Hi Lloyd, I really appreciate your comments.
Thanks. Ted Lloyd A Treinish wrote: > > By default dx caches to fill the available memory. This can be optimized > by hand or you can try the optimize option in the VPE. A result of hitting > the play button with the button in the upper left of the Sequencer is that > after all the images are calculated, it will play from cache. If you are > using s/w rendering, it will be images played back from memory. If you are > using h/w rendering, it will be renderable geometry. The playback speed > will depend on the speed of the platform, the size of the network, the size > of the images/geometries, speed of the graphics card and X, amount of > memory, etc. By default, dx will grab 7/8 or 3/4 (I don't remember which) > of physical memory. Using dx -memory n, where n is in MB (memory + swap) > will override this behavior. > > Having said all of that, your environment may be such that DX may not play > back fast enough. If you are just looking at an animation sequence, you > could output an animation in miff, tif, etc. and use ImageMagick animate to > play back, generate an animated GIF and use xanim, or generate an MPEG > (although that raises other issues for playback). > > Ted Sariyski <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>@opendx.watson.ibm.com on 01/23/2001 > 05:46:48 PM > > Please respond to [email protected] > > Sent by: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > To: [email protected] > cc: > Subject: Re: [opendx-users] how to keep the same region in a dynamically > generatedgrid > > With fixed view it works now. Thanks. Yes, my data are on scattered > points only. One more question. My movie is going a kind of slow, I mean > the frame refresh is about a frame/sec. I have enough memory, how can I > force Data Explorer to read and keep all the frames in the cash? Is it > possible to play the movie faster i.e. 5 frames/sec? > > Thanks, > Ted
