I am developing a RPG for Linux: Arianne http://come.to/arianne_rpg
I added in a new version ,which it isn’t avaliable by now, transparent
surfaces, but the frame rate drop at about a 10% of the original frame
rate.
This more or less what I do:
Load the surface from a BMP
Set the color key
Convert it to the display format
It is normal such speed?
Thanks.
Miguel Angel Blanch Lardin
PD:
If you would like to see the code, tell me, I could upload it in a few
days.
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Thanks again
Hi all,
I can’t play mp3 files. Here’s what I’ve installed so far (RedHat 5.2 on
a K6):
I installed the brand new SDL 1.0.3.
Then I installed smpeg 0.3.3, since mixer tries to find it by default.
Next I installed SDL_mixer-1.0.3.
Then, I reinstalled smpeg 0.3.3, this time building with --enable-mixer.
All I want to do is check that I can play
an mp3 file using either smpeg’s test utilities plaympeg/gtv, or mixer’s
test utilities playmus or playwave. But none of it works. (Yes, I know
that smpeg’s utils are really intended for mpeg video streams, but it’s
worth a shot trying to use them to play mp3’s…)
Do I need to customize playmus.c in order to play an mp3? I can play
.mid, .s3m, .it, .xm, and .mod no problem using playmus, but not .mp3.
And playwave works perfectly for a wave file. So the mixer has no
apparent problems; looks to be a solid installation.
One other problem I observed is that although smpeg compiled and installed
without errors, I can’t use either plaympeg
or gtv for either audio mp3 or video+audio mpeg1 files. All I get when I
try to run either utility is:
Fatal signal: Segmentation Fault (SDL Parachute Deployed)
Any ideas on what I need to try next?
Thanks,
Steve Madsen
H2Eye Ltd
24-28 Hatton Wall
London EC1N 8JH
Tel: +44-171-404-9600
Fax: +44-171-404-9490
Email: @Steve_Madsen
All I want to do is check that I can play
an mp3 file using either smpeg’s test utilities plaympeg/gtv, or mixer’s
test utilities playmus or playwave. But none of it works. (Yes, I know
that smpeg’s utils are really intended for mpeg video streams, but it’s
worth a shot trying to use them to play mp3’s…)
FYI, ‘playmus’ is a program that gets installed with mixer. It plays MOD
music files.
‘playwave’ is also a mixer program. It plays WAV sound samples. 
> One other problem I observed is that although smpeg compiled and installed
> without errors, I can't use either plaympeg
> or gtv for either audio mp3 or video+audio mpeg1 files. All I get when I
> try to run either utility is:
>
> Fatal signal: Segmentation Fault (SDL Parachute Deployed)
That sucks. plaympeg is the one to use to play mp3s. (I use it all the
time! )
-bill!
In article <200001251740.JAA30891 at bolt.sonic.net>,
William Kendrick writes:
All I want to do is check that I can play
an mp3 file using either smpeg’s test utilities plaympeg/gtv, or mixer’s
test utilities playmus or playwave. But none of it works. (Yes, I know
that smpeg’s utils are really intended for mpeg video streams, but it’s
worth a shot trying to use them to play mp3’s…)
FYI, ‘playmus’ is a program that gets installed with mixer. It plays MOD
music files.
‘playwave’ is also a mixer program. It plays WAV sound samples.
> One other problem I observed is that although smpeg compiled and installed
> without errors, I can't use either plaympeg
> or gtv for either audio mp3 or video+audio mpeg1 files. All I get when I
> try to run either utility is:
>
> Fatal signal: Segmentation Fault (SDL Parachute Deployed)
That sucks. plaympeg is the one to use to play mp3s. (I use it all the
time! )
Actually, when you enable SMPEG support in the mixer, you should be able to
play MP3 files (that’s actually the point of having SMPEG linked in the mixer!).
The problem here is that SMPEG itself is not robust enough, and some MP3 files
actually make it crash, it looks like :-/. The mixer may even not recognize the
MP3 file if it has a bad header.–
Stephane Peter
Programmer
Loki Entertainment Software
“Microsoft has done to computers what McDonald’s has done to gastronomy”
Actually, when you enable SMPEG support in the mixer, you should be able to
play MP3 files (that’s actually the point of having SMPEG linked in the mixer!).
Oh yeah! I forgot about that!
The problem here is that SMPEG itself is not robust enough, and some MP3 files
actually make it crash, it looks like :-/. The mixer may even not recognize the
MP3 file if it has a bad header.
Ouch. Luckily, I haven’t had that problem. I have a whole dozen MP3s
though. 
-bill!