Crashtest MNG video preview files .. (MAMEWAH ?)

[MadEditor]

Hi,

I recently found that Crashtest released a series of video preview files from mame games. To my surprise those were .MNG files which are animated .PNG

I was wondering if Mamewah could support those...
It seems to me that it would just be a library problem

I'm not at home at the moment but i could send an example file (don't know if browsers support that format ?)

[SirPoonga]

the MNG stuff is fairly new.  However, there is a better solution.  There are avi files out there.  Dragon King and 3DArcade use them.  Not sure about Mamewah.

[papaschtroumpf]

Yes.mamewah 1.5x can use them both as "artwork" in the layout or as screen savers.
See this link for download: http://www.arcadecontrols.org/yabbse/index.php?board=3;action=display;threadid=25072
The torrent is currently seeded so I suggest you get them while it is.

[papaschtroumpf]

(don't know if browsers support that format ?)

the MNG homepage is here: http://www.libpng.org/pub/mng/

Has a list of applications to view/create/convert files as well as a list of pluggins for browsers

[Howard_Casto]

It's not so much that as the bulkiness of the format and it's awkardness.  Avis are one... realitively tiny file.  Mngs are a third party png that is huge in comparison, with an equally huge mp3 file.  (The video previews may have the avi extension, but they are encoded with mpeg4 codecs).  

[screaming]

Just so the people reading this thread are clear:  MNGs are NOT a replacement for AVIs or videos.  MNGs are meant to be a replacement/improvement for animated GIFs.  Just like PNG files are a replacement for the restrictive-licensing GIF format, MNG files are a replacement for the animated form of GIFs.  It's no coincidence that they both end in 'Network Graphics'.

  Actually supporting MNG files is not all that much harder than supporting PNG files, it just comes down how high it is on the developer's list of things to do..

-Steve

[)p(]

most fe's use directshow to show the video's. if there is mng filter for directshow then most of them will automatically also be able to play these files.

peter

[screaming]

most fe's use directshow to show the video's. if there is mng filter for directshow then most of them will automatically also be able to play these files.

  Repeat after me:  MNGs are not videos. MNGs are not videos. MNGs are not videos.

  One more time:  MNGs are not videos.

-Steve

[)p(]

most fe's use directshow to show the video's. if there is mng filter for directshow then most of them will automatically also be able to play these files.

  Repeat after me:  MNGs are not videos. MNGs are not videos. MNGs are not videos.

  One more time:  MNGs are not videos.

-Steve

i know, but that does not mean there couldn't be a directshow filter for it! Directshow also plays animated gifs.

peter

[Minwah]

i know, but that does not mean there couldn't be a directshow filter for it! Directshow also plays animated gifs.

Yeah I messed up my code somehow when adding the movie support and ended up with images being displayed in the DirectShow window...

[screaming]

i know, but that does not mean there couldn't be a directshow filter for it! Directshow also plays animated gifs.

  That's true, but that's not what you said

-Steve

[)p(]

i know, but that does not mean there couldn't be a directshow filter for it! Directshow also plays animated gifs.

  That's true, but that's not what you said

-Steve

?

I only said this: "most fe's use directshow to show the video's. if there is mng filter for directshow then most of them will automatically also be able to play these files."

dont see anything wrong with that...

peter

[Howard_Casto]

Me thinks screaming should be quiet and let the most senior active fe developer speak his mind.  

Peter is right.... a directshow filter would simplify things greatly.  

[screaming]

i know, but that does not mean there couldn't be a directshow filter for it! Directshow also plays animated gifs.

  That's true, but that's not what you said

-Steve

?

I only said this: "most fe's use directshow to show the video's. if there is mng filter for directshow then most of them will automatically also be able to play these files."

dont see anything wrong with that...

peter

  Nope, nothing wrong with it  In context, I wanted to be sure that people knew that MNGs were not videos.. Your statements didn't make that clear.  I followed it up with statements of my own to clarify!



-Steve