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- flXplayer v1.01 by Thaco
-
- (c) EPOS, March 1993
-
- -- DOCUMENTATION --
-
-
- -INTRODUCTION:
-
- flXplay is a program that plays animations (sequences of pictures) stored in
- FLI and FLC format.
-
- flXplay is based upon the FliPlay program made by myself last year, which again
- was based upon the FLIPLAY package by Jim Kent.
-
-
- -USAGE OF FLXPLAY:
-
- To play an animation, type FLXPLAY <filename> from the DOS prompt.
- There are also several command line options to choose from.
-
- These options are:
- -? : Display information about the flXplay program
- -c : Do not check CPU type before playing flX
- -d : Do not use XMS for storing the file into memory before playing it
- -hC : Turn on the header that displays information about time delay and
- frame number. Set C = 't' for displaying header on top and 'b' for
- bottom (default is bottom)
- -i : Display information about the flX file
- -mX : Allows playing the flX X times before returning to DOS
- -n : Turns off the default MCGA (320x200x256 colors) checking
- (Even though my video-check routine should work for all kinds of VGA/
- MCGA cards, I can not guarantee it)
- -p : Pause between each picture in the animation
- -s : Do not check for flX file size (320x200x256)
- -tN : Sets the time delay between each frame to N milliseconds.
- (The real-time clock is redefined to measure the delay so do not
- expect it to be too accurate)
-
- If you type FLXPLAY without any filename or options you will get a brief list
- of the options.
-
- While playing an animation you can use the following keys:
- + : Increase time delay by one millisecond (hold key to get 2^n increase)
- - : Decrease time delay by one millisecond (hold key to get 2^n decrease)
- h : Toggle header on/off
- i : Get information abouth the flX file
- p : Toggle pause on/off
- <esc> : Abort playing flX
- <space> : Halt animation. Press <space> to continue.
-
- While the animation is paused all the keys above are available, along with:
- b : Go back one frame in the animation.
-
-
- -FLI & FLC FORMAT:
- See the included file FLXSPEC.TXT for full description of the FLI, FLC and
- other file formats used by Autodesk Animator Pro.
-
-
- -CREDIT GOES TO THE FOLLOWING PEOPLE:
-
- Jim Kent at Dancing Flame for publishing the great package FLIPLAY.
-
- Ralf Brown (ralf@cs.cmu.edu) for publishing the INTERRUPT LIST.
-
- Ophir Prusak (s1369046@technion02.technion.ac.il) for making me do the
- FliPlay program in the first place.
-
- Mike Haaland (mike@htsmm1.las-vegas.nv.us) for giving me the full
- specification of the FLC format.
-
- Lee Hamel (hamell@cs.pdx.edu) for being so kind as to spellcheck the text in
- flXplay and this document.
-
- A very special greeting goes to the ß-testers:
- Ophir 'Pru2' Prusak (s1369046@technion02.technion.ac.il)
- Oyvind 'Plys' Bratland (oyvind.bratland@ban.aid.no)
- Lars 'Rubber' Ekhougen (laekh@hpx11.aid.no)
- Even 'Eveso' Solberg (eveso@hpx11.aid.no)
- Robert 'Buuud' Schmidt (robert@solan.unit.no)
- Lee 'Patch' Hamel (hamell@cs.pdx.edu)
- James Zack (JAMES@chr.ucla.edu)
-
-
- -POSTWARE:
-
- This program is published under the PostWare policy. This means if you like the
- program or find it useful, you should (in order to save your reputation) send
- the author a postcard! If you would like the full source code (which is abouth
- 750 lines of Turbo Pascal v7.0 and 2000 lines of Assembly), you must send me a
- postcard explaining why YOU want the source code. :-)
-
- Postcards marked FLXPLAY should be sent to:
-
- Eirik Milch Pedersen
- Stp. 153
- 7034 TRONDHEIM - NTH
- NORWAY
-
-
- -DISCLAIMER:
-
- In no event will the author (me) be liable to the user (you) for any damages,
- including any lost profits, lost savings, or other incidental or consequential
- damages arising out of the use or inability to use the program, or for any
- claim by any other party.
-
-
- -OTHER GREAT FLI & FLC PRODUCTS FROM EPOS:
-
- FliPlay v1.1 - A program that play FLIs from the DOS prompt
- - Supports XMS to store the whole FLI into memory
- - Published as PostWare (all this at the price of a postcard!)
-
- Fli2Exe v1.03 - A program that makes your FLI into an .EXE file
- - Supports XMS optionally
- - Published as PostWare (all this at the price of a postcard!)
-
- Soon to come:
-
- flX2exe
- - A program just like Fli2Exe but which also handles FLC files
- - Less buggy than the original Fli2Exe!
- - Published as PostWare (all this at the price of a postcard!)
-
-
- If you have any questions/ideas/sugestions/requests for this program or for
- other flX products you would like to have, please feel free to send me email
- at thaco@solan.unit.no, or snail mail.
-
- Trondheim 28/3-92
-
- Eirik Milch Pedersen
-