Short: Animation player for CyberGfx & AGA (OS3.x) Author: hhoff@pool.informatik.rwth-aachen.de (Helmut Hoffmann) Uploader: hhoff@pool.informatik.rwth-aachen.de (Helmut Hoffmann) Type: gfx/board Kurz: Animations-Abspieler f. CyberGfx & AGA (OS3.x) CyberTVPlayer Version 4.0 (c) by Helmut Hoffmann 1995 ============= *** new: now with support for separate screens! *** This is a freeware animation player program for TrueColor animations in HHsYUVSq animation format. Animations can be played in TrueColor or HighColor on CyberGraphX screens (including Workbench) or in reduced colors (which can be slower) on any Workbench or other screen. +-------------------------------------------------------------------+ | By the way: +-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+--- | | | | | | | | |IFX | | | Create your own | True Color animations... |with | XiP | ... | | | | | | | | | Pgs| | | +-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+--- | | with ImageFX, XiPaint or Photogenics and my universal loader | | modules (FastIFXModules, XiPaintModule, UniversalGIO Modules) | | which now all include TrueColor animation savers as well | | for the HHsYUVSq animation format... For ImageFX and XiPaint | | special ARexx scripts are already included which can automate the | | creation of TrueColor animations. You can playback the HHsYUVSq | | animations e.g. with CyberTVPlayer on your TrueColor Workbench... | | The fast loading functions of all modules are the same as thoose | | in CyberShow Professional (only JPeg is mising). | | Add-on price (to CyberShow or other orders): 8US$ or 10DM each | | Special price for registered CyberShow users: 13US$ or 15DM for | | one module; additional further modules available at add-on price | +-------------------------------------------------------------------+ CyberTVPlayer can play HHsYUVSq animations direct from harddisk - in HighColor in Cybergraphic windows on a Workbench or other screen with at least 15Bit color depths - in reduced color (upto 256 colors) on any WB screen or other screen, including AGA, ECS, OCS and usually WB-Emu graphic board screens as well (e.g. EGS-Emu, Cyber-Emu, ...) A short sample sequence should be included in this archive. You can create your own animations with famous image processing and painting programs (see above) in conjunction with my universal loader/saver modules for thoose programs. If you have the "EGS" system you can also create them with EGS-TV Professional. * CyberTVPlayer shows all sequences in the HHsYUVSq-Sequence format direct from hard disk. The memory usage is very low this way (although memory is needed to hold a frame in full size as loaded and in converted form for CyberGfx). Random access harddisk sequences and sequential sequences can be shown. For more speed you could copy the sequence to RAM: first (if you have enough RAM). * CyberTVPlayer uses its own very high quality (21Bit) color decoding routines. It can also show sequences in greyscales. * CyberTVPlayer accepts a file name as argument when started from CLI or pops up a file requester when started from workbench or without CLI parameter. * CyberTVPlayer runs in a window on the Default public screen, which can be a CyberGfx screen with at least 15Bit color depths for HighColor playback or any screenmode with upto 256 colors for reduced colors (this will be much slower) * CyberTVPlayer supports additional CLI parameters: The "ScreenMode" parameter can be used to specify a screenmode for playback on a separate screen. Important note: The * character is sometimes ignored as input in CLI/shell lines (or misinterpreted as #?). This can happen e.g. with screenmode names of certain drivers. in such a case you should enter the * character twice (**), which will then usually lead to one character * as result. This can depend on your configuration. The "Loop" parameter can be used to get endless presentations of the animation (this is default for Workbench start). The "Delay" parameter can be used to specify an additional frame delay (in 1/50ths of a second). Without this parameter, playback will be as fast as possible (this is also the case for Workbench start). Just close the window to stop the sequence. Special note