"Kenneth" <kdw### [at] gmailcom> wrote:

> I have no idea what might be going on; in Windows Media Player, the downloaded
> video doesn't start playing at all (so I use an alternate app.) A black screen
> *while* the video plays is a mystery.

I think I've had that happen, and it I think it's usually related to it not
being able to recognize the codec.

I think this is why so many people use VLC.

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On 13/01/2018 19:31, Bald Eagle wrote:
> I think this is why so many people use VLC.

I think you think correctly.

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Regards
     Stephen

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On 13-1-2018 14:09, Bald Eagle wrote:
> Stephen <mca### [at] aolcom> wrote:
> 
>> Kontemplator
>> BTW in the animation between 12 & 13 seconds. There is a change in the
>> black and yellow striped material.
> 
> Yes - it's like the frequency of the stripes get increased for some reason.
> 
>>> You guys have made me confused ;-)
> 
> Don't blame us.
> It's either a conscious choice on your part, or you were born that way.
> No trying to imply that it's the result of some sort of POV-user social
> construct.
> 
> And always you two with the negativity.  First there's Stephen with his negative
> light sources, and now you with your con-fusion.

Ah. Somebody forgot to take his medication. I am sure I did take mine; I 
know Stephen did take his, so it must be you :-)

> I've always been pro-fusion myself, and really, with all the new discoveries
> involving graphene, there are some alternatives and with the implications of
> quantum entangled gravity, we may just find a way around that pesky
> Lennard-Jones potential.
> 
> 
See what I mean? Medication. I am not an ABBA fan either. :-)

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Thomas

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On 13-1-2018 20:31, Bald Eagle wrote:
> "Kenneth" <kdw### [at] gmailcom> wrote:
> 
>> I have no idea what might be going on; in Windows Media Player, the downloaded
>> video doesn't start playing at all (so I use an alternate app.) A black screen
>> *while* the video plays is a mystery.
> 
> I think I've had that happen, and it I think it's usually related to it not
> being able to recognize the codec.
> 
> I think this is why so many people use VLC.
> 

I suppose that is why. I could try that one.

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Thomas

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On 14-1-2018 8:52, Thomas de Groot wrote:
> On 13-1-2018 20:31, Bald Eagle wrote:
>> "Kenneth" <kdw### [at] gmailcom> wrote:
>>
>>> I have no idea what might be going on; in Windows Media Player, the 
>>> downloaded
>>> video doesn't start playing at all (so I use an alternate app.) A 
>>> black screen
>>> *while* the video plays is a mystery.
>>
>> I think I've had that happen, and it I think it's usually related to 
>> it not
>> being able to recognize the codec.
>>
>> I think this is why so many people use VLC.
>>
> 
> I suppose that is why. I could try that one.
> 

...worked. I am finally able to say that the animation looks interesting ;-)

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Thomas

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Hi(gh)!

(accidentally posted before to Kontemplator privately)

On 11.01.2018 23:57, Kontemplator wrote:
> Here is just a quick overview what i plan for these year. Only 50 weeks left and
> so much empty space in the room. Hope my inspiration keeps in good mood.
> 
Sweet! May I C64ize and AtariSTize it and re-post it here and on my 
YouTube channel 
(https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCFgDHkMGDuOkiSnc6w6eUWg), of course 
crediting you?

See you in Khyberspace!

Yadgar

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=?UTF-8?Q?J=c3=b6rg_=22Yadgar=22_Bleimann?= <yaz### [at] gmxde> wrote:
> Hi(gh)!
> Sweet! May I C64ize and AtariSTize it and re-post it here and on my
> YouTube channel
> (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCFgDHkMGDuOkiSnc6w6eUWg), of course
> crediting you?
>
> See you in Khyberspace!
>
> Yadgar

As long as I don't need to rewrite my SDL code for the C64 or Atari Version of
POV-Ray, I can't imagine any reason why not. Do what you like as long as you
like what you do!

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Hi(gh)!

On 21.01.2018 20:26, Kontemplator wrote:

> As long as I don't need to rewrite my SDL code for the C64 or Atari Version of
> POV-Ray, I can't imagine any reason why not. Do what you like as long as you
> like what you do!

Thanks! As far as I know, currently there is no POV-Ray for the C64 and 
the Atari ST... but programming a scriptable raytracer for these ancient 
machines, that might be quite a challenge!

See you in Khyberspace!

Yadgar

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=?UTF-8?Q?J=c3=b6rg_=22Yadgar=22_Bleimann?= <yaz### [at] gmxde> wrote:
> Hi(gh)!
>
> On 21.01.2018 20:26, Kontemplator wrote:
>
> > As long as I don't need to rewrite my SDL code for the C64 or Atari Version of
> > POV-Ray, I can't imagine any reason why not. Do what you like as long as you
> > like what you do!
>
> Thanks! As far as I know, currently there is no POV-Ray for the C64 and
> the Atari ST... but programming a scriptable raytracer for these ancient
> machines, that might be quite a challenge!
>
> See you in Khyberspace!
>
> Yadgar

http://www.povray.org/documentation/3.7.0/t2_3.html#t2_3_11

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Hi(gh)!

On 22.01.2018 16:19, Bald Eagle wrote:

> http://www.povray.org/documentation/3.7.0/t2_3.html#t2_3_11

Yes, I'm aware of this chapter in the Advanced Tutorial... I currently 
work myself through the whole tutoral to learn POV-Ray *systematically* 
for the first time in my life... but I have not arrived at "A Raytracer" 
yet. Very intriguing!

There also is a quite instructive German Data Becker textbook from the 
1980s on programming a raytracer on the Amiga, which I would like to try 
out in the more distant future... rather for portation to the Atari ST 
or the Commodore 64 than doing it on the Amiga, as re-portating POV-Ray 
to the Amiga means carrying coals to Manchester!

By the way, I wonder whether David K. Buck knew of this Data Becker 
textbook when programming DKB-Trace back then...

See you in Khyberspace!

Yadgar

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