#XAnim
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I just downloaded xanim6 to try it out. I noticed that the amiga.readme
file mentions a "libx11" upon which this ported version of xanim for the
Amiga is apparently based.
Is this a separate lib file that we need to run this program? No such file
is included in the Archive??
Hank
Hank,
I DL'd and ran an earlier version of it just by making the environment
varialble mentioned in the readme.
I was trying to get something to convert/play quicktimes. Unfortunately it
seems the program wants a resource and data fork on the same access, but the
Amiga FS's that deal with Mac stuff usually hand up one or the other, but not
both at a time.
I think if I recall I did get it to play a Ham anim.
wmc – via Autopilot!
Wayne and Hank,
I've just got this XAnim on a mag coverdisk here in the UK and although I
haven't had a go with it, or read the docs yet the article that describes
it states that "this" version has a few formats disabled and to use the
program fully you'll need Terje Pedersen's libXII.
Is this any help with your DL'ed XAnim problem?
Charles Collinson
Thirsk – North Yorkshire – UK
Charles,
I just fooled with it and it seemd to work on stuff that was in native AMiga
format. Stuff in a Mac format it had difficulty with because of the inability
of the amiga/mac FS solutions to hand up the resource and data forks
simultaneously. I don't think x11 has anything to do with that…
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Wayne;
Did you try fli or flic type anims as well? The docs I got did mention lib
xii.
Hank
No, Hank, I didn't. I have ADPro FLC2Anim so for viewing them its not a
problem, but I have no quicktime viewers available to me. That was the main
draw for me to XAnim. Sorry I can't help you on the flics
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Where is AdPro's FLC2Anim available. I didn't know it existed?
Hank
Hank, Its in their library section (ERI) in an archive with other "command2"
scripts.
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Wayne,
Well I've just glanced the docs now and see it is "temp disabled" in two
formats; DL animations and PFX. What the X11 is I don't know but it was
just mentioned in the magazines description of it. Sorry I can't help
further.
Charles Collinson
Thirsk – North Yorkshire – UK
Charles:
RE: xanim: Thanks for your input. The read me file with the download demo
also suggests something similar, the need for libxii.
Hank
Hank,
Not sure what the XII lib is but I tried XAnim on a FLC extension anim and
all it did was ask for a .resource/ "something" and failed due to some FLC
fault, forget which, some kind of calculation fault I'm sure. Back to the
drawing board I think :).
Charles Collinson
Thirsk – North Yorkshire – UK
Charles;
Maybe the author can help us with the program. I'm going to try to contact
him.
Hank