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- 14-jan-1994
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- Dithering & Resizing can be fast, very fast..., even on a GEM program!!!
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- Brainstorm FLI/FLC Movie Player
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- ©1994 Brainstorm
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- This program is freeware. It can be freely distributed as long as:
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- 1: All files (and only these files) listed below are included in the archive:
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- - MOVIE100.ZIP:
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- - MOVIE.100\MC68000\MOVIE.ACC ; 68000 version of the program
- - MOVIE.100\MC680X0\MOVIE.ACC ; 68020+ version of the program
- - MOVIE.100\MOVIE.TXT ; the file you are reading now
- - MOVIE.100\SAMPLES\MOUSE.FLI ; a sample movie file
- - MOVIE.100\SAMPLES\LINKS.FLC ; a sample movie file
- - MOVIE.100\SAMPLES\HANDS.FLI ; a sample movie file
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- 2: The files provided in the archive remain unchanged.
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- 3: If provided on a floppy disk, the archive must always be the only file
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- 4: No charges greater than 5 US$ (30 FF, 9 DM) is requested to the user of
- this program.
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- WHAT IS THIS PROGRAM???
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- It's an application/accessory able to play any FLI/FLC files.
- Its main features are:
- - GEM program, TOS/MultiTOS compatible.
- - Runs in any Atari standard resolution.
- - AES colors friendly (uses standard AES palette).
- - Movies can be resized on the fly.
- - Uses most new GEM features (clipboard, MultiTOS drag&drop, iconification ...)
- - Several files can be played at the same time.
- - Nice and simple user interface (well, in my opinion:-)
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- To play a movie, just run the program. A file seletor appears. Select a FLI/FLC
- file. A window appears, with several buttons: 'Infos', 'Stop', 'Play'.
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- - 'Infos' button: A new window appears, with some informations about
- the loaded movie.
- - 'Stop' button: The movie is stopped, and resetted to the first frame.
- - 'Play' button: In fact, a 'Play/Pause' button.
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- Click on the 'play' button...
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- You can of course resize the movie with the window sizer.
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- NOW, A BIT ABOUT DISPLAY MODES:
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- - 2 colors: The movie is displayed in black&white, using dithering (4x4 bayer
- matrix).
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- - 4 colors: The movie is displayed in black&white, using dithering (4x4 bayer
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- - 16 colors: The movie is displayed in 8 colors, using dithering (4x4 bayer
- matrix).
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- - 256 colors: The movie is displayed in 216 colors, using dithering (4x4 bayer
- matrix).
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- - true color 15 bits: The movie is displayed in 256 colors.
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- This player currently only runs in ATARI STANDARD RESOLUTION. If you have a
- graphic card, it will probably display garbage, instead of a nice movie. The
- reason is that I don't know how to recognize third party graphic cards (cookie
- name and structure). If you have any useful information, please let me know!!!
- If you have information about other movie file formats, specially movies in
- 256 colors (non interleaved) since the dithering routines are already written,
- let me know.
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- ADVANCED FEATURES & SHORTCUTS:
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- - Under MultiTOS, you can drag the current frame to any application just
- clicking on it, and dragging it to another window. The current frame is saved
- in the clipboard (XIMG format), and a drag message is sent. You can load a
- movie just dragging it from a desktop window to a player window too.
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- - Under MultiTOS 1.08, the movie window can be iconified, using the iconifier
- gadget. The movie is then still displayed, in the icon!!!
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- - ^C: copy the current frame to the clipboard (XIMG format).
- - ^I: Display the current movie information wind.
- - ^O: load another movie.
- - ^Q: Close all windows and quit.
- - ^W: Close the current window.
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- KNOWN BUGS:
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- - Under MultiTOS with memory protection, the player may crash AT ANY MOMENT,
- if used with NVDI. It's due to a NVDI bug, in its vro_cpyfm routine.
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- - Under TOS/MultiTOS, the player may crash if the movie file is badly corrupted.
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- - Under programs like WinX, the redraw is not performed correctly, due to
- differences between GEM and WinX rectangle list management.
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- DIFFERENCES BETWEEN 68000 AND 68020 VERSION:
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- - The 68020 version is of course faster than the 68000 one. It handles all
- Atari graphic modes. The 68000 version only runs in 2, 4, and 16 colors.
- WARNING: No CPU test is performed in the program. If you run the 68020 version
- on a 68000 computer, the program may crash, or do strange things...
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- NEXT FEATURES:
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- Now, a list of features that are going to be implemented for the next version:
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- - Handle the computer language (french, english, german, ...).
- - Center the start and full window coordinates.
- - Handle correctly very small movies (smaller than the minimum window size).
- - Add movie contrast/brightness support.
- - Improve 'drag&drop' protocol (send a .IMG message too, instead of ARGV only).
- - Add Ctrl-D shortcut (toggle windows).
- - Add Ctrl-P shortcut (print the current frame, using GDOS).
- - Add Ctrl-S shortcut (save the current frame).
- - Add third party video cards compatibility.
- - Improve the 4 bitplanes dithering, using 15 colors, instead of 8???
- - Handle 'direct from disk' playing.
- - Improve IMG export routines (speed and compression factor).
- - Avoid the 'MouseOff/MouseOn' when the mouse in not above a movie window???
- - Write a gamma correction CPX???
- - Handle movie random access (dragging the slider with the mouse).
- - Handle incoming GEM features (BOTTOMER gadget, etc...).
- - Write a fast 'vro_cpyfm' patch (TSR)???
- - Handle others file formats (.IFF, .DL, .GL, etc...)???
- - Add horizontal/vertical mirror modes???
- - Write a 'Wall Paper' Accessory???
- - Fix all bugs!!!
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- THE END!!!
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- You can send comments/suggestions/bug reports at:
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- Brainstorm
- 19 bis, rue de Cotte
- 75012 Paris, FRANCE
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- tel: +33-1-44-67-08-09
- fax: +33-1-44-67-08-11
- bbs: +33-1-44-67-08-44 (Brasil, Atari french developpers support)
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- email: raphael@brasil.frmug.fr.net
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