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Subject: Re: quicktime that doesn't read the whole file in?
To: robert@steffi.dgsys.com (Robert Nicholson)
Date: Sun, 3 Mar 1996 22:48:34 -1000 (HST)
From: "David Langford" <root@dihelix.com>
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In-Reply-To: <199603040626.BAA00217@steffi.dgsys.com> from "Robert Nicholson" at Mar 4, 96 01:26:26 am
From: "David Langford" <langfod@dihelix.com>
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Robert Nicholson
>
>
>Hmm, even with a 400MB swap partition I still get
>
>steffi% xanim 2.mov
>XAnim Rev 2.70.1 Experimental by Mark Podlipec (c) 1991-1995
>QT rle: malloc failed
>steffi% 
>
>is there a QuickTime tool that can read in enough frames for a
>sequence and not require the whole movie in memory at once?

try:

xanim -f 2.mov

Use "xanim -h" to see all options.

-David Langford
langfod@dihelix.com