Hello!

I have here running Wildfire 7 / PPC (Version 7.15), and I want to test
the MPEG - Loader/Saver modules in the MorphOS native versions.

How or where can I access them. In the documentation of Wildfire
is only mentioned, that there is support for?MPG1 &2, but not how I can save my projects with this...

When I choose MPEG-Animation in the output, I can only set the FPS and the bitrate, but not the type of MPEG.

Thanks!

Boris

Does this app run nice under MorphOS? We own it and want to install. IS the developer still around?

IIRC, Wildfire unfortunately supports only mpeg1 so you can`t choose between mpeg 1 and 2.

However, you can export your anim as single frames (don`t forget to choose a proper resolution) and encode it then with mencoder etc to every format you wish.

discreetfx:

Well, Wildfire runs very nicely on MorphOS 1.4 (iirc there where once some quirks with early MUI Beta Versions, but afair they got fixed), since I still can`t afford MorphOS 2.x yet I am unable to say how fine it works there.

Andreas K?ster is still around from time to time, you might contact him via his homepage. (However, since he is a dad now, i guess his time is a bit more precious this days ;) )

Oh btw for a first start, I made a little tutorial, have a look here

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Yes, if you disable PPC (which will also make it faster). Some previous threads about Wildfire (for your convenience):

Wildfire is working!

Wildfire 7 MorphOS Version of the MPEG Saver and Loader

Free GIF Image-and Anim Saver for Wildfire 7

MorphOS 2.0 Application Compatibility Thread

@ DiscreetFX

The official website for can be found at the following address:
http://www.wk-artworks.de/

Development of the successor to Wildfire, named Taifun, was stopped a long time ago.

It works generally fine under MorphOS 2.2. The PPC-Option does not affect the speed of Wildfire - I use it with the tooltype.

@takemehomegrandma:

I have downloaded the Loader/Saver modules and installed it correctly.
But how can I use them in Wildfire? I think they are only for additional usage with a shell, not directly from the program...?

And for this the Mencoder or ffmpeg is really better...

Perhaps must contact the author of Wildfire for the solution...

Thanks!

Boris

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Must have been fixed then with MorphOS 2.x, under 1.4 you had to disable the ppc option or else you had some bad crashes
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Well, as explained in the readme for the loader/saver you simply replace them in the tools directory (don`t forget to make a backup).
And thats basicly it, when you want to export your anim as mpeg, you choose mpeg Animation. But as allready mentioned, the mpeg saver iirc just exports mpeg 1, if you want mpeg 2, you better choose a picture sequence and encode it with mencoder.

[ Edited by Bladerunner on 2009/3/5 23:17 ]

MorphOS Version of the free MPEG Saver and Loader for Wildfire 7


The files "wf_mpeg2decode" and "wf_mpeg2encode" are the MorphOS
Versions of the free MPEG Video Loader and Saver, which can be used
with Wildfire.


Installation:
You need a commercial Version of Wildfire 7.
The files are compiled to run on Pegasos with MorphOS.

Copy the files "wf_mpeg2decode" and "wf_mpeg2encode" into the directory
"system/tools/" (inside the Wildfire 7 main directory) over the existing files.

ATTENTION: YOu should make an backup of the existing files before replacing them!

We can not guarantee that this programs will run on all systems.


Tests were done on Pegasos 1 G3@600mhz.

Saving an test animations as an MPEG file:
68kmpegsaver: Time 1min42sec (68k test with activated JIT)
ppcmpegsaver: Time 16sec


Special thanks to Oliver Hummel for compiling and tests.

If you have any questions please contact Andreas Küssner: ak@wk-artworks.de

The files are based on:
mpeg2encode / mpeg2decode
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MPEG-2 Encoder / Decoder, Version 1.2, July 19, 1996