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I have sucessfully used this method with the Viewer myself. -Brian
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Brian Rudolph [Adesk]
Autodesk Multimedia Forum
· Autodesk 3D Studio
September 27, 1995 12:00 PM
> It appears as if you are mistakenly using the /L (elle) switch, versus the /I (eye) switch. This would force the render command line to create a single file as the "last image file", versus separate GIF files. When you replace the /L with the /I, you will get…
Download FLICIN.TXT from this forums library for the solution to the following Microsoft document. -Brian Title: PRB: .FLI and .FLC Files Don't Play Document Number: Q107164 Publ Date: 24-APR-1994 Product Name: Multimedia Viewer Product Version: 2.00 2.00a Operating System: WINDOWS ———————————————————————- The information in this article applies to: – Microsoft…
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Brian Rudolph [Adesk]
Autodesk Multimedia Forum
· Autodesk 3D Studio
September 20, 1995 4:31 PM
> Yes it is. Here are instructions. To create a non-resident index file: 1. Use browse (next to SINGLE) to select a search path on your (non TU) CD-ROM. 2. select DO SEARCH. You should get a window with a series of X's in the graphics display. 3. Select Build…
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Brian Rudolph [Adesk]
Autodesk Multimedia Forum
· Shipping/Receiving
September 20, 1995 4:30 PM
MArc, Although it is not officially supported, many users are using the current version of 3DS4 under WIN95 with no problems. The next release of 3D Studio (3DS MAX) is being developed as a WIN NT program. Check out the following files for info on 3DS MAX: Library 3 -…
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Brian Rudolph [Adesk]
Autodesk Multimedia Forum
· Autodesk 3D Studio
September 20, 1995 4:28 PM
First question, does it work properly in DOS (As opposed to a DOS shell from Windows). Get Windows out of the picture for now. If it still doesn't work in a true DOS environment, most likely you have a memory conflict. Follow the instructions below for diagnosing your problem. -Brian…
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Brian Rudolph [Adesk]
Autodesk Multimedia Forum
· Shipping/Receiving
September 20, 1995 4:24 PM
Educational discounts are available on Autodesk software. Call 800-964-6432 and ask for an educational dealer in your area. -Brian
From:
Brian Rudolph [Adesk]
Autodesk Multimedia Forum
· Hware/OpSys/video
September 20, 1995 4:23 PM
From:
Brian Rudolph [Adesk]
Autodesk Multimedia Forum
· Autodesk 3D Studio
September 20, 1995 4:18 PM
P.S. Wishlist item for map paths to "stay put" is noted. -Brian
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Brian Rudolph [Adesk]
Autodesk Multimedia Forum
· Autodesk 3D Studio
September 20, 1995 4:17 PM
Paul, As you have experienced, Map PAths that are set in the 3DS.SET file are loaded prior to map paths in the .PRJ file. There is not much we can do about this, other than removing the 3DS.SET file. A number of people have defferent versions of the .SET files…
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Brian Rudolph [Adesk]
Autodesk Multimedia Forum
· Hware/OpSys/video
September 20, 1995 4:15 PM
Alec, Never heard of the error message before, but what did the network log say? -Brian
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Brian Rudolph [Adesk]
Autodesk Multimedia Forum
· Hware/OpSys/video
September 20, 1995 4:09 PM
Johannes, WIN95 is not an officially supported platform, but a number of people have it running successfully. Set your message counter back and check out the mesages in the 3DS and hardware sections, there is a lot of talk on the subject. there are also a few library posts. -Brian
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Brian Rudolph [Adesk]
Autodesk Multimedia Forum
· Hware/OpSys/video
September 20, 1995 4:07 PM
Markus, I do not know of any software only solutions that will color calibrate your software/harware (unlesss you are talking about Gamma correction, which is a little different.) There are some hardware solutions for color calibration, which any good electronic pre-press source catalog would have. One catalog that I have…
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Brian Rudolph [Adesk]
Autodesk Multimedia Forum
· Shipping/Receiving
September 20, 1995 3:53 PM
Carl, Autodesk has not made any specific announcements about brands of video cards that will be supported. All that Gary Yost has said is: – Works (but doesn't require) 3D hardware acceleration (ie, GLiNT chip-based boards, etc.) -Brian
From:
Brian Rudolph [Adesk]
Autodesk Multimedia Forum
· Shipping/Receiving
September 20, 1995 3:49 PM
From:
Brian Rudolph [Adesk]
Autodesk Multimedia Forum
· Hware/OpSys/video
September 20, 1995 3:46 PM
RHPADI drivers (ADI drivers for printers) might have been written and provided by the company that makes the printer. Autodesk does not normally write ADI drivers. If the manufacturer has not written one, most likely it is not available. There are two ways most people print images. First, save to…
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Brian Rudolph [Adesk]
Autodesk Multimedia Forum
· Shipping/Receiving
September 20, 1995 3:39 PM
It sounds like you are refering to some of the software in the Home Series. That is supported on a different forum. Type GO ARETAIL to get to the proper location. -Brian
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Brian Rudolph [Adesk]
Autodesk Multimedia Forum
· Autodesk 3D Studio
