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- INFORMATION ON MPEG 2.0 PLAYER FOR WINDOWS 3.1*, ALL SVGA CARDS SUPPORTED!
-
- [NOTE: mpeginf = Info file cribbed from abped, describing mpeg player]
-
- If there is no DLL expressly written for your SVGA card, merely
- grab any DLL archive. With this version it doesn't matter, you don't
- need to have the SVGA card. You just need the DLLs to start the program;
- then, once the program has begun, specify "Use DIB" and you will be
- able to view the MPEGs. Be sure to save your configuration within
- the program, so the viewer will automatically be configured to
- use the DIB interface the next time you load the viewer.
-
-
- *** VERY IMPORTANT / MUY IMPORTANTE / SEHR WICHTIG ***
-
- Be sure you place the *.DLL files and DLL.LST in your \windows\system
- subdir!
-
- **** Did you read the above very important information? ****
- *** Haben Sie das gelesen? ***
-
- If you don't have a supported card, I recommend getting mpegexe.zip and
- mdllati.zip, since the MPEG player looks for (by default) the ATI
- .DLLs.
-
- If you have a supported card, snag the DLL and also mpegexe.zip.
- The DLL should increase video playback by a respectable rate.
-
- The DLLs are named as "mdll*.zip," with the characters after "mdll"
- specifying what card the DLLs are for:
-
- ati: ATI VGA Wonder XL (recommended if you don't see one for yer SVGA)
- cir: Cirrus 640x480
- cpq: Compaq Q-vision
- cr8: Cirrus 800x600
- s3 : S3
- s3h: S3 - 64k colors
- s38: S3 805 256 colors
- tri: trident 8900
- tsg: tseng et4000
- v7 : video 7
- wd : western digital
-
- If you are using a DLL file other than mdllati.zip, you may have to do one
- of the following. Here are three ways to get it working. Choose the
- method which seems best to you.
-
-
- METHOD ONE:
-
- Run mfw.exe in Windows. It will abort, complaining it can't find ATI
- dll's.
-
- Load mfw.ini (in same subdir as mfw.exe) and edit "VDriver" variable
- to accomodate your driver. Here is the default from my system:
-
- [MPEG for Windows]
- Copyright.=Copyright (C) Xing Technology Corp. 1991-1992. All rights
- reserved.
- VersionID.=Version 2.0
- FileSrcDir=c:\mpeg
- BkgColor=1
- BkgWidth=4
- QBITS=2
- QLevel=1
- Sound_DLL=0
- UseDIB=0
- VidWidth=320
- VDriver=0
-
- Note the "VDriver" variable, set to 0.
-
- Now peek in DLL.LST, in \windows\system:
-
- 11 ; Number of MPEG Libraries
- ATI, "ATI VGA Wonder" ; Root, Description for MPEG Driver 1
- CPQ, "Compaq VGA" ; Root, Description for MPEG Driver 2
- TRI, "Trident" ; Root, Description for MPEG Driver 3
- TSG, "Tseng Labs ET4000" ; Root, Description for MPEG Driver 4
- V7, "Video Seven VGA" ; Root, Description for MPEG Driver 5
- CIR, "Cirrus 640x480" ; Root, Description for MPEG Driver 6
- S3, "S3" ; Root, Description for MPEG Driver 7
- S3H, "S3 - 64k colors" ; Root, Description for MPEG Driver 8
- S3H, "S3 805 256 colors" ; Root, Description for MPEG Driver 9
- WD, "Western Digital" ; Root, Description for MPEG Driver 10
- CR8, "Cirrus 800x600" ; Root, Description for MPEG Driver 11
-
- According to this, the ATI driver is Driver #1. But it is understood by
- mfw.exe to be Driver "0," because computers consider "0" to be the first
- number (hence, Driver 1). To find the correct number for your dll, find it
- in the above DLL.LST textfile, and subtract one.
-
- For example, if you are using a S3 card ("S3") you'll note it is "MPEG
- Driver 7." Subtract 1 and you get 6. This is the number to keep in mind.
-
- Now edit the variable "VDriver" in mfw.ini to reflect the DLL you will be
- using. Pretend we are going to tell it to use the S3 dll:
-
- Change
-
- VDriver=0
-
- to
-
- VDriver=6
-
- Be sure you save mfw.ini. Also make sure you place all the S3 dlls in
- \windows\system. Place all other DLLs from the mpegexe.zip archive there
- too, like MSND*.DLL, so you can hear digital audio with your MPEGs which
- have audio (.wav file) soundtracks. You will only hear audio if you have a
- sound driver for Windows.
-
- METHOD TWO:
-
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- From: litt3509@mach1.wlu.ca (Carl Litt u)
- Newsgroups: alt.binaries.pictures.erotica.d,alt.binaries.pictures.utilities
- Subject: Re: MPEG..
- Message-ID: <C1EJ5r.Anu@mach1.wlu.ca>
- Date: 25 Jan 93 08:49:03 GMT
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- Organization: Wilfrid Laurier University
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-
- >>I am having some weird problems with the new MPEG viewer. I unzipped the
- >>viewer and trident's dll files. I copied all the dll files and dll.lst to the
- >>windows/system directory. I then set up mfw.exe as an icon and when I click on
- >>it, it says cannot find M320-ATi.DLL & cannot load the driver. Huh!!!
- >>I don't have an ATI card, nor did I download any ATI drivers. I simply ftped
- >>drivers for my Trident card. Am I missing something here??? Any body have this
- >>problem? I wanna see Pamela Anderson.. HELP...!!!
- >>e-mail or post
- >*.dll files belong in the \WINDOWS directory.
-
- Nope, the *.DLL files belong in the SYSTEM directory, just like you did it.
-
- This is a common problem, and it's pretty easy to fix. See that DLL.LST
- file? You're going to have to edit it. Change the number in the top
- line (it should be 11), change it to 1. Now delete every line but the
- one for the appropriate driver (in your case, the Trident). Save the
- modified file in the WINDOWS\SYSTEM directory.
-
- METHOD THREE:
-
- From alt.graphics.pixutils Mon Jan 25 16:26:46 1993
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- From: tomasz@carson.u.washington.edu (John Tomaszewski)
- Newsgroups: alt.graphics.pixutils
- Subject: Re: How to use MPEG viewer with dll other than ATI
- Date: 25 Jan 1993 23:44:42 GMT
- Organization: University of Washington, Seattle
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- Message-ID: <1k1u1aINNlkp@shelley.u.washington.edu>
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-
- I just renamed my driver (WD) as the ATI driver and left the .INI
- file alone. This seemed to work fine.
-
- John T.
-
- *Player may or may not work with MS Windows 3.0. Can someone test it?
-
-