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[IDV #GBC-788435]: background transparent in ISL movie doesn't work.

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  • Subject: [IDV #GBC-788435]: background transparent in ISL movie doesn't work.
  • Date: Fri, 04 Mar 2011 12:28:54 -0700
Done for now.

> Julien-
> 
> On 2/17/11 3:10 PM, Unidata IDV Support wrote:
> > As a fix, is your suggestion to save it in a different file format that 
> > does support transparencies?
> 
> when the type is kml or kmz, yes.  mov needs jpg.  not sure about gif
> and avi.
> 
> > Thanks.
> 
> You're welcome.
> 
> Don
> 
> >> If I specify the backgroundtransparent tag in ISL with a movie tag, the
> >> backgrounds don't end up transparent.  They get saved as JPEGs which
> >> don't support transparency.  For now, I can work around this by using
> >> the imagesuffix attribute, but this should be fixed.
> >>
> >> I've attached an isl and bundle that shows this.
> >>
> >> Don
> >> --
> >> Don Murray
> >> NOAA/ESRL/PSD and CIRES
> >> 303-497-3596
> >> http://www.esrl.noaa.gov/psd/people/don.murray/
> >>
> >>
> >
> >
> > Ticket Details
> > ===================
> > Ticket ID: GBC-788435
> > Department: Support IDV
> > Priority: High
> > Status: Open
> >
> 
> --
> Don Murray
> NOAA/ESRL/PSD and CIRES
> 303-497-3596
> http://www.esrl.noaa.gov/psd/people/don.murray/
> 
> 


Ticket Details
===================
Ticket ID: GBC-788435
Department: Support IDV
Priority: Critical
Status: Closed