Re: .fli File Info Request

Scott Raney ((no email))
Thu, 28 Apr 94 14:18:48 MDT

>
> On Thu, 28 Apr 1994, XoBe wrote:
>
> > I am going to use Macintosh software to create quicktime files. The use Debabelizer to convert the files to fli/flc. It works. Except for the annoyance that MetaCard refuses to replay videoclips on a monochrome monitor.
>
> I don't have a problem with converting Mac or PC quicktime or other files
> to .fli or whatever so I can use it on my Sun. My problem is in getting
> the quicktime or whatever file from my Sun. I can do screen grabs
> (stills) from my Sun and pull in the converted raster images to MetaCard,
> but I am not sure how I can make the jump to video grabs on my Sun to .fli
> format to import into MetaCard. Any suggestions on this? I am using a
> non-commercial package on the Sun, so I can't run it on Mac or PC. Anyone
> know of a good video grabber for the Sun?

Now I'm confused. What is the source of your "video"? Is it just
screen grabs of an application, or is it *true* video from a card such
as a Parallax board?

If the former, a product like ScreenPlay might do what you need. It
records what you do with your application, and can play it back later
(it saves screen snapshots into a file at a frame rate you specify):
RAD Technologies, Inc. 745 Emerson St. Palo Alto, CA 94301
Tel: 415-968-4800 Fax: 415-940-1961 e-mail: info@rad.com

If the latter, then you'd need something like Uniflix from Paradise
Software (609-275-4475), which works directly with the hardware to
digitize analog video. Playback is software only, though, so you can
play it back on any system.
Scott

> > /Olov Bergqvist
> > Ericsson Infocom Consultants AB
>
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