cmpeg always quits with this error on startup of it:
Image type: TGA24
Image size: 512x384
Encoding 200 frames
malloc failed

I figure thats because its taking up too much memory, but I gave it
all the conventional memory I could, so what could I do?

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You could try batch converting your 24bit targa files to 15bit if you
have a program that can do so (uncompressed tga is important to keep).
Supposedly the resulting animation is larger but the two memory "images"
will require less space.


John Bauman wrote:
> 
> cmpeg always quits with this error on startup of it:
> Image type: TGA24
> Image size: 512x384
> Encoding 200 frames
> malloc failed
> 
> I figure thats because its taking up too much memory, but I gave it
> all the conventional memory I could, so what could I do?
> 
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Hello,
Do you have XMS drivers running? Any other background drives should be
disabled and then Cmpeg usually runs fine. It should be run from the DOS
Prompt, not a DOS instance under Windows.

I have always found that booting from a floppy can be a good idea.
Altrentivly you could obtain a better MPEG compiler. MPEG 2 is much better
than MPEG 1. The only problem is that fewer people have access.

Regards,

Luke

John Bauman wrote in message <378e28b8@news.povray.org>...
>cmpeg always quits with this error on startup of it:
>Image type: TGA24
>Image size: 512x384
>Encoding 200 frames
>malloc failed
>
>I figure thats because its taking up too much memory, but I gave it
>all the conventional memory I could, so what could I do?
>
>--
>webpage: http://johntb.freeservers.com
>ICQ:20886467 AIM:Qbwiz
>-----BEGIN GEEK CODE BLOCK-----
> Version: 3.12
>G! d- s--:- a---- C++ ULU++++ P+  L+ E W++ N++ o K- w+
>O! M- V- PS PE+ Y+ PGP- t+@ 5 X R tv+ b++ DI++++ D-
>G e-- h! !r y-
>------END GEEK CODE BLOCK------
>
>

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