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CyberTVPlayer 5.0 (c) by Helmut Hoffmann 1995/96
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*** new: now with BestMode option & support for separate screens ***
This is a freeware animation player program for TrueColor animations
in HHsYUVSq animation format. Animations can be played in TrueColor
or HighColor on CyberGraphX screens (including Workbench) or in
reduced colors (which can be slower) on any Workbench or other screen.
+-------------------------------------------------------------------+
| By the way: +-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+--- |
| | | | | | | |IFX | |
| Create your own | True Color animations... |with | XiP | ... |
| | | | | | | | Pgs| |
| +-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+--- |
| with ImageFX, XiPaint or Photogenics and my universal loader |
| modules (FastIFXModules, XiPaintModule, UniversalGIO Modules) |
| which now all include TrueColor animation savers as well |
| for the HHsYUVSq animation format... For ImageFX and XiPaint |
| special ARexx scripts are already included which can automate the |
| creation of TrueColor animations. You can playback the HHsYUVSq |
| animations e.g. with CyberTVPlayer on your TrueColor Workbench... |
| The fast loading functions of all modules are the same as thoose |
| in CyberShow Professional (JPeg is only included in XiPaintMod.) |
| Add-on price (to CyberShow or other orders): 8US$ or 10DM each |
| Special price for registered CyberShow users: 13US$ or 15DM for |
| one module; additional further modules available at add-on price |
+-------------------------------------------------------------------+
CyberTVPlayer can play HHsYUVSq animations direct from harddisk
- in True/HighColor in CyberGraphX windows on
a Workbench or other screen with at least 15Bit color depths
- in reduced color (upto 256 colors) on any WB screen or other screen,
including AGA, ECS, OCS and usually WB-Emu graphic board screens
as well (e.g. EGS-Emu, Cyber-Emu, ...)
New: to show an animation without window frame you can use the new
BestMode option. This will select a suitable screenmode
with highest possible color depths and display the animation
borderless on a black background.
A short sample sequence should be included in this archive.
You can create your own animations with famous image processing
and painting programs (see above) in conjunction with my
universal loader/saver modules for thoose programs. If you
have the "EGS" system you can also create them with EGS-TV Professional.
Features of CyberTVPlayer:
* Shows all animations direct from hard disk. The memory usage is very
low this way (although memory is needed to hold a frame in full size
as loaded and in converted form for CyberGfx). Random access harddisk
sequences and sequential sequences can be shown. For more speed you
could copy the sequence to RAM: first (if you have enough RAM).
* Fast very high quality (21Bit) color decoding routines.
* Accepts a file name as argument when started from CLI
or pops up a file requester when started from workbench or without
CLI file parameter.
* By default it runs in a window on the default public screen, which
can be a CyberGfx screen with at least 15Bit color depths for HighColor
playback or any screenmode with upto 256 colors for reduced
colors (this can be much slower)
* Supports additional CLI parameters:
The "BestMode" parameter will let CyberTVPlayer select a suitable
screenmode for playback automatically. In this case the animation
will be played directly on the black screenbackground instead of
a window.
The "ScreenMode" parameter can be used to specify a screenmode
for playback on a separate screen in a window.
Important note: The * character is sometimes ignored as input in
CLI/shell lines (or misinterpreted as #?). This can happen
e.g. with screenmode names of certain drivers. in such a case
you should enter the * character twice (**), which will then
usually lead to one character * as result. This can depend
on your configuration.
The "Once" parameter can be used to run the animation only once
instead of an endless loop.
The "Delay" parameter can be used to specify an additional frame
delay (in 1/50ths of a second). Without this parameter, playback
will be as fast as possible.
Just close the window or press the Esc key to stop playing.
Special note for use on palette oriented screens: The first
playback pass can be much slower due to the color pen allocation;
subsequent loop passes are usual in higher speed; on HighColor
screens with 15Bit or more, the speed should be much higher anyway...
You can start CyberTVPlayer several times concurrently to watch
several animations at the same time...
Animations in a suitable format can be created with
1) ImageFX or ImageFX-EGS in conjunction with my FastImageFXModules
2) XiPaint in conjunction with my XiPaintModule
3) Photogenics (full version) in conjunction with my UniversalGIO module
4) EGS-TV Professional (Shareware Animation, Video Editing, DeskTopVideo,
Blue Screen Keying effect, Framegrabber and handy scanner software for
the EGS graphic system with e.g. VLab, IV24, VideoCruncher framegrabbers
or assembled from single pictures; see Aminet gfx/board or CDs...)
EGS users should take a look at EGSTVPlayer as well, which can playback
HHsYUVSq animations on the EGSDefaultScreen.
The "demosequence.seq" has been created with EGS-TV Professional and a VLab
framegrabber using the Blue Screen Keying effect.
The "demosequence2.seq" has been created with Photogenics V1.2 warper tool
and the UniversalGIO/HHsYUVSq.GIO module.
All Amiga users (and esp. CyberGraphX users) should also take a look
at my universal viewer (incl. PhotoCD support) and slideshow program
"CyberShow" with many useful functions and incredible fast speed... It is
shareware (registration fee 25US$ or 30DM). The universal modules which
can be used to create HHsYUVSq animations canbe ordered at small add-on
prices (10DM or 8US$ each) if you also order CyberShow Professional...
Requirements
============
Any Amiga with
+ OS3.0 or higher
+ some memory (about 2MByte Fast-RAM should be enough for normal use)
For displaying in TrueColor/HighColor quality you also need
+ cybergraphics.library V40 or higher and a suitable graphic board
(Cybergraphics is a Workbench emulation/True color software extension
which is usable in conjunction with several graphic boards as the
Cybervision, Piccolo, SD64, Picasso, Retina-BLTZ3, Spectrum, Domino.
It is Copyright by Thomas Sontowski and Frank Mariak.)
Version history
===============
1.0 (19th june 95): Initial release featuring direct harddisk playback
of color and greyscale sequences in sequential or random access format
2.0 (30th june 95): New reduced color output function which is available with
OS3.0 and not only with OS3.1. This makes CyberTVPlayer usable for all
OS3.0 users now (drawing speed is increased for standard Amiga screens
and some WB emulation screens as well).
3.0 (27th sep. 95): Improved CLI parameter support: now loop mode and frame
delay can be specified in addition to sequence file name
4.0 (11th dec. 95): Added screenmode parameter to allow playback of
animations on a separate screen of any screenmode you like
5.0 (10th feb. 96): Added BestMode option for automatic screen selection
and playback without window borders on a black background.
Esc key now accepted to stop animation playback.
Changed "Loop" parameter to "Once" parameter: now default is to
show the animation in an endless loop unless "Once" is specified.
Disclaimer
==========
This software (program and documentation) is provided "as is" and
comes with no warranty, either expressed or implied.
The author is in no way responsible for any damage or loss that may
occur due to direct or indirect usage of this software. You use
this software entirely at your own risk.
Copyright
=========
This program (incl. documentation) is (c) by Helmut Hoffmann.
It may be freely distributed (max. allowed duplication charge:
8US$ for disks, 60US$ for CD-ROMs, both incl. postage&packing),
but only in unmodified form, complete with this readme file.
My address: Helmut Hoffmann
Rubensstrasse 4
D-41063 Moenchengladbach
Germany
EMail: hhoff@pool.informatik.rwth-aachen.de