UPDATE:

A new binary has been released. It should fix the various crashes due to a race condition, mostly visible on SE/30.

It also supports non-512x342 playback, but only in black and white.

Also, the app name have changed to "MacFlim Player Beta 2".



ORIGINAL:

Welcome to the beta test of the MacFlim 2 tech demo -- now with sound!

This is a tech demo. It *will* crash. It does not support anything *not 512x342 black and white* (ie: it will not even quit, just do garbage)



In the following link, you will find:

This README file

The .dsk containing the Macintosh software. It is known to wokr under 6.0.8, but should work on most of other machines.

A 1.5.1 .sit archive containing the same thing as the .dsk. Use whatever is easier for you.

A list of flims, with several files for each of them:

* The macplus flim file.

This is used to play the movie on a mac plus. IT WILL LOOK LIKE SHIT MOST OF THE TIME.

* The macse flim file.

This is used to play the movie on a mac plus. IT WILL BE BARELY BETTER THAN THE PLUS VERSION.

* The se30 flim file.

This is used to play the movie on a mac SE/30. THIS IS WHAT I TARGETTED MOST OF MY OPTIMISATION ON.

In addition, to avoid the need to download and transfer huge files to be disapointed, I added a mp4 of every flim *WITHOUT SOUND*. This can be played from within the browser (on Chrome at least). USe that to check if you care about the flim or not. Play it on a mac to get the full experience, including the sound and crashes.




I have some semi-random crashes. Let me know if it works for you, or if you face the same issues as I have.

What I am really interested in:

* Crashes : "This movies got my machine to crash once/everytime at that moment"

* Issues : "This movie sound clics at that moment on this hardware"

* Success reports : "I was able to play this on that hardware"

* In particular on configuration differents from mines (MacPlus with SCSI2SD 5.5, MacSE with SCSI2SD 5.5, MacSE/30 with SCSI2SD 5.5). Reports from other SCSI emulators, real drives or ZIP/Jazz drives are cool. 

* Any general opinions


Here is the link:

http://www.macflim.com/techdemo/


enjoy!


--fred



NOTE ON THE MAC PLUS:

Only a few flims are ok for the MacPlus:

- 2001 (the second half)
- Adrian
- Amiga ball
- May The Force
- Old Apple Ad
- Pulp Fiction Dance (the start of the dance)
- Sweet Dreams
- The Neon Demon

In other cases, it may be somewhat watchable, or partially ok.