Welcome to XAnim Revision 2.70.6.2! This readme file covers some important topics in addition to describing what all is contain in this archive. You can also visit the XAnim Home Page: http://www.portal.com/~podlipec/home.html 1) CopyRight/Disclaimer XAnim Copyright (C) 1990,1991,1992,1993,1994,1995,1996 by Mark Podlipec. All rights reserved. This software may be freely copied, modified and redistributed without fee for non-commerical purposes provided that this copyright notice is preserved intact on all copies and modified copies. There is no warranty or other guarantee of fitness of this software. It is provided solely "as is". The author(s) disclaim(s) all responsibility and liability with respect to this software's usage or its effect upon hardware or computer systems. 2) But Is It Free? Yes, for non-commercial use. No money, donations, etc are required. However, I do collect coins from around the World, so if you use and like XAnim and want to help motivate me to put more effort into it, you can send whatever coins you feel like donating to: Mark Podlipec 15 Meadow Lane Shrewsbury MA 01545 USA Doesn't matter what the value or condition they are in. However, since I do have the majority of the 20th century US coins, I'm not as interested in them. Again, this is strictly voluntary. You can see the collection by visting: http://www.portal.com/~podlipec/coins.html For commercial use, a licensing agreement is required. You may send enquiries to: podlipec@shell.portal.com 3) Now What? XAnim is distributed as source code and needs to be compiled on your machine before you'll be able to use it. The "Compile_Help.doc" file provides step by step instructions on how to compile XAnim on unix machines. If you have a VMS machine, please see the "VMS_Help.doc" file. I apologize that the VMS instructions aren't as detailed, but I don't know much about that OS, yet. The "Compile_Errs.doc" file contains common compile errors and their solutions. The "Problems.doc" file describes common warning and error messages that you might encounter while running XAnim. The "audio.readme" contains machine specific audio information. The file "Examples.doc" gives some common usage examples on running xanim. The "xanim.readme" or "xanim.man" page contians much more detailed description of all the options and has sections describing various features in depth. 3) What are all these other files? This archive contains the source to XAnim(all the .xbm, .h and .c files) and needs to be compiled on your machine in order to produce an XAnim executable. Below is a list and brief description of all the files in this archive. --------------------------------- README -This file --------------------------------- *.xbm -These files are bitmaps for the Remote Control. *.h -These are part of the XAnim source code. *.c -These are part of the XAnim source code. Imakefile -This file is used to compile XAnim on machines that have Imake setup correctly. see "Compile_Help.doc" for more info. Makefile -This file is used to compile XAnim on machines that don't have Imake setup correctly. see "Compile_Help.doc" for more info. --------------------------------- xanim.readme -This is a text file describing all the options and functionality of XAnim. xanim.man -This is the unix man page equivalent of the xanim.readme file. audio.readme -Machine Specific Audio information. cinepak.readme -This file describes how to add support for the Radius Cinepak Video Codec to XAnim. indeo.readme -This file describes how to add support for the Radius Cinepak Video Codec to XAnim. --------------------------------- Compile_Help.doc -Step by step instructions for compiling XAnim. Compile_Errs.doc -Common compile errors and solutions. Problems.doc -Common Error and Warning messages. Audio_Checklist.doc -A Chart of which Audio Codecs work with which hardware platform Formats.doc -Detailed list of all the formats that XAnim supports. Codecs.doc -List of Quicktime and AVI Video and Audio that I know about. Rev_History.doc -Revision history of XAnim. WWW_Helper.doc -Getting WWW Browsers to work with XAnim. --------------------------------- VMS_Help.doc -Help file for VMS users. make.com -This file is used to compile XAnim on some VMS systems. See vms.help for more info. descrip.mms -This file is used to compile XAnim on some VMS systems. See vms.help for more info. --------------------------------- ijg.readme -Since I based the XAnim JPEG code on the IJG jpeg code, I need to distribute this file. 4) If you have a problem running or compiling that the documentation doesn't cover or if you find a bug you can contact me at: podlipec@shell.portal.com Please include the following information in your email message: 1) The rev of XAnim. 2) Type of machine and OS. 3) A description of the problem: + including the type of animation. + any options used. + full error messages and/or xanim output. 5) XAnim Mailing List I have had a mailing list setup that anyone is free to join. It is used only for announcing new XAnim revisions as they come out. To Subscribe/Unsubscribe send email to: xanim-request@shell.portal.com with the word "subscribe" or "unsubscribe" in either the Subject or Message Body. It would also be best to include your email address since I've found a lot of mailer's do not include the correct reply address in the mail headers. Unfortunately, this part of the list maintenance isn't automated yet, so bare with me as I usually make the additions every couple of weeks or sometimes just wait until the next XAnim release. Bug reports should still be sent to: podlipec@shell.portal.com I do attempt to reply to all the email messages I receive, however, I get quite a few with invalid return addresses. If you don't hear from me within a week, double check that your return address is correct. 6) Alright, What's New? The Rev_History.doc should/will/has a complete list of what's new to this particular revision, but this section will list just the highlights. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2.70.6.2 (06Jun96) ------------------------------------------------------------------------- + CVID: broke grayscale cvid animations. If you already have 27061 then edit "xa_qt.c" and change line 1127 from: --- } --- to be: --- } if (qt->depth == 40) qt->depth = 8; --- and recompile. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2.70.6.1 (05Jun96) ------------------------------------------------------------------------- + KPCD: Fixed Minor warning that some fanatical compilers considered an error. :^) No reason to upgrade to this is you can compile 2.70.6 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2.70.6 (04Jun96) ------------------------------------------------------------------------- + REMOTE: Petunia volume scrollbar is now settable with mouse. + REMOTE: -Zr wasn't working with Petunia. + AVI: hooks for Creative CYUV Video Codec added. see creative.readme for instructions. + AVI: Add support for WHAM video codec(same as CRAM). + QT: Added support for Kodak Photo CD Video Codec. + QT: Added support for RAW depth 1 Video Codec + QT: Added support for RLE depth 4 Video Codec + QT: Added support for Microsoft Video 1 Video Codec. +WAV: large audio chunks are broken into smaller chunks artificially by xanim to improve +f memory usage. Mark -- Mark Podlipec podlipec@shell.portal.com