Moovid problems

[Gav]

Hi
I just downloaded Moovid68k and i cant get it to run .
It says cant open screen on any file i press on,i have a 1200/060/128mb voodoo 3..Is there anything i need to do? explain best as possible as its all new w to me..
Thanks

[Cass]

OK, select the moovid icon, and then "info" from the menu (or press "right-Amiga" & "i"). Go to "tooltypes", and set the apropriate dither : (DITHER=)
es. DITHER=P96
Should work (select the apropriate display driver). Also check the other options that suit you.
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[Gav]

So do i erase them all and type DITHER=P96? what else? its not working for me please help..

[Gav]

I really wish i never bought it now,what a pain it is,user friendly? yeah right...

[Gav]

I really wish i never bought it now,what a pain it is,user friendly? yeah right...

[pha_q]

Perhaps you should read the documentation. MooVId is an excellent program that only requires a little thought to use.

[D00kie]

I use DITHER=PIP on my VooDoo3. It performs much better because it
lets the card handle the window graphics. Or something like that.

If I remember correctly, the P96 dithering is only for people with the
actual Picasso video card.

[Cass]

@D00kie

If I remember correctly, the P96 dithering is only for people with the actual Picasso video card.

No, that is the Picasso96 video driver system that comes with the AOS3.5 & 3.9 (there is support for the UAE & Amithlon also).

@Gav
Don't get upset, take a look on the documentation (shell parameters), where everything is explained.

As for the example, when you erase the parentheses () , the parameter gets activated (note that you don't have to use the <>, just insert a value -string or number-  ).

Here are the parameters:
(NOSOUND)
(NOSKIP)
(FPS=)
(LOOP)
(NOVIDEO)
(PUBSCREEN=)
(WINX=)
(WINY=)
(MABFIX)
(NOSURROUNDMONO)
(WINDOWPLAY)
(AKIKO)
(NOGUI)
(SDBL)
(FAITH2k)
(FORCE16)
(LORES)
(HIRES)
(SHIRES)
(ZORRO2)
(DITHER=)
(NOCENTER)
(MONITOR=)
(AUTOPLAY)
(NOAUTOEXIT)
(GFXBOARDSCREENWIDTH=)
(GFXBOARDSCREENHEIGHT=)
(BUFSIZE=)
(DEFAULTPATH=MOV:)
(COLORKEY)
(NOPPC)

Try to experiment yourself. Note that some parameters may create problems (like the "akiko" one, which is used for the CD?? custom chip), so better left as they are (in parentheses).
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[Gav]

Thanks ppl,i got it to work under p96 and also pip but i get loads of sound skipping..IS this the best i will get from my 060/voodoo 3? just riva plays mpegs with sound perfect..Anything i can change? if i change the frame frate then the sound slows down..
Thanks for ya hel ppl...

[Gav]

Actually with music avi/mov it works fine if i leave the no skip but my friend sends me mpegs of her  self and if i leave no skip then i just get sound.BUT IF i turn it on then i get anim but the sound is way off,any help?
Thanks

[Gav]

So no1 know then?

[Cass]

Mpeg is another codec (might be very compressed an needs much cpu for audio&video decoding). You should give a try to other players also (like amidog's player and frogger).
As for the Moovid, try increasing the buffers:
(BUFSIZE=)
and set the AHI to Paula, uses less CPU power.

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