Thanks for the link to SEA, I'll try it out.

Gordon
Ken wrote in message <36E### [at] pacbellnet>...
>Gordon wrote:
>>
>> Hi All,
>>
>> I have a couple of questions regarding animation files. I used to do
>> everything with FLI files until recently, using an old copy of
DTA(1992?).
>>
>> I just got the new version and it is great. I now make AVI files. They
are
>> much more compact and are full colour. But, how can I make them loop
cleanly
>> like a FLI. I believe this is to do with the player, it has a pause
between
>> the end and the start when you turn on looping. Are there any players
that
>> will cleanly loop an AVI file? Also can anyone suggest a player that
stays
>> open after playing the file, or defaults to looping on open. I find I
double
>> click on a file to try it and it disappears before you even see it.
>
> Other than the control settings in Pov I don't know if there are players
>that can cleanly loop. If you have a cyclic animation where the action
>ends where it started at then it's easy to have clean loops. If it ends
>with objects in positions other than at their original starting point
>then it takes a moment for the display to catch up with the change in
>the images difference. This might be hampered on systems with low video
>card memory as well because they can't buffer the input as much as a card
>with more memory can.
>
>> Second problem, the FLI/FLC files I get from the new version of DTA won't
>> play in Playflc. What gives, is there a switch for DTA to make old format
>> FLIs or what?
>
>I haven't seen a diffenece but haven't used it much either.
>
>  The program I use for all of my AVI, FLI and FLC animations is a dos
>program called Sea. It not only has support for animation files but
>can view most image file formats plus offers support for a couple of
>different sound file formats like .wav's as well. It is a very fast
>loading and viewing program. Additionaly it offers image file
>conversion tools, dithering, gamma correction, thumbnail utility,
>and has a few image filters thrown in as extras.
>  While it may be a dos program it's interface is in it's own windowed
>environment, it runs even faster under windows than it does in dos, and
>I find is easier to browse directories of images with faster than any
>windows based image program I have ever tried. I have been using it for
>about three years now and doubt I'll ever give it up unless dos programs
>become completely unsupported on windows platforms. It also will use a
>mouse if running under windows or a mouse if a driver is loaded in dos.
>
>Get a copy at:
>http://hotfiles.zdnet.com/cgi-bin/texis/swlib/uklib/info.html?fcode=0003U4
>
>> Finally, I have been playing around with AVI2MPG. I can't seem to get the
>> same saturation of colour, and, they also won;t loop cleanly. Any hints?
>
>No idea.
>
>> Thanks
>> Gordon
>> <gbe### [at] birdcameroncomau>
>
>--
>Ken Tyler
>
>mailto://tylereng@pacbell.net

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