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MovieShow 1.1 - A BackSpace module which shows TIFF movies
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Hacked by Paul Burchard <burchard@math.utah.edu> from
Bill Carson's SlideShow module (see its README for more history).
Thanks to Sam Streeper for corrections!
NOTES:
This module displays movies in screensavers which accept BackSpace modules. The movies must be in ".anim" format, that is, a folder named NAME.anim (where NAME can be anything) containing TIFF frames, named in display order as:
NAME.anim/NAME.1.tiff
NAME.anim/NAME.2.tiff
...etc...
Until NeXTstep 3.0, you'll need to use the dwrite command to select a movie (as described below).
If you like the enclosed weather movie, you can make your own up-to-date weather movies using WAIStation.app (also available from the FTP archives). Get "weather.src" source from "directory-of-servers.src" by asking about "weather", then ask "weather.src" for "gif". When you retrieve the GIF files, they'll open in ImageViewer, which lets you save them as TIFF files.
INSTALLATION:
1. Move "MovieShowView.o" into the Backspace application folder, and "Weather-920515.anim" to your Images folder. E.g.:
mv MovieShowView.o /LocalApps/Backspace.app
mv Weather-920515.anim ~/Library/Images
You can recompile first if you wish, using the supplied Makefile.
2. Set prefs as desired using the dwrite command. (You need to restart the screensaver for any changes to take effect.) Here are the default values:
dwrite MovieShow Movie ~/Library/Images/Weather-920515.anim
dwrite MovieShow FrameTime 5
dwrite MovieShow BeginPause 12
dwrite MovieShow EndPause 30
dwrite MovieShow DarkTime 0
dwrite MovieShow Jump YES
dwrite MovieShow SlideFrames NO
dwrite MovieShow SlidePauses NO
dwrite MovieShow TimeUnit 25
FrameTime = all movie frames held this many time units
BeginPause = extra time units to hold first frame
EndPause = extra time units to hold last frame
DarkTime = time units between movie runs, when screen is completely dark
Jump = do you want movie to start at random new location each time it runs?
SlideFrames = do you want movie to slide on screen as it is running?
SlidePauses = do you want picture to slide while movie pauses at begin/end?
TimeUnit = number of program loops to count as one time unit; don't make this
too big or sliding will be jerky
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