Peter:
We have a product that doesn't do exactly what you're looking for, but it
does solve your problem <grin>. Smacker will compress your flic file, and will
then figure out the proper amount of data to preload for the frame rate that
you choose. So, to play a 30 fps animation off a 150 KpS CD-ROM, Smacker will
automatically preload the amount of data necessary to keep up with 30 fps.
Smacker can also simulate the speed of a CD-ROM using your hard drive – using
command line switches you can cap the transfer rate of your hard drive to 150
kps, 300 kps, or 450 kps (we even simulate the slow CD-ROM seek time, when the
animation loops around to the beginning).
->Jeff