ARMovie 057 front-end on Risc OS 4.39
Christopher Self
However, I have succeeded with Risc OS 4.02 and it's nice to use, so I'd like it in the upgraded computer, please.
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Christopher Self
David Pitt
It works here with OS4.39 with the demos it comes with.
Are there any error messages?
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David Pitt
Christopher Self
David Pitt <ne...@pittdj.co.uk> wrote:
>
> It works here with OS4.39 with the demos it comes with.
>
> Are there any error messages?
>
If I use the Replay Config program, the first attempt fails with an "unknown or missing variable" error from the Config program; the second attempt works although it doesn't seem to have remembered the settings from last time. After that, double-clicking a replay file gives an "abort on data transfer" error. Other times I've got "colour map" errors and one about "2*2 pixel squares" or some such. I did once get the Hi-res Lion Fish file to load into a multi-tasking window with the music playing, but the picture was a jumble of jiggling coloured squares.
These problems are almost exactly what happened when the ROM's were in another machine. Now that machine has 4.02 ROMs with the later ARMovie working fine.
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Christopher Self
David Pitt
> In message <gemini.k85fwm0...@pittdj.co.uk>
> David Pitt <ne...@pittdj.co.uk> wrote:
> >
> > It works here with OS4.39 with the demos it comes with.
> >
> > Are there any error messages?
> >
> Well it will play a movie after bootup but without the window "furniture"
> and so not multi-tasking.
> If I use the Replay Config program, the first attempt fails with an
> "unknown or missing variable" error from the Config program; the second
> attempt works although it doesn't seem to have remembered the settings
> from last time. After that, double-clicking a replay file gives an "abort
> on data transfer" error. Other times I've got "colour map" errors and one
> about "2*2 pixel squares" or some such. I did once get the Hi-res Lion
> Fish file to load into a multi-tasking window with the music playing, but
> the picture was a jumble of jiggling coloured squares.
I have found !RepSetup 0.08 on the Select3 CD. That does come up with the
variable missing error at line 564. Having failed the config file is left
open. It seems the program is not initializing its variables for some
reason, cowboy time then, I added this to !RunImage :-
DEF PROCinit
scaling$ =""
resize$ =""
aspect$ =""
frontend$=""
multi$ =""
speed$ =""
sound$ =""
video$ =""
That sorted that out. I got the same fault on OS4.04. It may be down to what
is already in the Choices files.
The files are playing here. It could be that the left open file was messing
up the works and causing a data abort.
I hope that helps.
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David Pitt
David Pitt
> In message <gemini.k85fwm0...@pittdj.co.uk>
> David Pitt <ne...@pittdj.co.uk> wrote:
> >
> > It works here with OS4.39 with the demos it comes with.
> >
> > Are there any error messages?
> >
> Well it will play a movie after bootup but without the window "furniture"
> and so not multi-tasking.
> If I use the Replay Config program, the first attempt fails with an
> "unknown or missing variable" error from the Config program; the second
> attempt works although it doesn't seem to have remembered the settings
> from last time. After that, double-clicking a replay file gives an "abort
> on data transfer" error. Other times I've got "colour map" errors and one
> about "2*2 pixel squares" or some such. I did once get the Hi-res Lion
> Fish file to load into a multi-tasking window with the music playing, but
> the picture was a jumble of jiggling coloured squares.
I have found !RepSetup 0.08 on the Select3 CD. That does come up with the
druck
> In message <gemini.k85fwm0...@pittdj.co.uk>
> David Pitt <ne...@pittdj.co.uk> wrote:
>>
>> It works here with OS4.39 with the demos it comes with.
>>
>> Are there any error messages?
>>
> Well it will play a movie after bootup but without the window
> "furniture" and so not multi-tasking.
You need the Replay front end !ARPlayer
> If I use the Replay Config program, the first attempt fails with an
> "unknown or missing variable" error from the Config program; the
> second attempt works although it doesn't seem to have remembered the
> settings from last time.
What config program?
Please lets have some specific details of what goes wrong and what
software you are talking about. It's not difficult to tell us what
the word under the thing you've clicked on is.
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Christopher Self
David Pitt <ne...@pittdj.co.uk> wrote:
> I have found !RepSetup 0.08 on the Select3 CD. That does come up with the
> variable missing error at line 564. Having failed the config file is left
> open. It seems the program is not initializing its variables for some
> reason, cowboy time then, I added this to !RunImage :-
>
> DEF PROCinit
> scaling$ =""
> resize$ =""
> aspect$ =""
> frontend$=""
> multi$ =""
> speed$ =""
> sound$ =""
> video$ =""
>
> That sorted that out. I got the same fault on OS4.04. It may be down to what
> is already in the Choices files.
>
> The files are playing here. It could be that the left open file was messing
> up the works and causing a data abort.
>
> I hope that helps.
That solves the startup error but Replay files still won't play in the multi-tasking front-end.
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Christopher Self
David Pitt
They are playing here in a window and multi-tasking, but that is OS4.37 on
my RiscPC. This is my Choices file :-
| Sets ARMovie options (Produced by RepSetup 0.03)
Set ARMovie$MachinePixels 1024000
Set ARMovie$Interpolate 128000,512000
Set ARMovie$Default -magx 2:1 -magy 2:1 -tools 3 -multi 0 -furniture 191
-speed 1 -noerror
The files also played on OS4.39 VRPC but the tool bar never showed.
I also found that !RepSetup was unable to create its file in PreDesk but
could modify it if it was already there.
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David Pitt