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- DVDIdle 3.65
- Copyright (C) 2001 - 2004 Fengtao Software
- http://www.DVDIdle.com/
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- In This File:
- 1. What's New
- 2. Introduction
- 3. Installation
- 4. System Requirements
- 5. Quick Start
- 6. Order information
- 7. Contact and support
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- 1. What's New
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- 1) Direct-Play now supports two modes: DVD Menu and DVD Movie.
- 2) Supports all DVD drives in the computer.
- 3) Supports more than two DVD programs running simultaneously.
- 4) The setting changes take effect immediately.
- 5) Splash window added.
- 6) Tip of the Day added.
- 7) Auto-Run now works on WinXP.
- 8) Several small bugs fixed.
- 9) ...
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- 1. Introduction
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- DVDIdle helps you to extend lifetime of your DVD drive. By using
- Smart Read-ahead Cache, DVDIdle saves DVD data which will be played
- soon onto hard disk cache or RAM cache, and feed it to DVD player then,
- so that DVD drive can take a rest. For example, a 6X-speed DVD drive
- will only work 15 minutes when you are watching a 90 minutes DVD movie.
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- DVDIdle works in the background to provide Cache for DVD player
- automatically. With DVDIdle's help software DVD player like PowerDVD, WinDVD,
- etc. are able to provide smooth DVD playback while DVD drive is sleep!
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- Other features include Macrovision-Free, Operation-Free, Direct-Play
- DVD menu or movie, and run self at DVD programs startup automatically.
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- 2. Installation
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- The latest version of DVDIdle can be downloaded from the following
- Web page:
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- http://www.DVDIdle.com/download.htm
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- During the setup, please follow instructions on display.
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- 3. System Requirements
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- Windows XP, 2000, ME, 98, 98SE or Windows NT4.0 SP5+
- 6X-speed DVD drive or above
- PowerDVD 3.0/4.0/XP/5.0, WinDVD 2000/3.0/4.0/Platinum/5.0, ATI DVD Player,
- CinePlayer 4.0, Sonic CinePlayer 1.5, DirectDVD, NVDVD, Windows Media Player,
- PCFriendly Player, InterActual Player, TheaterTek DVD or UltraDVD
- Pentium II 500MHz or above with 64MB RAM
- 1MB hard drive space for installation
- At least 300MB free hard drive space or 256MB RAM for Smart Read-ahead Cache
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- 4. Quick Start
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- Run your favorite DVD player software as usual, DVDIdle will work well automatically.
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- See "Quick Start" section in DVDIdle Help for more information.
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- 5. Order Information
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- DVDIdle is distributed as shareware. That means, you can install
- and try it for 30 days. During this evaluation period, software is fully
- functional. To continue using DVDIdle after the 30-day evaluation
- period, you should pay a registration fee.
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- Please visit DVDIdle ordering web page:
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- http://www.DVDIdle.com/order.htm
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- See "Order Information" section in DVDIdle Help for more information
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- 6. Contact and support
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- Support and suggestion:
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- support@DVDIdle.com
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- Sales question:
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- sales@DVDIdle.com
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- General contact:
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- contact@DVDIdle.com
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- DVDIdle Download Page:
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- http://www.DVDIdle.com/download.htm
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- DVDIdle FAQ Page:
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- http://www.DVDIdle.com/faq-dvd-idle.htm
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- DVDIdle Order Page:
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- http://www.DVDIdle.com/order.htm
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- -=End of DVDIdle Readme-=
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