Author: Nicolas Dade / n9rzb / nicolas-dade@uiuc.edu
Hardware: DCTV Display Device
Cost: Not stated in the doc file. Nicolas has put in a copyright statement, but no Freeware/Shareware type statement.
Jpeg compression is latest and greatest way to go for pictures. It has many advantages over other formats. The file size is the most noticeable, and it is very portable. Amiga, MS/DOS and Mac users can view them without any conversion. It seems that there is finally a standard that everybody likes.
On the Amiga, the best choice for a jpeg viewer that I have found is FJPEG. I have been told that it does a wonderful job viewing jpeg images on an AGA machine in HAM8. Unfortunately, on ECS machines, it displays in HAM6. While this would be fine for most people, I own a DCTV unit that just sits on the table while I view jpeg files in HAM6. :-(
Recently, I was browsing though the Aminet looking for the new version of FastView, when I seen JPEGonDCTV100.lha. Since then, my Jpeg viewing has been a much happier experience.
On the up side:
This program is fast! Faster than FastView, FastJpeg and ViewTek! And of course, DCTV looks MUCH better than HAM6.
On the down side:
Version 1.01 is a CLI only application and only will view one file at a time. I have overcome this by using SPAT. The following line in my S:Shell-Startup makes things go real smooth.
Alias s "spat jpegondctv []#? nolace 3planes"
The above line allows me to just type "s pat" where "pat" = any pattern for multiple files and views them on a 3 plane non-interlaced screen for speed.
Hopefully, the next version will support multiple files. It would be very nice to configure it in Dopus filetypes. :-)