September 20, 1995 3:37 PM
Paul, I know this message has been on the forum a while. Did you ever get an answer? It sounds a little confusing, AME is not in R13. Are you really refering to ACIS models? Let me know if you haven't already figured it out. -Brian
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Brian Rudolph [Adesk]
Autodesk Multimedia Forum
· Shipping/Receiving
September 20, 1995 3:21 PM
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Brian Rudolph [Adesk]
Autodesk Multimedia Forum
· Autodesk 3D Studio
September 20, 1995 11:28 AM
3D Studio can use a lot of disk space, much more than people realize. Try clearing off more disk space and see if that solves the problem. More likily, though, something is preventing 3D Studio from writing to the hard disk. Ususally a memory conflict of something. I have included…
From:
Brian Rudolph [Adesk]
Autodesk Multimedia Forum
· Shipping/Receiving
September 20, 1995 11:24 AM
There is eductational pricing for 3D Studio. Call 800-964-6432 and ask for an educational reseller in your area. -Brian
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Brian Rudolph [Adesk]
Autodesk Multimedia Forum
· Autodesk 3D Studio
September 20, 1995 11:24 AM
You would use video post and have the bitmap as the first ques entry, and the KF scene or already rendered animation as the second. Check out the tutorial on Video post for details. -Brian
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Brian Rudolph [Adesk]
Autodesk Multimedia Forum
· Software Dev. Kits
September 20, 1995 11:19 AM
Hi Phil, You are correct that there is no way with the .DLL we ship to get the handles for the intermediate BMP/DIB files that are created for the display. Writing your own version of the .DLL is the only way to get those handles. Good job! While you are…
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Brian Rudolph [Adesk]
Autodesk Multimedia Forum
· Software Dev. Kits
September 20, 1995 11:15 AM
As far as I know, the AAPLAY.DLL and AAVGA.DLL are not part of Animator Studio at all. That means those files would not have been updated. The problem with WIN95 (and WIN NT while we are at it) is that the Windows player is a 16 bit application, and was…
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Brian Rudolph [Adesk]
Autodesk Multimedia Forum
· Autodesk Animator
September 18, 1995 11:39 AM
Sorry, but the FLC or CEL file formats do not support transparency. If that is required you might want toconvert your animation to a format that supports that, like AVI. -Brian
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Brian Rudolph [Adesk]
Autodesk Multimedia Forum
· Autodesk Animator
September 18, 1995 11:35 AM
Title: Clean system boot; diagnostics for memory conflict… Description: To confirm that the problem is caused by a memory conflict, re-start the computer with simplified settings (a 'stripped system') and see if the problem goes away. For DOS-only computers, a stripped system means that the computer is rebooted without terminate…
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Brian Rudolph [Adesk]
Autodesk Multimedia Forum
· Shipping/Receiving
September 18, 1995 11:34 AM
Autodesk does not have an FTP site where these files are available. However I am sure they are on other FTP/WEB sites on the internet. Perhaps someone on the forum can point you in the right direction, or you can use some of the internet based search tools to find…
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Brian Rudolph [Adesk]
Autodesk Multimedia Forum
· Autodesk Animator
September 14, 1995 11:29 AM
If you can use toolbook to access the C functions of the DLL, then you can indeed perform a memory load ahead of time. The C programmers reference manual for the .DLL is part of the Animation Support Libraries Developers kit. Animation Support Libraries: This developers kit includes C and…
Roland, Autodesk does not yet have a 32 bit version of the MCI driver or Windows PLayer. -Brian
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Brian Rudolph [Adesk]
Autodesk Multimedia Forum
· Autodesk Animator
September 14, 1995 11:22 AM
Sorry, but Autodesk does not yet have a 32 bit MCI driver or stand alone FLC player. -Brian
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Brian Rudolph [Adesk]
Autodesk Multimedia Forum
· Shipping/Receiving
September 13, 1995 10:49 AM
Not every copy of Windows can play an AVI file. It just depends on whether they have installed an AVI player. -Brian
Download the following file: File Info for MCIAAP.ZIP Section: Utilities Contributor: 71650,2154 Size: 9472 Submitted: 10/30/92 Type: Binary Accesses: 2356 Title: MCIAAP.ZIP Keys: MCI AAWIN PLAYER DLL ANIMATION WINDOWS MCI driver for Windows 3.x that allows animations to be controlled by MCI command strings. Includes limited documentation and installation instructions.…
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Brian Rudolph [Adesk]
Autodesk Multimedia Forum
· Software Dev. Kits
September 11, 1995 1:37 PM
I do not have ny information on an update to the .DLL To disable the startup screen: If they are calling up the .DLL by going through the AAWIN.EXE file, they can use a modified AAWIN.EXE. Check out the file AAWIN.ZIP in the forum libraries. Also, if they use the…
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Brian Rudolph [Adesk]
Autodesk Multimedia Forum
· Shipping/Receiving
September 11, 1995 1:33 PM
Edward, The question of which format you save your animation in has no bearing on the legality of shipping a player along with your commercial application. If you are going to include code for a FLC player, or a Microsoft player, in a product that you are selling you would…
