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- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc
- Subject: Re: *NEED* a real-time animation player, i.e. from HD
- Message-ID: <1992Sep8.033625.4858@cs.aukuni.ac.nz>
- From: mbuc1@cs.aukuni.ac.nz (Matthew Richard Buchanan )
- Date: Tue, 8 Sep 1992 03:36:25 GMT
- References: <BtvEpq.86s@usenet.ucs.indiana.edu> <1992Sep7.105304.18889@rdg.dec.com>
- Organization: Computer Science Dept. University of Auckland
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- In <1992Sep7.105304.18889@rdg.dec.com> cadwallader@forty2.enet.dec.com () writes:
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- >Hi,
-
- > Try RTap. I have used this to display Planetside demo on my 2Mb
- >A500+ okay. *HOWEVER*, you WILL need to fanny about with params such as
- >frame rate, buffer size, decrunch priority to get the *optimum*, i.e. no
- >jerkiness. However, remember this is from a slow-HD, 68000, CHIPRAM only
- >owner! :-) My '030 owning friend had no problems.... but RTap was good
- >enough to get a nice optimum speed/performance with *no* jerks. It needs
- >.ANIM format too I believe.
-
- > Also, there is another called BigAnim.
-
- > Sorry for such little info, but I got RTap from an internal PD
- >network at work so I don't know where it/they are available "outside".
- >Obviously though, try Fred Fish!
-
- > - JIM CAD*
-
- Did your '030 friend have any problems with jerkiness. I have a 3000 but
- RTAP seems to jerk no matter what I try. I have seen other people write
- to the net with similar problems. What is the lastest version of RTAP.
- I can't remember what version mine is.
-
- Any tips??
- Ta, Matt.
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