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Is there any Warp-Player equivalent for Windows? Warp-Player is only for Mac, but I was wondering if there was a Windows program that could do basically the...
Bryan Maple
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Apr 10, 2008
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... I do not in any way know how well tested this is, or even if this is one of the ported features, but ... mplayer can warp and does have a windows port. ...
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Apr 10, 2008
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... B: Not without a bunch of computer nerd workings and then it still doesn't work like the warp player. The warp player software is Mac-only. That's the way...
Jack Dunn
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Apr 10, 2008
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Well, the key word there is "Windows". Since the warp process in Linux or Mac is with openGL. OpenGL is in compitition against Microsoft DirectX. Therefore...
Butterfield Family
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Apr 10, 2008
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... Well not having seen the two I cant compare them, and I hardly think clicking start->run->mplayer blah blah blah is a "bunch of computer nerd workings",...
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... Yeah but that can be offset by video drivers, I know that I played counterstrike in opengl mode without problems. I do not now have a windows system other...
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... Not that I am aware. Certainly not that provides the navigable capability. "mplayer" (which I have used in Linux but not MSWindows) in my opinion is rather...
Paul Bourke
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Apr 11, 2008
2:20 pm
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... Pre-warping is doomed, IMHO. It may work for suppliers who provide 1. a unified hardware solution 2. don't actually require a precise alignment...
Paul Bourke
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Apr 11, 2008
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Why is this doomed? Distributing fisheye masters seems like the simplest solution. Sites with a mesh file for their installation could then create warped ...
Richard S. Wright Jr.
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Apr 11, 2008
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... In general I concur that it can be done, yeah if you tear down and set up again you may need to redo some stuff slightly, but if you have a fixed set up...
Trixter aka Bret McDa...
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Apr 11, 2008
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The Houston Museum have both a fisheye system and a warped fisheye system that play back any of 16 movies. Both the fisheye and warped fisheye sytems play back...
Butterfield Family
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Apr 11, 2008
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Wait a sec, is prewarping a video to a file with mplayer on Linux without a fancy videocard currently possible? I have plenty of cycles to spare on a server,...
Peter Hartmann
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Apr 11, 2008
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... It should be noted that the Houston system is not using the mplayer. But they do use a good video card. Trying to play large image files without a decent...
Jack Dunn
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Apr 11, 2008
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... was the 0.5 staff member half eaten by zombies? -- Trixter http://www.0xdecafbad.com Bret McDanel Belfast +44 28 9099 6461 US +1 516 687 5200 ...
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Apr 11, 2008
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Ever seen a small dome packed with 2nd graders... eat ya alive man! ;-) Richard...
Richard S. Wright Jr.
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Apr 11, 2008
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The .5 staff was what was left over after a trip with 4th graders. -Tony ... From: Trixter aka Bret McDanel <trixter@...> To:...
Butterfield Family
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Apr 11, 2008
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... in theory yes, however its not intended to be done that way because it uses the gl video out (-vo gl or -vo gl2), and to save to a file you generally use...
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Apr 11, 2008
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... that is the place to play a zombie movie then! ... -- Trixter http://www.0xdecafbad.com Bret McDanel Belfast +44 28 9099 6461 US +1 516 687 5200...
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My vote is to just warp off-line and burn to a Blue-Ray disk. It will work every time. -Tony ... From: Trixter aka Bret McDanel <trixter@...> To:...
Butterfield Family
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Apr 11, 2008
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... perhaps, if you have a burner and media available. But again that will only work if you have a fixed setup that doesnt change since the warping takes into...
Trixter aka Bret McDa...
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Apr 11, 2008
10:50 pm
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... Sure http://local.wasp.uwa.edu.au/~pbourke/projection/tgawarp/ Works with the same warpmesh files as the on-the-fly warp player for the Mac. This is being...
Paul Bourke
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Apr 12, 2008
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918
... Well, one can load up different warp maps on the fly but frankly there is no reason to do that as far as I cam imagine. Given a particular dome...
Paul Bourke
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Apr 12, 2008
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... Not sure I follow unless you are referring to HD 720 (1280x720 pixels native). In the projector market at least, HD generally refers to 1080 ... that is...
Paul Bourke
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Apr 12, 2008
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... there are some that are just over 1080p, and their price isnt that different from 1080p projectors. Both as you said 1920x1200 and somewhere in between...
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... Yes, but if you dont know what that map is, you may, while "doing calibration", want to change it slightly so that you get the best picture. The math of...
Trixter aka Bret McDa...
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Apr 12, 2008
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... Sure. My simulator (meshmapper) does take care of all the necessary parameters including a correct model for lens shift and projector tilt. However, there...
Paul Bourke
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Apr 13, 2008
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... Err, you will need to convince me of that, exactly what projector models have a higher native resolution than 1920x1080 and "affordable", say under $20K....
Paul Bourke
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Apr 13, 2008
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924
... Hi Paul, Your site says, "Linux Version: Available on request". Does that offer still apply? I would be happy pay for it otherwise. Thanks, Peter...
Peter Hartmann
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Apr 14, 2008
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925
Okay, so say that I have a video file that I want to show on the dome. Can you give me some guidance / steps on either pre-warping a video or setting it up to...
Bryan Maple
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Apr 18, 2008
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... Bryan: First of all, you need a dome master, no matter what kind of projection system you are using, if it's going to try and fill the dome. And what is...
Jack Dunn
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