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Brian Rudolph [Adesk]
Autodesk Multimedia Forum
· Autodesk Animator
September 8, 1995 10:30 AM
Sorry, but there is not much that can be done about that white flash. That is the effect that is noticable when the initial screen repaints the new animation window on top of the media player window. The animation window is actually two windows, a borderless window placed on top…
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Brian Rudolph [Adesk]
Autodesk Multimedia Forum
· Software Dev. Kits
September 7, 1995 6:09 PM
Michael, Sorry, but the .VBX is all that is available right now. I can't comment on whether we will ever release an OCX, as I am not allowed to talk about future products or developer kits, however I can say that there has been nothing publicly announced concerning an OCX…
FLC files are not truly aware of Windows. As such, there is often a palette flash between aniamtions/bitmaps. Each time a new animation/bitmap is loaded, the Windows player performs a palette reinitialization. There is no way to turn this off, it is hard coded into the player. As a result,…
Please download FLICIN.TXT for instructions. -Brian
Dan, Is this white flash happening with the Windows FLC player, Animator Studio, or the Animator Studio player? Also, which operating systems? Windows or WIN95? Which cards? Does it happen on just the one flic or on any flc file? -Brian
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Brian Rudolph [Adesk]
Autodesk Multimedia Forum
· Autodesk 3D Studio
September 7, 1995 5:44 PM
….Invalid Normal Array… This is a symptom that something has corrupted your 3DS.EXE file. First, check your system for viruses very carefully. Then, once you're absolutely certain that you're virus-free, reinstall the software from the master disks. If the problem persists after that, go back to your dealer and get…
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Brian Rudolph [Adesk]
Autodesk Multimedia Forum
· Shipping/Receiving
September 7, 1995 5:42 PM
All of the Autodesk players available on this forum are freely distributable, as long as you are not including them within a commercial application. (i.e. you are not selling them as part of your own software package.). Feel free to distribute them for the purpose of demonstrating your work. -Brian
There is no developers kit for the Animator Studio program or player available. There is a developers kit for the Autodesk Windows Player available. This is called the ASL. Here is a description: What you need is the Animation Support Libraries, without a doubt! This developers kit includes C and…
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Brian Rudolph [Adesk]
Autodesk Multimedia Forum
· Software Dev. Kits
September 7, 1995 5:26 PM
> Well, actually it is the AAPLAY .DLL that usually causes the flash. The problem is that a palette reinitialization is hard coded to be performed every time a new FLC or bitmap is loaded. There is no checking to see if a new palette is required. that is why…
Carron, yes you are right. That is for linking and not embeding. Thus,it wouldn't be replicated. Also, I am not as familiar with the Notes MediaManager, so I don't have a ready answer for you. If your experimentation is successful, please let me know how you did it. -Brian
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Brian Rudolph [Adesk]
Autodesk Multimedia Forum
· Software Dev. Kits
September 7, 1995 5:18 PM
Alan, For Visual Basic, there is no type of error trapping built into the .VBX. If you want to implement that, you would most likely be making calls to the .DLL directly. You can make those calls directly from VB, and just double check the property names. You could also…
It's not a bug. It has been there from the very begining. I think it was just a choice that the programmer made when coding the converter. When it was released, most of the existing FLC files were 320×200, and I guess he figured people would want to tile them…
If the animations are running in Director and Show, then it sounds like the MCI driver is installed properly. For the final test, start the Windows Media player. If you can set the Device to Autodesk animation and then play a FLC file, then the drivers are working as they…
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Brian Rudolph [Adesk]
Autodesk Multimedia Forum
· Software Dev. Kits
September 1, 1995 6:27 PM
What you need is the Animation Support Libraries, without a doubt! This developers kit includes C and Visual Basic Programmers reference manuals for the Windows Player, Fliclib and File Format manuals, Code examples and other support files, POCO and POE reference manuals, and more. You can order this kit directly…
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Brian Rudolph [Adesk]
Autodesk Multimedia Forum
· Hware/OpSys/video
September 1, 1995 11:33 AM
Bruce, All the technotes and white papers that Autodesk Product Support has produced are available for download in section 19 – PS Technical Papers. If you are asking specifically for a paper on WIN 95, Autodesk has not produced such a paper. While there have been many reports from end…
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Brian Rudolph [Adesk]
Autodesk Multimedia Forum
· Software Dev. Kits
September 1, 1995 11:28 AM
Peter, There has been no update to the MCI driver specifically for WIN 95. Only the same MCI driver is avaialable. -Brian
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