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13<H2>Description</H2>
14<P>The <CODE>THPConv</CODE> tool is provided for creating THP movie data. <BR>The <CODE>THPConv</CODE> tool is a win32 console application. The following <A href="FileFormat.html">input data formats</A> are supported.</P>
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20<th height="40"><A href="JPEGS2THP.html">Converting Serial JPEG Files to THP Movie Data</A></th>
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26<P>In addition, the <CODE>THPConv</CODE> tool has a feature that allows you to replace the audio data in existing THP movie data. </P>
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32<th height="40"><A href="AudioChange.html">Replacing THP Audio Data in THP Movie Data</A></th>
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36<h2><font color="#FF0000">Notes on Creating THP Movie Data</FONT></h2>
37<P><font color="#FF0000"><STRONG>- Path </STRONG></FONT><BR>The <CODE>THPConv</CODE> tool uses <B><FONT face="Courier New">dsptool(D).dll</FONT></B> included with the Revolution SDK. When using the <CODE>THPConv</CODE> tool, make sure to specify the path as <CODE>$REVOLUTION_SDK_ROOT/x86/bin</CODE>.</P>
38<P><font color="#FF0000"><STRONG>- Available Space on Hard Disk </STRONG></FONT><BR>The size of the THP movie data output by the <CODE>THPConv</CODE> tool is the approximately the same as the original data before conversion. Furthermore, when converting video and audio data to THP movie data, the <CODE>THPConv</CODE> tool creates temporary files in the current directory. These temporary files are approximately the same size as the original data. </P>
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40<STRONG> - required hard disk space = original data size x 3</STRONG>
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42<P>The names of the temporary files created by the <CODE>THPConv</CODE> tool are <CODE>__tmp_VD</CODE> for video data and  <CODE>__tmp_AD</CODE> for audio data. <font color="#FF0000"><STRONG>Files with the same name in the current directory will be overwritten by the <CODE>THPConv</CODE> tool.</STRONG></FONT></P>
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44<P><font color="#FF0000"><STRONG>- The <CODE>THPConv</CODE> Tool Runtime Environment</STRONG></FONT><BR>If you run the <CODE>THPConv</CODE> tool in bash mode, the <CODE>THPConv</CODE> tool cannott acquire the input file that the argument specifies and may not create the THP file as expected. Always run the <CODE>THPConv</CODE> tool in the command line. </P>
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50<A href="FileFormat.html"><CODE>THPConv</CODE> Compatible File Formats</A>
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53<H2>Revision History</H2>
54<P>03/01/2006 Initial version.</P>
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