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diff --git a/static/v10/man9/flickfile.9 b/static/v10/man9/flickfile.9 new file mode 100644 index 00000000..f8726fe5 --- /dev/null +++ b/static/v10/man9/flickfile.9 @@ -0,0 +1,86 @@ +.TH FLICKFILE 9.5 +.CT 1 comm_term +.SH NAME +movies \- graphics movie file formats +.SH DESCRIPTION +Movie files are generated by +.I preflicks +and used by +.IR fflicks ; +see +.IR flicks (9.1). +The format of a movie files is: +.IP +.EX +struct Header { + unsigned char version; + short header_length; + short nr_frames; + unsigned char nr_tables; + struct LOOKUP_TABLE { + short number_of_entries; + struct { + short count; + unsigned char value; + } table[256]; + } Table[nr_tables]; +}; +struct Frame { + short width, height; + short compacted_length; + unsigned char which_table; + unsigned char data[compacted_length]; +} Frame[nr_frames]; +.EE +Each +.B short +in the above structure is present as a two-byte number in the +file, most significant byte first. +Each +.B "unsigned char" +is a single byte. +.TP +.B version +software version number, to +ensure compatibility between producer and consumer +of the file. +.PD0 +.TP +.B header_length +total length in bytes of the lookup table(s) +used to encode the file plus three bytes (the next three that follow). +.TP +.B nr_frames +total number of movie frames in the file. +.TP +.B nr_tables +number of lookup tables. +.TP +.B nr_entries +number of entries in the lookup table (maximum 256). +.TP +.B count +.B value +pixel value and a count of +how many times that value is to be repeated. +.PD +.PP +Immediately following the lookup tables begin the frames +encoded in an indirect run-length code. +Each frame is described by +.BR width , +.BR height , +and the +.B compacted_length +of the frame in bytes. +The frame is coded in raster-scan order +as a sequence of indexes into +the table numbered +.BR which_table +(counting from 0). +.SH FILES +_movie +.SH "SEE ALSO" +.IR flicks (9.1), +.IR pico (1), +.IR rebecca (9.1) |