Michael,
Try Videomach. It's shareware, very simple to use, and in my experience,
trouble-free.
Steve Shelby

Michael Yecchh <som### [at] anywherecom> wrote in message
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> "Peter Popov" <pet### [at] vipbg> wrote in message
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> > On Sun, 21 Oct 2001 23:22:06 -0500, "Michael Yecchh"
> > <som### [at] anywherecom> wrote:
> >
> > >This is a very raw attempt at an animation form one new to POV and
Moray.
> > >My version is 35M and a bit large for the group's server! so I
compressed
> > >with WinMediaEncoder.  I'm not too happy with the slow start and would
> like
> > >to get it where it would loop smoothly.  Any suggestions?  Dealing with
> the
> > >soundtrack makes it more difficult I think.
> >
> > Looks cool!
> >
> > As for the suggestion, use a popular video format that can be opened
> > with something different from Microsoft Media Player. The latter is
> > really bad at looping (it doesn't prefetch the beginning when it gets
> > near the end, simple as that, why they haven't fixed it for years is a
> > mystery).
> >
> > Try MPEG.
> >
> >
> > Peter Popov ICQ : 15002700
> > Personal e-mail : pet### [at] vipbg
> > TAG      e-mail : pet### [at] tagpovrayorg
>
> I hunted around for an avi to mpeg utility and was met with a glut of
> devices.  I  tried a couple; one Japanese device (for avi to avi/divx)
> crashed a bunch of sw on my machine so after restoring I decided it might
be
> safest to use a Microsoft product.  Perhaps you could suggest a good avi
to
> mpeg utility for Win2000?
> Also, you've jogged my memory a bit.  I think the media player will
preload
> but you have to program an event into the stream using an MS utility...
> r
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