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- CyberTVPlayer 5.0 (c) by Helmut Hoffmann 1995/96
- =================
-
- *** new: now with BestMode option & 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 (JPeg is only included in XiPaintMod.) |
- | 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 True/HighColor in CyberGraphX 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, ...)
-
- New: to show an animation without window frame you can use the new
- BestMode option. This will select a suitable screenmode
- with highest possible color depths and display the animation
- borderless on a black background.
-
- 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.
-
- Features of CyberTVPlayer:
-
- * Shows all animations 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).
-
- * Fast very high quality (21Bit) color decoding routines.
-
- * Accepts a file name as argument when started from CLI
- or pops up a file requester when started from workbench or without
- CLI file parameter.
-
- * By default it 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 can be much slower)
-
- * Supports additional CLI parameters:
- The "BestMode" parameter will let CyberTVPlayer select a suitable
- screenmode for playback automatically. In this case the animation
- will be played directly on the black screenbackground instead of
- a window.
- The "ScreenMode" parameter can be used to specify a screenmode
- for playback on a separate screen in a window.
- 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 "Once" parameter can be used to run the animation only once
- instead of an endless loop.
- 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.
-
- Just close the window or press the Esc key to stop playing.
-
- 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 animations at the same time...
-
- Animations 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.
-
- Some sample animations may be included with this player:
- * "demosequence.seq" has been created with EGS-TV Professional and a VLab
- framegrabber using the Blue Screen Keying effect.
- * "demosequence2.seq" has been created with Photogenics V1.2 warper tool
- and the UniversalGIO/HHsYUVSq.GIO module.
-
- All Amiga users (and esp. CyberGraphX users) 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 can be 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
- 5.0 (10th feb. 96): Added BestMode option for automatic screen selection
- and playback without window borders on a black background.
- Esc key now accepted to stop animation playback.
- Changed "Loop" parameter to "Once" parameter: now default is to
- show the animation in an endless loop unless "Once" is specified.
-
- 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, 50US$ 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
-
-