CompuServe Thread

#flics

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#65327From: Ian ChristieNov 7, 1993 4:24 PM
Couple of questions regarding flics. Its seems as though the stand alone animation player that comes with 3DS does not play flc's; is this correct? Why not? Second: how can I play a flic inside 3DS at its actual size. Right now it blow the flic up to fill the screen (and looks real grainy). Ian.
#65540From: david W. mennenohNov 8, 1993 10:18 PM
>> Its seems as though the stand alone animation player that comes with 3DS >> does not play flc's; is this correct? Why not? If you're refering to AAPLAY.EXE you are correct. It will only play .FLI's. You can play .FLC's from within 3DS though or use ANimator Pro – which you should have anyway. Or you can use PLAY from Trilobyte which is in the libraries somewhere. I think the most current is PLAY80.ZIP >> Second: how can I play a flic inside 3DS at its actual size. Right now >> it blow the flic up to fill the screen (and looks real grainy). If you've got R3 and you use the Vibrant driver for flic playback it will play it like you want it. If you don't have R3 I'm not sure – get it. Dave
#65555From: Ian ChristieNov 8, 1993 11:21 PM
Yes, I do have R3. Have you noticed that the flic player in R3 (vibrant) is _way_ slower than the ADesk Windows flic player. How could this be? I have an accelerated Local Bus card (Graphite) yet the R3 player can't even maintain 15fps at 320×240! Maybe the $300 Liquid Speed add on is faster; maybe even as fast as the Windows flic player! Ian.
#65693From: ALAN IGLESIASNov 9, 1993 4:00 PM
I don't believe Liquid Speed affects fli/flc playback, Ian. -Alan Iglesias