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- Readme.txt
- ==========
- WebFlixPro Version 1.5.3C
- Build 19991202
- Windows 95/98/NT4.0
-
- *************************************************************************
- POST INSTALLATION
- *************************************************************************
-
- General
- =======
- The terms and conditions of your WebFlixPro license are located in the "Program
- Files\MediaWare Solutions\WebFlixPro\doc folder" by default. This location will
- vary depending on where you chose to install WebFlixPro. If you are running the
- demo version then you have a 14 day evaluation licence and a number of
- features are not available. See the Help file for details.
-
- You will need to download and install a copy Microsoft's Microsoft
- DirectX Media Run Time (was known as ActiveMovie, now renamed DirectShow)
- if you have not already got it installed on your computer.
-
- To detect whether you have DirectShow installed on your system. Just load an
- M<PEG-1 movie in WebFlix Pro, and play it - if you get no warning message
- and it plays OK then it's already installed.
-
- If you find you need Microsoft DirectX Media Run Time then you can
- download it (currently version 6.1) from Microsoft's web site at
- http://www.microsoft.com/directx/pavilion/dshow/default.asp
- and following the download instructions for your operating system.
-
- For best results we recommend adjusting your display settings to use a
- minimum of 16 bit colour (32 bit TrueColor is recommended). Using 8-bit
- color can cause unusual flickering/flashing color effects.
-
- Registry Operations (Only if you are comfortable with Regedt32!)
- ===================
-
- - The default folder for storing your WebFlix Pro generated datafiles can be
- changed through the registry. Change the value of the DATA entry
- under HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\MediaWare Solutions\WebFlixPro\1\ to your
- preferred folder.
-
- *************************************************************************
- Limitations of the current version
- *************************************************************************
-
- - You cannot read or create files greater than 2Gbytes (32 bit addressing).
-
- - WebFlix Pro automatically creates an index file for each movie you load
- so that you can later randomly access any part of the movie. For large
- movies, this can take a significant time. However it is only calculated
- the first time you load each movie, so subsequent loads are fast.
-
- - The index filename for a VCD (.dat) file is shared with the MPEG (.mpg)
- file of the same name. This means, for example, that if you
- alternately load the VCD movie movie.dat and the MPEG movie movie.mpg
- then the index file movie.idx will be recalculated each time because
- WebFlix Pro will detect that the existing index file does not belong to
- the movie you are loading.
-
- - WebFlix Pro can work directly with many Video CD movies, playing, editing
- and using the shot tool to find shot cuts. However if you experience any
- problems we recommend converting the Video CD movie to MPEG format
- first using the WebFlix Pro built-in converter and then working with the
- MPEG file.
-
- - WebFlix Pro does not generate VCD-compliant MPEG files.
-
-
- *************************************************************************
- Known Issues in the current version
- *************************************************************************
-
- - using the shot detection tool on movies with a *very* large number of
- cuts (for example when trying to cut detect an animated cartoon) or
- dissolves can cause WebFlix Pro to crash. This appears to be caused
- by running out of memory when handling the thumbnails.
-
- - if you have already saved a cutlist for your movie using the default
- filename, it will be overwritten next time you save a cutlist for the
- same movie. To avoid this problem, always change the name of the cutlist
- file from the default to your own filename before saving.
-
- - when converting a VCD file to MPEG, such as movie.dat to movie.mpg, if
- file movie.mpg exists in the same folder as movie.mpg it will be
- removed or replaced by the conversion process.
-
- *************************************************************************
- RELEASE NOTES WebFlix Pro Version 1.5.3C build 19991202
- *************************************************************************
-
- - (change): Minor changes to Help system
-
- *************************************************************************
- RELEASE NOTES WebFlix Pro Version 1.5.3 build 19990422
- *************************************************************************
-
- - (bug fix): WebFlix Pro can crash when loading movies which use a forbidden
- frame rate of zero. This has now now been fixed by assuming a nominal
- frame rate for such movies.
-
- *************************************************************************
- RELEASE NOTES WebFlix Pro Version 1.5.2 build 19990316
- *************************************************************************
-
- - (bug fix): WebFlixPro would occasionally hang when loading a movie if it
- couldn't find all the DirectShow Filters it expected. This bug was
- introduced in version 1.5.1 and is now fixed. Now, if necessary, a
- warning message is displayed and file loading continues.
-
- - (change): Added information under "Editing with Multiple Movies" Help
- topic for working with a combination of system and video-only streams.
-
- *************************************************************************
- RELEASE NOTES WebFlix Pro Version 1.5.1 build 19990104
- *************************************************************************
-
- - (change): Re-instated File menu option to convert VCD files to MPEG.
-
- *************************************************************************
- RELEASE NOTES TO WebFlix Pro Version 1.5.1 build 19981222
- *************************************************************************
-
- - (bug fix): WebFlix Pro would occasionally hang during "generate" when
- searching for the start positions of audio frames. Now fixed.
