CompuServe Thread

FLC2GIF

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#125817From: david masonSep 27, 1994 10:24 AM
Nik, There's probably something a little unusual about the FLCs. If I can get a copy of one, I'm sure I could figure out just what, and make DTA a bit more tolerant. –dkm
#125835From: Nik Grant [adesk]Sep 27, 1994 12:51 PM
Thanks David. If's he's reading, I hope he'll send you one. Nik
#126000From: david masonSep 28, 1994 9:36 AM
Nik, I got the problem flic, found that the problem was something that I already fixed, and sent an updated DTA to the user in question. BTW, the problem was the first byte on each line in BRUN chunks. The FLI format requires this byte to be set to the number of RLE packets in that line, but FLC does not. Many programs (including Autodesk's) set the byte even though it's not required… programs which expect it to be set don't have problems. A couple recent programs have been taking the spec at its word and not setting that byte to anything in particular… and ka-boom, many flic-readers (including Trilobyte Play, DTA, and others) which used that value would go loony-toons. –dkm