jsibley@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu (James Sibley) (06/18/91)
Recently I have attempted to use the program Movie1.0 by Eric Graham (I
think..) You know the one that is recommended for making/showing animations
with DKBTrace files, etc.. Anyway, when I try to use it to play some anims
I got from some ftp site, it horribly crashes. And I mean horrible.. One
of those crashes that makes you shudder inside thinking that you have gone too
far this time.. Anyway, I have an Amiga 2500/30 with 5 Megs and right before
it crashes it provides the epithet: "Unable to open window." What this means
I do not know but it is very frustrating and I fear the use of this program
because of its behavior.
Does anyone know why it does this?? Is it a bad copy or what?? I refuse
to try it again till I get a conclusive reason why it is failing as it is
just too horrible a consequence.. I'd appreciate any insight into this
problem..
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Amiga: What computers were meant to be. -YES-dbuck@ccs.carleton.ca (Dave Buck) (06/18/91)
In article <1991Jun18.013255.4644@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu> jsibley@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu (James Sibley) writes: > > Recently I have attempted to use the program Movie1.0 by Eric Graham (I >think..) You know the one that is recommended for making/showing animations >with DKBTrace files, etc.. Anyway, when I try to use it to play some anims >I got from some ftp site, it horribly crashes. And I mean horrible.. One >of those crashes that makes you shudder inside thinking that you have gone too >far this time.. Anyway, I have an Amiga 2500/30 with 5 Megs and right before >it crashes it provides the epithet: "Unable to open window." What this means >I do not know but it is very frustrating and I fear the use of this program >because of its behavior. I've had this happen if my system isn't set up the way that Movie likes. If you use "morerows", turn it off - it will crach Movie. I even turn off interlaced Workbench just to be on the safe side - it may actually work with an interlaced Workbench, but I don't trust it. Good Luck. David Buck dbuck@ccs.carleton.ca
sbeagle@kennels.actrix.gen.nz (Sleeping Beagle) (06/19/91)
jsibley@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu (James Sibley) writes: > > Recently I have attempted to use the program Movie1.0 by Eric Graham (I It doesn't work for me when launched on a machine with an over-scanned workbench. This is very annoying. Just go back to the minimum (640*512 PAl, 640*400 NTSC) and it should work. Sleeping Beagle (aka Thomas Farmer) sbeagle@kennels.actrix.gen.nz Ph. +64-4-796306 (voice) "You ain't nothin' but a Hound Dog." With this much posting, I must be a Post, Post Modern Man.