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Short: FrameMachine drivers, TV on WB, Videos and more...
Author: stefan.robl@tirnet.de (Stefan Robl)
Uploader: stefan.robl@tirnet.de (Stefan Robl)
Version: 1.12
Type: hard/drivr
Description
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FMdriver is a new driver system for the FrameMachine
video-card from electronic-design.
It is a completely rewritten driver and it features
the fastest possible access-speed to the hardware.
It is fast enough to watch television on the Workbench
(PPC strongly recommended!)
The driver and the TV-program are included as 68k and
PPC-versions to provide optimum performance.
The FMdriver archive contains several programs:
FMBaseConfig -- A config-program which allows the easy
configuration of the Prism24-display and
digi-sizes.
FMTV -- This program allows you to use the
FrameMachine for watching television on the
WB (!!).
It also allows to configure the Prism24 so that
you can watch TV over it.
You additionally have the option to make
snapshots from the video and save it as image
to disk.
FMInit -- A small tool which allows to initialize the
FrameMachine with user-definable settings.
It is very useful to copy this tool into
the WBStartup drawer to auto-init the FM
on boot. as alternative, you can also use FMInit
from Shell.
FMRecorder -- Record small movies directly to your harddrives!
This program is also able to playback the recorded
anims and also allows to convert them into single
images.
FMRecord -- This shell-program allows to record FMMovie anims
directly to harddisk (like FMRecorder does).
FMRecordDec -- This shell-program is a converter from the FMMovie
file format into single images (same funtionality
as FMRecorder, but useful for script-processing).
FMGrab -- A small shell-program which allows to grab images
and save them to file.
Requirements
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o FrameMachine video card, with or without Prism24 add-on
o AmigaOS3.x (tested with 3.0 and 3.1)
o About 2MB free RAM
o 68020(+)
o OCS, ECS or AGA (runs from 2 to 256 colors (!!) )
> For full image quality and speed you should have running
> with CGX V3/V4 or Piccasso96 in 15 Bit or more
Additionally you need for the PPC-Versions:
o a PPC 603e/604e PowerPC accelerator board
o WarpOS V3 or better
Distribution
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FMdriver is GIFTWARE. If you use it,
please send me a donation.
History
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V1.00: (15.08.1999)
** first public release **
V1.01 (20.08.1999)
- fixed a small bug in the install-script
V1.10 (29.08.1999)
** 2. public release **
- added global support for non-gfx-board Amigas (!!)
- added the programs FMInit, FMGrab, FMRecord,
FMRecordDec and FMRecorder
V1.12 (01.09.1999)
** 3. public release **
- added the gadget "Filename style" to FMRecorder for
more filename styles
Thanks Lemmink, for this idea!
- added a status requester (frames/fps) to FMRecorder
for playback and recording
- FMTV now closes the TVControl window, if you close
with the right mouse button into the TV window
- removed a "flicker-problem" in small resolutions
(this caused also strange lines on some machines)
Thanks to Rolf Wiessner and Ingo Nehls for reporting
this problem!
- added global support for the following image
filetypes: PPM, PGM, IFF24, IFF8, IFF24c, IFF8c
- The FMdriver was unable to work without a attached
Prism24 board... sorry, hadn't tested this until
Gernod Schomberg reported this... Thanks Gernod!!
Author
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Stefan Robl <stefan.robl@tirnet.de>
More infos about ArtecScan, the QBox, FMdriver, CGXBlanker,
DPMSManager, AVL and my other Projects?
Just visit my Homepage: http://www.tirnet.de/~srobl
Have fun!