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- From: m.hendry@dial.pipex.com (Mathew Hendry)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.graphics
- Subject: Re: wbpattern,magic selector & jpg
- Date: Fri, 1 Mar 96 19:59:35
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- MrWolf (molinari@xnet.com) wrote:
- : >MrWolf (molinari@xnet.com) wrote:
- : >: Is there any way to use wbpattern & magic selector with jpegs, gifs or
- : >: wavs? I'm tired of converting stuff.....
- :
- : >WBPattern uses Datatypes to load in graphics, so any picture type which you
- : >have a Datatype for should work fine. Note that using GIFs and JPEGs will
- : >probably take longer to be processed than simple IFFs, so you could end up
- : >increasing your boot time considerably if you use them. I use an uncompressed
- : >ILBM to speed things up.
- :
- : >The above applies to OS3.0+. If you have an earlier version than that, you
- : >won't have datatypes and so will have to convert the pictures manually.
- :
- : >As for Magic Selector, I wouldn't know, since I don't use it. What is it
- : >anyway?
- :
- : >-- Mat.
- :
- : It hooks up to wb pattern and changes the pics every 5 min or however long ya
- : set it....it said error when i tried to load a jpeg but the pic came up a few
- : minutes later.....
-
- A few minutes later? That suggests that you are running on a very slow machine
- or are using a very slow JPEG Datatype. Try the JFIF Datatype on Aminet, which
- is the fastest one around...
-
- jfif_dtc.lha util/dtype 77K 62+New JFIF/JPEG datatype (OS 3.0+)
- jfif_FIX.lha util/dtype 4K 61+Bugfix for JFIF/JPEG datatype (AGA)
-
- (get both archives)
-
- -- Mat.
-