aweb-3.5.08-plugins 0.1

Short:        Updated AWeb-3.5.08 image decoders
Author:       AWeb Open Source Team
Uploader:     megacz(megacz usa com)
Type:         comm/www
Version:      0.1
Requires:     68020+/os3.0+/AWeb-3.5.08
Architecture: m68k-amigaos
Distribution: Aminet

This archive contains updated/modified image decoders for AWeb-3.5.08.


GIF plugins changes:

(24.10.06)     - all 'MEMF_CHIP' has been replaced with 'MEMF_PUBLIC'
                 so this version is AGA unfriendly because it does not
                 use chip memory anymore, all the gif anims are now
                 being decoded to and played from public(fast) memory.
                 
                 Important! U need something that patches BltBitMap(),
                 allowing fast memory to be used as a graphics
                 mem. like CyberBugFix and/or Fblit (best to use them
                 together). Without these patches u will see a garbage
                 in place of animated gifs.

                 Now the downsides: it might not work on CGX, but
                 u may try to 'setenv cybergraphx/PLANES2FAST="1"',
                 just to test if it works, coz such setup is senseless
                 on real gfx board.

                 Final: there should be a slight speed up noticable
                        when decoding.


JFIF plugin changes:

(31-10-06)     - updated jpeglib from 6a to 6b


PNG plugin changes:

(31-10-06)     - reduced stacksize usage from 128 to 32 kilos

               - removed Alpha channel expanding
 
               - pictures are no longer stored in chip memory,
                 refer to '!AWebGIF-custom.readme' for more details
                 on 'MEMF_CHIP' to 'MEMF_PUBLIC' changes.

               - zlib-1.2.3 and libpng-1.0.0 has been used in this
                 compilation

               - however, i do not recommend to use this as well as
                 the original version coz the 24bit images decoding
                 is mega slow! -use datatype instead, much faster.
                 In case u wanna try it use these args:
                 MULTIPASS=0 PROGRESS=50 LOWPRI
                 especially the last one is hardly recommended as the
                 plugin is very CPU intensive(bug?, anyway it was
                 always the worst plugin in whole distro).



...for more information, download the package and read partivular readmes.


NOTES:

I have tested GIF and JFIF for a month and there were no crashes, no alerts,
no hits, they work very good and are quite optimized/fast.

I wasnt using PNG one at all, coz its the slowest image decoder and i prefer
PNG datatype for that,so i have no idea wether it is stable or not..