Gasp! ANIM speed
05-Jul-91 05:54:26
Sb: #9893-Gasp! ANIM speed
Fm: Kelly Jordan 76475,1146
To: Charles Blaquiere 76046,1756
Charles,
If the output is going to HAM-E, then the frames are 704x220x4 for a
352×220 HAM-E picture. There is a fair amount of competition for the chip
bus at that resolution.
I don't have the HAM-E, or do animations, but it sounds like you should get
better results page-flipping instead of doing de-compression on the fly.
How frames/second are you aiming for? at 704x220x4, each frame is 77,440
bytes long, and your 25 frames would be a total of 1,936,000 bytes. With
the 68030 having 32 bit access to the chip ram, you should be able to fly
page flipping from ram. Heck, if you weren't doing de-compression, you
should get more frames/second from a good hard drive.
Have fun!
73, Kelly