-
- - (bug fix): WebFlix Pro normally displays badly encoded pixels in green.
- Occasionally some very bright pixels (value 255) were incorrectly
- displayed in green as bad pixels. Now fixed.
-
- - (change): WebFlix Pro now uses Microsoft's MPEG-1 DirectShow filters
- in preference to any other installed 3rd party filters.
-
- - (change): The readability of the MPEG stream information available
- under the "Info" menu has been improved, by using a larger font size.
-
- *************************************************************************
- RELEASE NOTES TO WebFlix Pro Version 1.5.0 build 19980615
- *************************************************************************
-
- - (new feature): Added a tool under the file menu for converting Video
- CD movies to MPEG.
-
- - (new feature): Added HTML shot summary page generation.
-
- - (new feature): Added playback volume and frame rate controls.
-
- - (new feature): Added support for reading Video CDs
-
- - (change): Added warning when opening a video that contains
- sections with different image sizes, frame rates or bit rates.
-
- - (change): Added warning during edit when the output video contains
- sections with different image sizes, frame rates or bit rates.
-
- - (change): Improved flexibility and robustness when creating the index
- to cover variants of the standard MPEG format (e.g. VCD).
-
- - (bug fix): Sometimes the audio was not written when a packet was not
- preceeded by a pack header. This is now fixed.
-
- *************************************************************************
- RELEASE NOTES TO WebFlix Pro Version 1.4.3 build 19980504
- *************************************************************************
-
- - (new feature): Video-only streams can now be edited.
-
- - (change): The edit engine now uses Video CD compatible packetization.
-
- *************************************************************************
- RELEASE NOTES TO WebFlix Pro Version 1.4.2 build 19980421
- *************************************************************************
-
- - (bug fix): The player had trouble playing some movies generated with
- WebFlix Pro. This is now fixed
-
- - (bug fix): Generating movies - including very short clips in the Edit
- List could cause unexpected results. This is now fixed - you can insert
- as little as a 1 frame clip in an Edit List when you have frame accurate
- editing switched on.
-
- *************************************************************************
- RELEASE NOTES TO WebFlix Pro Version 1.4.1 build 19980414
- *************************************************************************
-
- - (change): Demo version now allows you to generate and save movies
- up to 300 frames in length.
-
- - (change): Clicking the frame cursor while playing will skip to the
- cursor position and continue to play from there.
-
- - (change): Changing the master strip selection while playing will stop
- the playing.
-
- *************************************************************************
- RELEASE NOTES TO WebFlixPro Version 1.4.0 build 19980309
- *************************************************************************
-
- - (new feature): Auto Repeat option added to player controls. Works with
- all playing modes including backwards and single stepping.
-
- - (change): Users no longer need a Test-Drive key to evaluate the
- product. Product is now evaluated as a commercial demo with some features
- unavailable.
-
- - (new feature): Added new topics to help pages.
-
- - (bug fix): If the path to a movie in an Edit list contained spaces
- then it did not get correctly read in again when the Edit List was re-opened.
- This bug is now fixed.
-
- - (bug fix): Installation - WebFlixPro would only install into the
- Start|Programs|MediaWare Solutions|WebFlixPro Folder. You can now
- choose your own folder within Start|Programs that WebFlixPro can be
- started from.
-
- *************************************************************************
- RELEASE NOTES TO WebFlixPro Version 1.3.0 build 19980224
- *************************************************************************
-
- - (new feature): Windows help now integrated into WebFlixPro under the
- Help|Contents menu.
-
- - (new feature): Bubble help available for the Player Controls.
-
- - (new feature): New Player controls added:
- * "Go To Start" (Rewind),
- * "Go To End"
-
- - (new feature): New Clip Control features added:
- * "Clip-start" and "Clip-end" displays
- * "Reset" button
-
- - (new feature): Added "Welcome to WebFlixPro" slide show to start up sequence.
-
- - (new feature): Test-Drive procedure simplified for users. Register menu
- easier to use.
-
- - (bug fix): The WebFlixPro editor sometimes produced movies that were
- outside the tolerance range of some players (e.g. ActiveMovie). This bug is
- now fixed.
-
- *************************************************************************
- RELEASE NOTES TO WebFlixPro Version 1.2.3 build 19980131
- *************************************************************************
-
- - (bug fix) WebFlixPro used to crash if you loaded a movie consisting of
- two sequences encoded with different parameters (bit rate etc). Now fixed.
-
- *************************************************************************
- RELEASE NOTES TO WebFlixPro Version 1.2.2 build 19980129
- *************************************************************************
-
- - (bug fix): Realtime play mode was lost when detaching the view window.
- This is now fixed.
-
- - (bug fix): Occasional crash when loading a second or subsequent movie
- (Windows 95 and Active Movie 2.0 only). Fixed.
