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@salass00

Next, If you add locale.library support i'm ready for italian translation

@salass00

Yeah that's it, the I/O extender.
I haven't got that problem myself as I use DVI but there are others who do.
I know quite a few people are also interested in the idea of using the audio input on Sam.
( I want the audio to test with SRec )

So yeah, the sooner the better.

They are probably a bit pushed at the moment though just fulfilling back orders of Sams.
Plus there was the chip issue with the Flex to sort.

Now to get back on topic.
The GUI is a great addition, cheers.

@samo79

SRec 1.2 will have locale support. Actually I have it working already but I don't want to release new versions too often.

In case you want to start translating immediately I have uploaded the catalog descriptor file that I use here:
http://a500.org/uploads/srec.cd

@salass00

Very nice and useful commodity!
Thanks for the hard work!

It works greatly for me, but I miss the filter option from the latest version.

Did you removed it, or will it come back later?

Bye!

@lazi

I just added FILTER tooltype to enable filtering. The change will be in the 1.2 version.

@salass00

Ok thanks

I'm plan to work on it early, before 1.2 release, in case advert me if you have new strings

@salass00

32bit icons look wrong (mostly black) (alpha channel ?) in recorded video. Can you fix that ?

@TSK

It's fixed in SRec 1.3 which I just uploaded to OS4Depot. I only use 16-bit screenmodes on my A1 and Sam440ep so I never noticed this problem.

@salass00

Thanks. Btw which settings did you use to fix that (alpha channel issue). (I have same problem in my apps.)

Srec is useful and great app.

@TSK

I set COMPTAG_SrcAlpha to 0x10000 and enabled COMPFLAG_SrcAlphaOverride in COMPTAG_Flags.

You can read about the tags in:
SDK:Include/include_h/graphics/composite.h

Also I've included the source code for SRec in the archive so you can look at it if you want.

SRec 1.4 has a new FOLLOWMOUSE mode. I've uploaded a video made using it here (made on my Sam440ep).

I've also uploaded a video with sound here. Unfortunately it has some noise here and there that's due to an issue with the CMI driver. Also the sound starts to lead the graphics after a while. I will look into fixing this last problem once the driver problem has been fixed.

Both video links only allow up to 10 downloads each, so don't waste them.

@salass00

Quote:
P?h (doh) ! How I forgot that. I do even copy it to a different place every time I download a new version. (But sometimes it feels easier to ask instead of checking hundreds of lines of code

I made a video (xvid, 2.5 MB, 640x480, 20 fps, followmouse option of Srec used) showing QuickStarter.

@salass00

will it be fixet so it can record on native radeon screens and now p96 only...

@retro

Not sure what you mean by that.

If you're referring to this:
Quote:
then this only means that SRec doesn't support planar screen modes, i.e. OCS/ECS/AGA. Since SRec only runs on AmigaOS 4.1 and you can't get OS 4.1 for classic amiga, it's not really much of a limitation to be honest.

@salass00

okey, my bad.
so it does work with the radion driver !!!
i just imagined that it didnt work. with the native driver.
and that i was forced to go in to sys:prefs/p96 mode and make a screen resalution with out attach the radeon bord. (fake mode)

anyway when i hit record it stops after 1 sekund.
whot am i doing worng.

is it the file name. just made one
like this

ram:test
and ram:test2.avi
then i tryet to set up the frame per sec more then five.
i am running my os in an resalution that goes,
1024/768? and then change the record resalution to the same as in my pref/scenemode



dont know whot worng.-

even iff i cant get it to work,i see it as an importent tool.
maby even for suport one day.

video grapping can be done via ram these days and via harddisk recorders. the video-in thing is relly not an issue anymore

@retro

Do you have either xvidcore.library v52.1 or jpeg.library v6.2 installed (depending on which video codec you want to use)?

xvidcore.library
jpeg.library

At the moment the video codecs only write about errors to stderr, which is redirected to NIL: by the GUI program, so it will fail silently if either library is missing.

@salass00

thanks agen..

@salass00 + retro

I tested multiple different resolutions and it looks like all resolutions are not supported (xvid limitation ?) When pressing the record button it immediately stops right after. With one tested resolution half of the screen had correct colours but the other half was in black&white (at the same time). For example 960x600 (16:10) works correctly. But if I can remember it right resolution of 1280x800 (16:10) gave me that half black&white screen (in the recorded video, I mean). Multiples of 640x480 (4:3) usually works correctly. But any strange res.' doesn't. So is xvid/avi container limited to standard VGA resolutions or something ? Or is it something else (limitation in graphics drivers ?) ? (My WB screen mode is 1680x1050 (16:10)).

@TSK

What program are you using to view the files? MPlayer on AmigaOS4 is known to have problems similar to the ones you describe with some video files.

MPlayer is half black & white and half colour?

@salass00

I think I used DvPlayer (registered version) first and then tested also with Mplayer.

(Edit:)
(Oops ) I did it again and I can confirm that the result is always same with both DvPlayer and Mplayer. 1120x700 (16:10) and anything above gives me that half (not exactly half but 2/3) black&white picture. For example 1040x650 (16:10) (or anything #?x?50) gives me distorded picture (stripes) (both players). 960x600 (16:10) (#?x?00) and anything lesser gives me correct picture. (Not necessarily related to Srec but this is interesting anyway.)

(Edit 2: testing more...)
1024x768 (4:3) correct. 1280x960 (4:3) 2/3 black&white. (Both players.)