CompuServe Thread

WINPLA / odd resolutions

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#164748From: Michael E BartlettApr 14, 1995 11:55 AM
Brian, Can you tell me if there are resolution limitations for playing flics in Windows? As you know AniPro will let you play animations at all sorts of odd resolutions, odd being anything but 320×200, 640×480, etc. I recently had an animation rendered at 467×304 with a Windows palette that bombed with a GPI pointing at the aaplay.dll. But when rerendered to 320×200 fli it seemed to play just fine. So I am wondering if there are resolution limitations with the Windows player? Thanks for your help. Michael B.
#164797From: Brian Rudolph [Adesk]Apr 14, 1995 4:52 PM
Michael, I have used the Windows player to display odd resolution flics before. If you strip the system, do you still get a GPI? There could be other items in memory causing the conflict. -Brian
#164843From: Michael E BartlettApr 14, 1995 10:07 PM
Brian, No, didn't try stripping the system, but I suspected that there may be some MCI contention which might be causing the memory to not be clearing properly. There have been other strange crashes on this system which also seemed to be memory related. However, I won't be able to test the system until later next week. Thanks for confirming the resolution issue, I thought I had used odd resolutions before but couldn't remember for sure. Thanks for your help and suggestions. Michael B.