for use on palette oriented screens: The first playback pass can be much slower due to the color pen allocation; subsequent loop passes are usual in higher speed; on HighColor screens with 15Bit or more, the speed should be much higher anyway... * You can start CyberTVPlayer several times concurrently to watch several sequences at the same time. Sequences in a suitable format can be created with 1) ImageFX or ImageFX-EGS in conjunction with my FastImageFXModules 2) XiPaint in conjunction with my XiPaintModule 3) Photogenics (full version) in conjunction with my UniversalGIO module 4) EGS-TV Professional (Shareware Animation, Video Editing, DeskTopVideo, Blue Screen Keying effect, Framegrabber and handy scanner software for the EGS graphic system with e.g. VLab, IV24, VideoCruncher framegrabbers or assembled from single pictures; see Aminet gfx/board or CDs...) EGS users should take a look at EGSTVPlayer as well, which can playback HHsYUVSq animations on the EGSDefaultScreen. The "demosequence.seq" has been created with EGS-TV Professional and a VLab framegrabber using the Blue Screen Keying effect. The "demosequence2.seq" has been created with Photogenics V1.2 warper tool and the UniversalGIO/HHsYUVSq.GIO module. All CyberGfx fans (and all other Amiga users as well) should also take a look at my universal viewer (incl. PhotoCD support) and slideshow program "CyberShow" with many useful functions and incredible fast speed... It is shareware (registration fee 25US$ or 30DM). The universal modules which can be used to create HHsYUVSq animations canbe ordered at small add-on prices (10DM or 8US$ each) if you also order CyberShow Professional... Requirements ============ Any Amiga with + OS3.0 or higher + some memory (about 2MByte Fast-RAM should be enough for normal use) For displaying in TrueColor/HighColor quality you also need + cybergraphics.library V40 or higher and a suitable graphic board (Cybergraphics is a Workbench emulation/True color software extension which is usable in conjunction with several graphic boards as the Cybervision, Piccolo, SD64, Picasso, Retina-BLTZ3, Spectrum, Domino. It is Copyright by Thomas Sontowski and Frank Mariak.) Version history =============== 1.0 (19th june 95): Initial release featuring direct harddisk playback of color and greyscale sequences in sequential or random access format 2.0 (30th june 95): New reduced color output function which is available with OS3.0 and not only with OS3.1. This makes CyberTVPlayer usable for all OS3.0 users now (drawing speed is increased for standard Amiga screens and some WB emulation screens as well). 3.0 (27th sep. 95): Improved CLI parameter support: now loop mode and frame delay can be specified in addition to sequence file name 4.0 (11th dec. 95): Added screenmode parameter to allow playback of animations on a separate screen of any screenmode you like Disclaimer ========== This software (program and documentation) is provided "as is" and comes with no warranty, either expressed or implied. The author is in no way responsible for any damage or loss that may occur due to direct or indirect usage of this software. You use this software entirely at your own risk. Copyright ========= This program (incl. documentation) is (c) by Helmut Hoffmann. It may be freely distributed (max. allowed duplication charge: 8US$ for disks, 60US$ for CD-ROMs, both incl. postage&packing), but only in unmodified form, complete with this readme file. My address: Helmut Hoffmann Rubensstrasse 4 D-41063 Moenchengladbach Germany EMail: hhoff@pool.informatik.rwth-aachen.de ============================= Archive contents ============================= Original Packed Ratio Date Time Name -------- ------- ----- --------- -------- ------------- 628 263 58.1% 11-Dec-95 18:16:02 CyberTVPlayer.info 5328 3303 38.0% 11-Dec-95 17:53:46 +CyberTVPlayer 454 160 64.7% 01-Nov-94 23:53:34 +CyberTVPlayer.info 7876 3271 58.4% 11-Dec-95 18:12:38 +CyberTVPlayer.ReadMe 477 245 48.6% 01-Nov-94 23:53:34 +CyberTVPlayer.ReadMe.info 1076484 572617 46.8% 28-Sep-94 20:20:32 +demosequence.seq 103924 87342 15.9% 01-Oct-95 02:04:44 +demosequence2.seq -------- ------- ----- --------- -------- 1195171 667201 44.1% 13-Dec-95 00:57:38 7 files