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FantaPlayer Documentation.
May 19, 1988
Aloha!
FantaPlayer is a movie player for Fantavision, an animation package
for the Amiga. This program allows you to execute a script file that
will play movies in some sequence that you can design. If you do not
specify a script file when you invoke it, FantaPlayer will scan the
current directory for Fantavision movies to play. If none are found,
it will then ask you to specify a movie to play, one at a time. The
only way to invoke FantaPlayer with a script file, is from the CLI.
To create script file, you will need the NotePad program, or some
other simple text editor. Look at your Amiga Users manual for a
complete description of text editors, and how to use them.
Examples from CLI:
FantaPlayer Demo.s ; Will execute the instructions in Demo.s
FantaPlayer ; Will play movies individually.
These are the commands to control FantaPlayer from a script file.
Instructions are not case sensitive. Comment lines can begin with *
or ;.
NOTE: The stack size must be at 15000 or larger. Use: stack
15000, just once, before running FantaPlayer.
PLAYLOOP <Status>
Status is ON or OFF. If ON then FantaPlayer will start the
script over from line 1 when it has finished executing the
script.
NOTE: Use END to exit with this ON. Default is OFF.
LOOP <Status>
Status is ON or OFF. If ON then movie will play until stopped
by user.
SPEED <Percent>
Percent is how fast movies will play. 100 is normal speed.
PLAY <FileName>
FileName is a movie to load and play.
NOTE: The background is not cleared during a load of a new
movie. If you need the background cleared right after
the movie has run use the CLEARBACK command.
REPEAT <FileName> <NumberTimes>
FileName is a movie to load and play. NumberTimes is number of
times to play the movie.
GOTO <TheLine>
TheLine is the next line to execute.
NOTE: There are no line numbers in the Script file. You have
to remember that line 1 is the first line in the file,
and that line 5 is the fifth line, and so on.
END
This will exit the player.
CLEARBACK
Will clear the current background.
BACK <Status>
Status is ON or OFF. If ON then the background is cleared
before every movie is played. This allows you to create movies
that use the same background without re-loading that image
every time. The default for BACK is ON.
PALETTE <Type>
Type is FADE or NORMAL. FADE will fade all colors to black
before continuing onto the next movie. NORMAL will just switch
to the new movie's color palette. Default for PALETTE is
NORMAL.
That's it for now. Enjoy, and I'll see ya on the blit-plane...
Mahalo, Steve Hales