Welcome to XAnim Revision 2.80.1
This readme file covers some important topics in addition to describing what all is contain in this archive.
You can also visit the XAnim Home Pages:
http://xanim.va.pubnix.com/home.html
http://smurfland.cit.buffalo.edu/xanim/home.html
http://xanim.resnet.gatech.edu/home.html
http://www.tm.informatik.uni-frankfurt.de/xanim/
- CopyRight/Disclaimer
XAnim Copyright (C) 1990-1999 by Mark Podlipec. All rights reserved.
This software may be freely used, copied and redistributed without fee for non-commerical purposes provided that this copyright notice is preserved intact on all copies.
There is no warranty or other guarantee of fitness of this software. It is provided solely "as is". The author(s) disclaim(s) all responsibility and liability with respect to this software's usage and its effect upon hardware or computer systems.
2) But Is It Free?
Yes, for non-commercial use. No money, donations, etc are required.
However, I do collect coins from around the World, so if you use and like XAnim and want to help motivate me to put more effort into it, you can send whatever coins you feel like donating to:
Mark Podlipec
15 Meadow Lane
Shrewsbury MA 01545 USA
Doesn't matter what the value or condition they are in. However, since I do have the majority of the 20th century US coins, I'm not as interested in them. Again, this is strictly voluntary. You can see the collection by visting:
http://home.ici.net/~podlipec/coins.html
For commercial use, a licensing agreement is required. You may send enquiries to:
3) Now What?
XAnim is distributed as source code and needs to be compiled on your machine before you'll be able to use it. You'll need to have the following installed on your machine:
C compiler
X11 includes
X11 libraries
- Read through the "README.dll" file.
- Read through the "README.zlib" file.
- Read through the README.* file that corresponds to the type of machine that you have. For example, README.sunos
- Now read the "Compile_Help.doc" file provides step by step instructions on how to compile XAnim on unix machines.
If you have a VMS machine, please see the "VMS_Help.doc" file. I apologize that the VMS instructions aren't as detailed, but I don't know much about that OS, yet.
The "Compile_Errs.doc" file contains common compile errors and their solutions.
The "Problems.doc" file describes common warning and error messages that you might encounter while running XAnim.
The "audio.readme" contains machine specific audio information. This file is slowly being rolled up into the specific readmes.
The file "Examples.doc" gives some common usage examples on running xanim. The "xanim.readme" or "xanim.man" page contians much more detailed description of all the options and has sections describing various features in depth.
3) What are all these other files?
This archive contains the source to XAnim(all the .xbm, .h and .c files) and needs to be compiled on your machine in order to produce an XAnim executable. Below is a list and brief description of all the files in this archive.
README -This file
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buttons/*.xbm -These files are bitmaps for the Remote Control.
*.h -These are part of the XAnim source code.
*.c -These are part of the XAnim source code.
Imakefile -This file is used to compile XAnim on machines
that have Imake setup correctly.
see "Compile_Help.doc" for more info.
Makefile.unx -This file is used to compile XAnim on machines
that don't have Imake setup correctly.
see "Compile_Help.doc" for more info.
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xanim.readme -This is a text file describing all the options
and functionality of XAnim.
xanim.man -This is the unix man page equivalent of the
xanim.readme file.
audio.readme -Machine Specific Audio information.
cinepak.readme -This file describes how to add support for
the Radius Cinepak Video Codec to XAnim.
indeo.readme -This file describes how to add support for
the Radius Cinepak Video Codec to XAnim.
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Compile_Help.doc -Step by step instructions for compiling XAnim.
Compile_Errs.doc -Common compile errors and solutions.
Problems.doc -Common Error and Warning messages.
Audio_Checklist.doc -A Chart of which Audio Codecs work with which
hardware platform
Formats.doc -Detailed list of all the formats that
XAnim supports.
Codecs.doc -List of Quicktime and AVI Video and Audio
that I know about.
Rev_History.doc -Revision history of XAnim.
WWW_Helper.doc -Getting WWW Browsers to work with XAnim.
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VMS_Help.doc -Help file for VMS users.
make.com -This file is used to compile XAnim on
some VMS systems. See vms.help for more info.
descrip.mms -This file is used to compile XAnim on
some VMS systems. See vms.help for more info.
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ijg.readme -Since I based the XAnim JPEG code on the IJG
jpeg code, I need to distribute this file.
4) If you have a problem running or compiling that the documentation
doesn't cover or if you find a bug you can contact me at:
Please include the following information in your email message:
- The rev of XAnim.
- Type of machine and OS.
- A description of the problem:
+ including the type of animation. + any options used. + full error messages and/or xanim output.
- XAnim Mailing List
I have an announcement email list that you may join if you wish to get email when there are new XAnim releases.
To Subscribe/Unsubscribe send email to:
with the words "xanim subscribe" or "xanim unsubscribe" in either the Subject or Message Body. It would also be best to include your email address since I've found a lot of mailer's do not include the correct reply address in the mail headers.
Unfortunately, this part of the list maintenance isn't automated yet, so bare with me as I usually only make the additions before each new XAnim releases.
Bug reports should still be sent to:
I do attempt to reply to all the email messages I receive, however, I get quite a few with invalid return addresses. If you don't hear from me within a week, double check that your return address is correct.
6) Alright, What's New? The Rev_History.doc should/will/has a complete
list of what's new to this particular revision, but this section will list just the highlights.
2.80.0
+ Added support for the following AVI codecs:
DMB1,BW10,Y41P,I420,VYUY,V422,YV12,Y41P,YUY2,IV41,IV50,H261,M263 + Added support for the following QT codecs:
MJPA, 8BPS, IV41, IV50
+ Added support for QT3.0 compressed headers.
+ Added support for video decompression dlls.
+ Fixed problems with X11 remote displays of different endianness.
+ Minor bugs fixes.
Mark
Mark Podlipec
podlipec@ici.net