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- 9. _M_o_v_i_e__M_a_k_e_r
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- Movie Maker (invoked from the command line as _m_o_v_i_e_m_a_k_e_r) is
- a graphical tool for creating and editing movies. Movies
- can include images from IRIS ImageVision Library image
- files, sound from audio files, and images and sound from
- movie files.
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- Either sound or silent movies can be created. Movie Maker
- includes cut, copy, and paste editing capabilities for movie
- files.
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- On-line help is available describing in detail how to go
- about creating and editing movies.
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- 9.1 _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 Maker software and
- ways to work around them.
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- +o It is not possible to directly edit most types of
- QuickTime movies. QuickTime movies may be imported
- into an SGI movie and sections of a QuickTime movie may
- be exported as a new movie using the Export Options and
- Export features of Movie Maker.
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- +o Optimizing a movie requires copying the movie file,
- which can take a significant amount of disk space. If
- there is not enough, Movie Maker will report this fact
- and leave the movie unoptimized.
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- +o The Undo command is still not supported in this
- release.
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- +o Though Movie Maker has "Cut" and "Paste" features on
- its menu, it does not support Cut and Paste between
- itself and other applications such as Movie Player,
- Showcase, or Sound Editor.
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- +o When previewing a movie, the entire Movie Maker display
- becomes inactive. You must end the preview by closing
- the Movie Player application before Movie Maker will
- continue the edit session.
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- +o Movie Maker behaves unintuitively when inserting just
- audio or just image frames into an existing movie. You
- would expect that it would move the existing audio and
- image data together to maintain the synchronization.
- However, only the data in the track that you are
- inserting into gets moved. To workaround, you need to
- insert an equal amount of the other data.
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- +o Movie Maker is unable to create JPEG-encoded movies
- which are compatible with the Cosmo Compress option.
- You can use the dmconvert(1) command convert an
- existing movie to a format which can be played back
- using Cosmo Compress. The dmconvert(1) man page
- includes example command-line invocations for creating
- movies suitable for real-time playback with Cosmo.
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- 9.2 _C_h_a_n_g_e_s__f_r_o_m__t_h_e__p_r_e_v_i_o_u_s__M_o_v_i_e__M_a_k_e_r
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- This section lists the changes in the interface of Movie
- Maker from the 5.3 version.
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- +o Movie Maker adds compression quality controls for SGI
- and QuickTime compression codecs. They are available
- in both the Movie Creation Options and Movie Export
- Options panels.
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- +o Movie Maker can now open MPEG movies. However, it
- cannot edit or create them. To create MPEG movies, use
- Media Convert or the dmconvert command. You must obtain
- a Silicon Graphics _M_P_E_G _E_n_c_o_d_e_r _L_i_c_e_n_s_e if you want to
- create MPEG movies or sound files.
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- +o The Cinepak (also known as "Compact Video") compression
- scheme is now supported for QuickTime movies. You must
- obtain a Silicon Graphics _C_i_n_e_p_a_k _E_n_c_o_d_e_r _L_i_c_e_n_s_e if
- you want to create QuickTime Cinepak movies. It is not
- necessary to obtain a license in order to open Cinepak
- movies with Movie Maker.
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- 9.3 _B_u_g__F_i_x_e_s
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- This section lists the bugs fixed since the IRIX 5.3 release
- of Moviemaker.
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- +o In IRIX 5.3, TIFF still image output would not work
- correctly. This bug has been fixed.
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- +o In IRIX 5.3, if you exported a QuickTime movie with no
- image compression, it would appear with shifted colors.
- This bug has been fixed.
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