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]
> 
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> 
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> 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

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