-
- - (bug fix): WebFlixPro didn't handle attempts to open non-MPEG files properly.
- WebFlixPro now detects non-MPEG files correctly.
-
- *************************************************************************
- RELEASE NOTES TO WebFlixPro Version 1.2.1 build 19980122
- *************************************************************************
-
- - (new feature): WebFlixPro's realtime play now fully compatible with both
- Microsoft ActiveMovie 1.0 and the newly released ActiveMovie 2.0
- (included with DirectX 5.1 Media runtime libraries)
-
- - (bug fix): Under certain conditions earlier versions of WebFlixPro used
- to crash when used on PCs installed with Active Movie 2.0. This is now
- fixed.
-
- *************************************************************************
- RELEASE NOTES TO WebFlixPro Version 1.2.0 build 19980120
- *************************************************************************
-
- - (new feature): can now save snapshots in JPEG format for easier viewing
- with web browsers and image viewers.
-
- - (change): can now paste PIN from email to PIN dialogue box, making PIN
- entry easier and safer.
-
- - (change): tidied up PIN validation procedures and added new "Register"
- menu.
-
- *************************************************************************
- RELEASE NOTES TO WebFlixPro Version 1.1.2 build 19971208
- *************************************************************************
-
- - (change): Relaunched as entry level product to complement launch of WebFlix
- Professional.
-
- - (change): Ported to Windows 95, including general facelift to the user
- interface.
-
- - (bug fix): WebFlixPro used to crash if you entered a bad filename by hand in
- the edit list. This bug is now fixed.
-
- - (bug fix): WebFlixPro occasionally crashed if you attempted to change the master
- strip when it was performing real-time playing. This bug is now fixed.
-
- - (change): WebFlixPro licensing mechanism updated.
-
- *************************************************************************
- RELEASE NOTES TO WebFlix Pro Version 1.1.1 build 19971201
- *************************************************************************
- - (change): Renamed to WebFlix Pro.
-
- *************************************************************************
- RELEASE NOTES TO WebFlix Version 1.1.0 build 19971121
- *************************************************************************
-
- - (new feature): integrated real-time player (with audio) into
- WebFlix. Requires Microsoft ActiveMovie to be installed.
-
- - (new feature): clicking any button while in any play mode will stop the
- playing.
-
- - (bug fix): removed "memory" effect from play buttons (e.g. clicking forward
- play twice used to require clicking stop twice to stop)
-
- - (change): fast forward/backward now jumps forward/backward five frames and
- looks for the next/prev I frame.
-
- *************************************************************************
- RELEASE NOTES TO WebFlix Version 1.02 build 19971107
- *************************************************************************
-
- - (new feature): added `Release Notes' button to the Help menu.
-
- - (new feature): when loading an MPEG with the file menu, WebFlix now defaults
- to the same folder as the previous MPEG file load.
-
- - (new feature): when loading/saving a keyframe or saving a snapshot, WebFlix
- now searches folders in the following order: (1) WebFlix\data (or to the
- value of the registry key "WEBFLIXDATA" if you have changed it from the
- installed default), (2) where the MPEG was loaded from, (3) the folder
- specified in the "Start in:" field in the Properties window of the WebFlix
- shortcut in the Program Menu, (4) the folder specified by the Windows "TMP"
- environment variable.
-
- - (new feature): right clicking the thumbnail sprocket strip at the left/right
- end of the strip takes you to the first/last thumbnail in the entire
- thumbnail collection. This makes it easier to scroll through a very long
- thumbnail strip.
-
- - (bug fix): fixed editing bug that occassionally caused (1) null and phantom
- frames to be included in some WebFlix generated MPEGs (2) frame counts in
- the Edit Decision Lists to be incorrect (3) scene changes in some WebFlix
- generated MPEGs to be missed by the cut detector.
-
- *************************************************************************
- RELEASE NOTES TO WebFlix Version 1.01 build 19971029
- *************************************************************************
-
- - (bug fix): fixed bug that caused WebFlix to occasionally crash when
- generating MPEG videos (occurred only when including the same non-system
- stream video more than once in the Edit Decision List).
-
- - (bug fix): fixed bug in which WebFlix occasionally dropped the audio stream
- when generating MPEG videos (occurred only when including full-length clips
- in the Edit Decision List).
-
- - (bug fix): fixed bug that caused WebFlix to crash when attempting to write
- to a non-writable folder such as a CDROM.
-
- *************************************************************************
- WebFlix Support
- *************************************************************************
- For the latest information on WebFlix, product updates and general support
- information please visit our web site at:
-
- http://www.mediaware.com.au
-
- Postal Address:
- MediaWare Solutions Pty Ltd
- GPO Box 1985
- Canberra,
- ACT 2601,
- Australia
-
- Email:
- info@mediaware.com.au