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#Playing flics using MCI

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#165829From: Kathleen LuApr 20, 1995 12:27 PM
Does anyone know how to display a flic in a Windows program using an MCI call from either C or Director without getting a white flash (the background appears to be redrawn in white) before the animation plays? Any help would be greatly appreciated. –Kathleen
#166054From: Brian Rudolph [Adesk]Apr 21, 1995 12:57 PM
<<flash (the background appears to be redrawn in white) before the animation plays?>> Flashes in the animation are the result of the Windows palette adjusting itself to the pallete of the animation. You can minimize this effect by creating/using a palette for your animations that is 236 colors (not 256) with the first and last 10 palette positions unused. Those are the positions that Windows likes to take control of. -BRian