dmplay(1)dmplay(1)NAMEdmplay - digital media file player utility
SYNOPSISdmplay [options] [-p display_port] [-p audio] filename
DESCRIPTIONdmplay plays back a movie file which contains a JPEG-compressed video
track.
By default, dmplay shows the video output in a window on your monitor as
well as Impact or Octane Video (Impact or Octane Compression), Indy,
Indigo2, or Galileo Video (Cosmo Compress), or O2 built-in MVP Video (ICE
compression). dmplay is not shipped on Fuel, Onyx300, Onyx3000, Tezro,
Onyx350, or Onyx4 systems.
dmplay can optionally be instructed to display the image track only in a
graphics window, or (on O2 systems) only to video. It can also
decompress the track using software JPEG decompression (to a graphics
window) if the hardware decompressor is not available.
dmplay can handle movies in either the old SGI format or the new
QuickTime format. Older versions shipped prior to IRIX 6.5 may only be
able to play back movies in the SGI format.
OPTIONS-h help
With this flag, dmplay prints a detailed description of the command
line options. It is tailored to show only what are actually
available on your system for parameters that are system-dependent,
such as, the video device, the decompressor engine, etc.
-v verbose
If the verbose option is specified, information is printed about the
movie and the play back parameters. Multiple -v options may be
specified to increase the amount of information printed.
-p graphics|video[,device=D][,engine=E|sw]
Specify video port: display the image track in a graphics window
only, or to video outputs connected to the video device, which must
be mvp for O2 systems, impact for Impact and Octane Video, and ev1
for others. The hardware decompression engine must be ice for O2
systems, impact for Impact and Octane Compression, and cosmo for
others. Software decompression engine, specified by sw, is
available on all systems.
-p audio
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Enable audio port: play back audio track if present in file. This is
the default.
Audio playback is supressed if video is not displayed in real-time,
such as when software decompression engine is used, or when graphics
display is chosen for systems using cosmo engine. O2 systems can
play synchronized audio with video as long as ice is used as the
decompression engine, regardless of whether graphics or video is
chosen for display.
-g no graphics display
For O2 systems only. This option supresses graphics window display.
If video is the display port (either specified or selected by
default), this option causes the display to be sent only to video
outputs. If graphics is the display port, this option supresses the
showing of the movie's video track entirely, resulted in an audio-
only playback.
-f force sample rate
Forces dmplay to change the audio hardware's sample rate regardless
of whether another application is running.
-E [auto | key]
If auto, dmplay closes the window and exits as soon as the playback
completes. If key, dmplay waits for user input (mouse click) after
playback. auto is the default.
-L [repeat | none or spin1 | spin2]
Loop mode: if not specified from the command-line, the loop mode
specified in the movie file header serves as the default. Swing-mode
looping is not supported. If spin1 then repeat last field at end of
playback. If spin2 then repeat last frame - 2 fields - at the end.
-z n/d
Zoom output to n/d. The zoom may be either greater or less than
one. Not all zoom factors are supported; dmplay will use whatever
value is closest to the one specified. The zoom factor may be
specified as a floating point value or a rational number, e.g. .25
is equivalent to 1/4.
SUPPORTED PLAYBACK MODES
The following playback modes, among others, are supported.
Play back using default hardware decompression engine to a window and
video outputs, with synchronized audio playback if the movie contains an
audio track:
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Play back using an ev1 video window and Cosmo JPEG decompression, with
synchronized audio playback if the movie contains an audio track:
dmplay-p video,device=ev1,engine=cosmo file.mv
Play back using a graphics window and Cosmo JPEG decompression (audio
will not be played):
dmplay-p graphics,engine=cosmo file.mv
Play back on an O2 system using graphics window and hardware (ice) JPEG
decompression, with synchronized audio playback if the movie contains an
audio track:
dmplay-p graphics,engine=ice file.mv
Play back using a graphics window and software JPEG decompression (audio
will not be played):
dmplay-p graphics,engine=sw file.mv
SEE ALSOdmrecord(1), sfplay(1), dmconvert(1), movieplayer(1), soundplayer(1)
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