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- README for Multimedia Viewer Release 1.0
- (c) Copyright IBM (R) Corp. 1994
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- This README contains information about the IBM Multimedia
- Viewer, a versatile tool for organizing multimedia data
- objects. This "Light Table" folder is designed to look
- like a photographer's light table containing picture
- slides, with the added benefit of being able to play audio
- and video files. Enjoy.
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- IBM Multimedia Viewer Quickstart
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- o To start the media browser for an object in the Multimedia
- Folder, simply double-click on the SLIDE FRAME (the
- border) of the object.
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- o Please read the following sections which explain some
- Multimedia Viewer and OS/2 Workplace Shell capabilities.
- For example, you will learn how you can start a Workplace
- Shell application by double clicking on the middle of the
- object.
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- IBM Multimedia Viewer Features
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- o The Multimedia Viewer product provides the ability to
- manage and view multimedia objects, such as image, video,
- animation, audio, and text files.
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- o The Light Table folder provides all the features of a
- standard OS/2 folder, with a number of additions. Objects
- in a Light Table Viewer appear as if they were photo
- slides on a photographer's light table.
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- o Slides are created when multimedia objects are moved or
- copied into a Light Table folder. Slides are also created
- for Light Table References (see below).
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- About Light Table Browsers
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- o Light Table folders provide browsers for reviewing your
- multimedia data. There are four browsers: Audio,
- Video/Animation, Image and Text.
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- o The Audio, Video/Animation and Image browsers can be
- invoked by positioning the mouse pointer anywhere over the
- SLIDE FRAME and double-clicking the left mouse button.
- Large images may take a while to appear on your display.
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- o If the mouse is located over the middle of the object (not
- the border), double-clicking the left mouse button will
- behave as it normally does in a standard OS/2 folder.
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- o The Text browser can be invoked by double-clicking on the
- text object.
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- o The browsers will work with any file type supported by the
- OS/2 Multimedia system. See your OS/2 documentation for
- more information on supported file formats.
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- Creating a new Light Table folder
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- Light Table folders are created in the same manner as
- standard OS/2 folders. After installing the Multimedia
- Viewer, open the Templates folder and locate the Light
- Table template. Drag/Drop the Light Table Template to the
- desired location on your desktop.
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- Adding New Files to your Light Table
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- The preferred method of adding multimedia data objects to
- a light table folder is to create a "Light Table
- Reference". Follow the steps below.
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- o Find the data object you wish to use by opening its folder.
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- o Click the right mouse button on the data object to bring
- up the object's popup menu.
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- o Select "Create LT Reference" from the popup menu.
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- o Select the Light Table folder in which you want the data
- object to appear. Only Light Table folders can be
- selected. A miniature slide for the data file should
- now be visible in your Light Table folder.
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- Additional Light Table Reference Object Tips
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- o Light Table Reference objects are similar to Shadow
- objects. They are a reference to another object or file.
- Unlike Shadow objects:
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- - References provide storage for slide images.
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- - References are preserved when the parent object is
- not present.
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- These features allow Light Table References to display
- slides in a Light Table folder even when the parent object
- is removed. For example, if a CD-ROM containing an image
- is removed, the image slide will remain in the Light
- Table.
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- o When selecting multiple objects to create Light Table
- References, do not mix .BMP files or .ICO files with other
- data file objects. You can select all .BMP files as one
- group, then create Light Table References for these
- selected objects. Select all .ICO files as another group
- to create Light Table References. Then select all the rest
- of the objects to create Light Table References.
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- o When you double click the center of objects in the Light
- Table, the OS/2 Workplace Shell will launch any
- application in OS/2 that has an association with that
- filetype. For example if you double click on an OS/2 .BMP
- file, you will launch the OS/2 Icon Editor. A file type
- will be associated to any application that supports it if
- the application has set up the association.
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- Installation Notes
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- The Multimedia Viewer is installed on the same drive as
- the OS/2 Multimedia \MMOS2 directory, and requires about
- 1.3 MB of disk space. If this drive is the one that is
- used by the OS/2 swapper, this reduces the amount of
- swapper space available for the system. In this case, you
- may want to change the drive used for the OS/2 swapper to
- one containing more space. Refer to the SWAPPATH
- statement in the Command Reference information (in the
- Information folder on your desktop) for more details about
- determining and changing the location of the OS/2 swapper
- file.
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- TRADEMARK INFORMATION
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- IBM and OS/2 are registered trademarks of
- International Business Machines Corporation.
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