#ADPro Help
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I've run into another problem with ADPro that I was hoping you could
help with. I'm attempting to invoke Sentry to run one of the supplied
FRED scripts (SaveAsJPEG) to JPEG some images. I'm following to the
letter the procedure in the ReadMe file. However, when I get Sentry
all configured to perform the script, and invoke it by choosing
Accept, it asks me about the number of cells, then comes back with an
error message of "Could not find AREXX". This is surprising, since I
have the "rexxsyslib.library" file in my LIBS: directory. Any ideas ?
Thanks.
Is ARexx running, though. At startup you should be running Rexxmast.
Thanks. Running Rexxmast did it. As you can tell I've never worked
with AREXX before. I've spent the entire day trying to use Sentry and
the supplied SaveAsJPEG script to automatically JPEG frames generated
by VistaPro, but I've had little success. I've got it set up to JPEG
each frame to a second directory and erase the original frame.
However, it works okay with the first file (PIC00000), but skips
subsequent files. It erases the originals; but the status panel shows
the number of files skipped is one less than those processed; it
doesn't JPEG them. Since VistaPro generates a "PIC.list" file, I've
tried to set the Include and Exclude patterns to ignore it only, but
no matter what I try it skips past any files but the first. I've got
the Scan Mode set to Continuous, and have set up everything as
specified in the ReadMe file. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks.
Your description (of your set up) sounds right. There must be something small
in error. Please give our technical support line a call – ask for Chris or
Chris (seriously).
I called the support line yesterday, and I guess it was closed for the
holidays. I think I've narrowed my problem with the SaveAsJPEG script; it
seems that when given a group of sequentially numbered images to JPEG, the
script reads each in and performs the JPEG, but when it goes to save the
JPEG'd image to the second directory, it always saves the image with the
filename of the first image it worked on (e.g. Pic00000.jpeg). Therefore,
subsequent images write over the previous, and after it has completed
JPEGing all the images, the second directory has only Pic00000.jpeg in it,
which is actually the last image JPEG'd with a phony filename. Thinking it
may not like my choice of names for the images in the first place, I've
tried different formats for the names (eg., Pic00000, Pic.00000, etc.)
with no success. Am I choosing the wrong names for the images, or is it
something with the SaveAsJPEG script ? Thanks.
I had asked about a problem I had with FRED and the RenderAsDCTV script
would only give me a NoLace. You then told me to change the Screen_Type
from 0 to 1, but this didn't solve my problem. After looking at other
Scripts I realized that to make a HiRes Interlace image the Screen_Type
must be 3. After changing that I was able to do my anims without
problems.
You might want to change the script to ask for whether the images are in
Interlace or not, since there are DCTV users who do it either way.
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