It can decode: - Movies: QuickTime (MOV). Video For Windows (AVI). Autodesk Animator (FLI/FLC/FLH). Real Media (RM). MPEG 1/2 (MPG). - Interactive Video: QuickTime VR (MOV with mouse control). - Sounds: Audio Visual Research (AVR). Microsoft RIFF-WAVE (WAV). Apple Interchange File Format (AIF). DVSM Falcon Winrec (DVS). Real Audio (RA 14.4K and 28.8K). MPEG 1/2 Audio Layer 1,2 (MP1/2). AC3 Dolby Digital (AC3). Ogg Vorbis (OGG). - JPEG images.It is written and specially optimised for the Falcon.
Files are read in direct-to-disk (D2D) mode, which reduces the amount of memory required.
On the Falcon, with a True Color display and the DSP, it is possible to get very smooth animations including sound, without skipping any images (a fast CD-ROM drive is required, see 'Required Hardware').
At the moment, only a few formats use the DSP. The main one is the Cinepak (CVID) compression (see also 'AVI/MOV/RM image compression').
Movies are displayed in a window, and it's possible to move to a specific place in the movie (using the cursor or tape-recorder buttons, see 'Display options') for all movie formats except FLI/FLC/FLH files.
Tape-recorder look:
When processing audio files, VU-meters are enabled/disabled by clicking on the 'fuller' window gadget. The display of peak levels in the VU-meters is enabled/disabled by a click in the VU-meters themselves. A Playlist mode can be used in addition to the slide-show mode; in this mode the window displays both the 'track' played and the time, as in a real CD player.
Clicking with the right mouse button causes a popup menu to appear. This contains important features such as file information, block functions, saving, copy to Playlist, and the hide function under MagiC (see also 'Block selection').
The program supports the VA_START protocol: assuming that Aniplayer is the installed application for AVI/MOV/FLI/RM/MPG, AVR/WAV/AIF/RA/MP/AC3/OGG, JPG files, the program will start the first time you double-click on an appropriate file; subsequent double-clicks on such files will NOT start a new copy of Aniplayer, but will invoke the existing version. AV_SENDKEY is also supported, as is the Drag & Drop protocol.
The program also works as a desk-accessory when renamed with a .ACC extension. Multitasking is supported, as well as TTP mode with command line parameters (see 'Command line' and 'GEM messages').
Aniplayer supports the ID4-OLGA protocol (see 'OLGA installation'); for example you can use it as a plug-in for your favourite browser.
The program interface is in French, with an integrated RSC file, but it will provide an English-language interface if the appropriate N_FRENCH.TXT file appears in the same directory as ANIPLAY.PRG.