | ARPA: !crash!pnet01!pro-party!seanc@nosc.mil | " Fanatics have their INET: seanc@pro-party.cts.com | dreams, wherewith they | weave a paradise for RealWorld: Sean Cunningham | a sect. " Voice: (512) 994-1602 PLINK: ce3k* | -Keats | Call C.B.A.U.G. BBS (512) 883-8351 w/SkyPix | B^) VISION GRAPHICS B^) \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\