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Mike: /_____________From your message_____________\\ He says the bigger flics seem to lockup quicker. _______________________________________________ Do you mean bigger as in 1280×1024 or bigger as in 35MB flics? If you stick to resolutions of 640×480 or less then playback should be smooth with a utility like aaplayhi. This utility is free and can load the entire flic into RAM before playing. Playing higher resolutions than 640×480 can be sluggish because of all of the pixel differences between frames. I doubt that many here on the forum go beyond 640×480 for flics. Higher resolutions usually go out to video tape. If you mean that the file size is bigger when the animations lockup I don't have any good suggestions to offer. FWIW I have a DEC with 72MB of RAM and a Diamond Viper and haven't experienced any problems with flics of 40 MB and less. Bob