[Idea]A calculator movie player!

[Delnar_Ersike]

I had though about this a long time ago, but only once I had made that intro screen had this idea really occupied my brain: is it possible to make a movie player for calc?

The idea is this: a person would make a computer program that transforms all the frames into greyscale, then puts it on maximum contrast, then uses the data from the monochrome frame to create a frame in an app or program. The user also has the option to adjust the greyscale quality of the ending movie (maximum would be about 8 colors), so the more colors, the bigger the movie. As for sound, the program can rip the soundtrack from the movie and run it through a sound converter, then rejoin it with the frames in the final product. For this issue, I have huge faith in RealSound2, which only uses either 40% or 60% of the CPU (I can't remember at the moment), so the rest can be used for playing the frames.

So, what is your opinion? Is it possible? Is it feasible?

[calc84maniac]

This + Flash drive = BEAST

[Harrierfalcon]

It'd be amazing if it were made, but it'd also be kind of hard....

*imagines using iStudio for every....single....frame....*

[elfprince13]

/me looks at TIMM and shuts up.

[baorder54]

Hate to say this but your idea was taken and used. Heck maybe thats a good thing. Like ElfPrince13 said, it is TIMM. I assumed no one would understand that TIMM was a program, that is why I posted. Although your idea goes above and beyond so....

[luby]

Let's do some math:

estimated size of running the "movie" (engine) ~4000 bytes
Maximum conceivable size of an app: 1540000 bytes

Video
1 pic=767 bytes grayscale=~1500 bytes
Maximum amount of frames 2,000 1,000
at 10 fps (not bad quality) 200 seconds of animation (3 min) 100 seconds 1.5 min
size per second 7,670 bytes 15,000 bytes

Sound
est. 13,500 bytes per second (RealSound)
maximum length of sound: 114 seconds

Estimated size of a 60 second clip:
460,200+810,000=1,270,200 bytes (fits=Yes)
900,000+810,000=1,710,000 bytes (fits=No. Not w/out usb)


My take:
Plausible. If sound will stream with video

[Delnar_Ersike]

I know TIMM exists, but this is for the z80. And luby, the music doesn't have to of that good quality. When I am thinking of movie clips, I am thinking more about YouTube quality and sized videos rather than full-length feature films.

However, I do not have any knowledge need whatsoever about z80, not to mention any PC programming language. Maybe Jim e, or any other programmer(s) with that level experience, could cook something up later...

[jfabi82]

[Xphoenix]

[kermmartian]

[elfprince13]

I think we are waiting for Jim_E to get his rear in gear on his USB streaming.

[frenchcalc1]

[TheStorm]

It would be less than that beacues it has to be over 700 bytes per frame so size is limited by ram and who wants to make that many pics.

[kermmartian]

As shown by the TIMM converter, it's not exactly a monumental challenge to make a converter that automatically does the frame conversion and packs it into a data file.

[Delnar_Ersike]

Yes, but is there one with sound? I think not, but, as I stated before, RealSound2 can be implemented into TIMM so that not only can you see the movie, but hear it as well. That is, if Jim e and the author of TIMM decide to work together. Or Jim e steals TIMM's code >

[DarkerLine]

I've never looked at the problem, but in my opinion combining sound output with greyscale movies would require some severely awesome coding. Because sound requires delays of a certain length (which vary with the note you're trying to play), and so does grayscale.

[c_plus_plus]

[Delnar_Ersike]

OK, I tried out TIMM today, and sadly have to say it definitely does not satisfy me. The pixel detection is horrible, the movie length is very short, and it produces a program instead of an app! I will now change the line

[calc84maniac]