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- 8. _M_o_v_i_e__P_l_a_y_e_r
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- Movie Player (invoked from the command line as _m_o_v_i_e_p_l_a_y_e_r)
- is a graphical tool that allows you to play back movie
- files. Movie files can be created using Movie Maker, Media
- Convert, Movie Convert, _d_m_c_o_n_v_e_r_t(_1), or Capture (see
- below). Movies may be silent or include a soundtrack.
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- See the man page _m_o_v_i_e_p_l_a_y_e_r(1) or Movie Player's on-line
- help for more information.
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- The directory /_u_s_r/_s_h_a_r_e/_d_a_t_a/_m_o_v_i_e_s contains three sample
- movies. There is an SGI movie file, _s_o_m_e_r_s_a_u_l_t._m_o_v_i_e, a
- sample QuickTime movie, _s_a_m_p_l_e_Q_T._m_o_v, and a sample MPEG-1
- systems bit stream, _s_t_u_d_i_o._m_p_s.
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- 8.1 _K_n_o_w_n__P_r_o_b_l_e_m_s__a_n_d__W_o_r_k_a_r_o_u_n_d_s
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- This section lists problems in the Movie Player software and
- ways to work around them.
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- +o The current SGI movie format version number is 3.
- Movies made or edited with IRIX 5.1 or later releases
- of Movie Maker might not play or might play incorrectly
- with the IRIX 4.0.5 version of Movie Player. However,
- the current version of Movie Player plays all versions
- (1, 2 and 3) of movies correctly.
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- +o Movie Player does not work correctly over the network.
- The user interface and images will display on the local
- machine, but the audio will play on the remote machine.
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- +o Movie Player does not support the playback of FIT image
- sequences in this release. You can work around this
- problem by using Movie Maker or Make Movie to convert
- your FIT images to SGI Movie format.
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- +o If you try to play a very large movie, such as one that
- is full screen, the image will not display correctly if
- it is zoomed at all.
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- +o Movie Player does not currently support the Cosmo
- Compress option. To play back Cosmo-compatible JPEG
- movies with full motion video, use the _d_m_p_l_a_y(1)
- utility, found in the _d_m_e_d_i_a__e_o_e._s_w._u_t_i_l_i_t_i_e_s
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- 8.2 _C_h_a_n_g_e_s__f_r_o_m__p_r_e_v_i_o_u_s__M_o_v_i_e__P_l_a_y_e_r
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- This section lists the changes in the functionality and
- interface of Movie Player from the versions shipped with
- IRIX 5.3.
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- +o Movie Player can now open and play many more types of
- QuickTime files than in previous releases. In
- particular, Movie Player will now play back QuickTime
- movies which were created using the Cinepak (also
- called "Compact Video") compression scheme.
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- +o Movie Player can now play MPEG-1 video bit stream
- files, and MPEG-1 system bit stream files which contain
- one audio track and one video track.
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