CompuServe Thread

#Video Post

6 messages in this thread
#46827From: Steve TerhuneJun 19, 1993 6:49 PM
m Thanks for your response. The map-path statement is set properly. Funny thing though; I have never been able to display a .flc file , only .fli in 3ds. I always need to go to Animator Pro to display. Could thesetwo issues be intertwined? Probably not, because my first try at video post yielded good results using a .flc file. Any ideas?
#46835From: MARTIN G FOSTERJun 19, 1993 9:32 PM
Steve, >> I have never been able to display a .flc file , only .fli in 3ds. I always need to go to Animator Pro to display. Could thesetwo issues be intertwined? No. I'm afraid I don't have any other ideas. Anybody else?
#46895From: Nathan JohnstonJun 20, 1993 5:33 PM
It might be the display driver you are using that is preventing playback of flc files. My dealer told me that the Panacea drivers (which I am using) my not allow playback of an flc file (he was right). I don't know much about it other than the fact that I can't play them either. I shell to dos and use the Trilobye play program to play them back… –Nat'n
#46929From: Chris Edgington @PanaceaJun 21, 1993 8:39 AM
Nathan, Sorry, but you and you're dealer are mistaken about Panacea drivers not allowing playback of a .FLC file. Which ADI driver you are using has absolutely no affect on whether or not you can play a hi-res flic from 3DS. The Yost Group put code into 3DS to playback flics on VESA compatible boards. They do that straight from 3DS right to the video card, never talking to the ADI driver. Therefore, if you can't play a flic, then it's probably your cards VESA support, most of them need you to load a VESA TSR. To verify this, use the same card with two different drivers, the built-in VGA driver and our driver, and see if flic playback is different between the two. -Chris Panacea
#47002From: Nathan JohnstonJun 21, 1993 7:04 PM
Hmmm…. I will have to check that out…. Other VESA compatable software runs fine on my card. (Fractint, Triloobyte PLAY) Perhaps my card is not 100% compatable. –Nat'n
#47081From: Don LandisJun 22, 1993 9:01 AM
A couple weeks ago I downloaded your driver and use it exclusively for 3DS with the new Metheus 928 S3 with 4 meg. I sent you a message and didn't get a reply. We were having problems with the deleted message CIS host bug at the time. Did you ever receive my series of questions?