Short: XFA Developer's Kit from ClassX (v1.15) Author: classx@pisoft.it Uploader: classx@pisoft.it Type: util/libs **************************************************************************** During the development of X-DVE, our titling/animation system, one of the first problems I had to face was to choose an animation format suited for video resolutions (meaning both PAL and NTSC) fast enough to play smooth, even with high resolution and "deep" screens. I started to test the various standard animation formats, like Anim-5, Anim-7 etc. but they were all too slow and gave other extra features (like multiple palette handling, multi frame rates, complete multitasking) which I could stand without. The only anim format very near to my requirements was SCALA's anim 32I, but: - there was no documentation for it. - it was smooth enough, but trying to swith caches off (68040) display started to flash, making me think of a wrong double buffering tecnique. So, I decided to start working on a new compression tecnique (XFA) that now is in your hands. **************************************************************************** IF YOU ARE DEVELOPING ANIMATION PROGRAMS AND YOU NEED A FAST, COMPACT, RELIABLE, POWERFUL ANIM FORMAT, BE SURE THIS LIBRARY IS FOR YOU. XFA.LIBRARY INCLUDES ALL THE FUNCTIONS YOU NEED FOR PACKING, UNPACKING, PLAYING, LOADING AND SAVING IFF-XFA ANIMATIONS. **************************************************************************** ============================= Archive contents ============================= Original Packed Ratio Date Time Name -------- ------- ----- --------- -------- ------------- 1969 844 57.1% 06-Sep-95 15:55:02 +xfa2iff.e 1164 563 51.6% 06-Sep-95 15:55:00 +xfa_Info.e 1423 639 55.0% 06-Sep-95 15:55:00 +xfa_play.e 478 259 45.8% 06-Sep-95 15:55:02 +xfa.m 587 257 56.2% 06-Sep-95 15:55:02 +xfa.m 396 216 45.4% 03-Jun-96 15:07:00 +AnimToXFA.bb.info 396 213 46.2% 03-Jun-96 15:07:00 +LIB_XFA.bb.info 396 215 45.7% 03-Jun-96 15:07:00 +XFA_INFO.bb.info 396 218 44.9% 03-Jun-96 15:07:00 +XFA_PACK.bb.info 396 217 45.2% 03-Jun-96 15:07:00 +XFA_PLAY.bb.info 1934 821 57.5% 21-Jun-95 15:29:44 +XFA2IFF.ascii 1622 757 53.3% 21-Jun-95 15:29:34 +XFA2IFF.bb 396 216 45.4% 03-Jun-96 15:07:00 +XFA2IFF.bb.info 1226 157 87.1% 21-Jun-95 15:29:34 +XFA2IFF.bb.xtra 488 251 48.5% 20-Jun-95 18:55:44 +XFA_PLAY.bb 852 441 48.2% 15-May-95 14:43:10 +AnimToXFA.bb 1956 675 65.4% 19-Jul-96 17:30:58 +xfa.library1 672 313 53.4% 15-May-95 14:44:04 +XFA_INFO.ascii 589 292 50.4% 15-May-95 14:43:56 +XFA_INFO.bb 1478 595 59.7% 15-May-95 14:44:26 +XFA_PACK.bb 1131 539 52.3% 15-May-95 14:42:42 +AnimToXFA.ascii 1226 121 90.1% 15-May-95 14:43:10 +AnimToXFA.bb.xtra 1980 709 64.1% 02-May-95 14:48:24 +LIB_XFA.ascii 1226 193 84.2% 15-May-95 14:43:56 +XFA_INFO.bb.xtra 608 290 52.3% 20-Jun-95 18:56:08 +XFA_PLAY.ascii 1937 700 63.8% 02-May-95 14:29:16 +LIB_XFA.bb 1226 194 84.1% 02-May-95 14:29:16 +LIB_XFA.bb.xtra 1729 655 62.1% 15-May-95 14:44:32 +XFA_PACK.ascii 1226 191 84.4% 15-May-95 14:44:26 +XFA_PACK.bb.xtra 1226 193 84.2% 20-Jun-95 18:55:44 +XFA_PLAY.bb.xtra 1408 598 57.5% 02-May-95 12:58:14 +xfa.h 1233 593 51.9% 03-Jun-96 15:07:00 +AmigaE.info 1233 591 52.0% 03-Jun-96 15:07:00 +Blitz.info 1233 595 51.7% 03-Jun-96 15:07:00 +C.info 4811 963 79.9% 22-Jul-96 12:08:30 +xfa_protos.h 2072 525 74.6% 19-Jul-96 17:30:46 +xfa_pragmas.h 218 144 33.9% 09-Apr-96 15:46:14 +xfa.h 975 475 51.2% 19-Aug-96 18:55:42 +Installation.DOC 1506 577 61.6% 19-Jul-96 17:30:42 +xfa.fd 30000 15330 48.9% 09-Aug-96 09:37:24 +xfa.library000 28756 15160 47.2% 09-Aug-96 09:39:24 +xfa.library020 28756 15160 47.2% 09-Aug-96 09:41:26 +xfa.library030 28756 15167 47.2% 09-Aug-96 09:43:22 +xfa.library040 39982 12085 69.7% 19-Aug-96 18:54:02 +XFA_Library.DOC 513 249 51.4% 03-Jun-96 15:07:00 +XFA_Library.DOC.info -------- ------- ----- --------- -------- 203781 90156 55.7% 21-Aug-96 02:35:58 45 files