Hi all,
I have an issue with the loading speed of backdrops on my Amiga. I've just done a clean install of AmigaOS 3.1.4 on my Amiga 1200 with a Blizzard 1230 IV with 128MB RAM and a 32GB CF card.
I've installed glowicons and have set the resolution to 640x512 @ 256 colors, as they seem to look the best with 256 colors. I'm happy with the booting time, speed and the overall responsiveness of the system at this resolution.
However, I've created a JPG image with a resolution of 640x512 and have attempted to use it as a backdrop through Wbpattern. The created file is fairly small, around 80KB, but it takes 25-30 secs to load/appear on boot(!!!). It doesn't seem to be an I/O limitation, as the CF isn't busy much of this time. Once the backdrop has loaded/is appearing, the overall speed of the system is fine.
I've used the DT-JPEG as datatype.
Can anyone give me a hint on how to fix this? Should I use another file format (PNG/LMBM/IFF), another JPG datatype, optimize the JPG somehow, or?
Thank you in advance.
Best regards
Kenni
I have an issue with the loading speed of backdrops on my Amiga. I've just done a clean install of AmigaOS 3.1.4 on my Amiga 1200 with a Blizzard 1230 IV with 128MB RAM and a 32GB CF card.
I've installed glowicons and have set the resolution to 640x512 @ 256 colors, as they seem to look the best with 256 colors. I'm happy with the booting time, speed and the overall responsiveness of the system at this resolution.
However, I've created a JPG image with a resolution of 640x512 and have attempted to use it as a backdrop through Wbpattern. The created file is fairly small, around 80KB, but it takes 25-30 secs to load/appear on boot(!!!). It doesn't seem to be an I/O limitation, as the CF isn't busy much of this time. Once the backdrop has loaded/is appearing, the overall speed of the system is fine.
I've used the DT-JPEG as datatype.
Can anyone give me a hint on how to fix this? Should I use another file format (PNG/LMBM/IFF), another JPG datatype, optimize the JPG somehow, or?
Thank you in advance.
Best regards
Kenni