We'd like to thank all the millions of people out there who use and continue to use our software. Your continued support has enabled us to improve ALShow and make it better.
If you are new to ALShow, thank-you for using ALShow. We sincerely hope that you enjoy using it and that it makes your life easier and more convenient. Please recommend it to friends if the occasion arises.
ABOUT ALSHOW
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ALShow is a 'codecs included' DVD and movie player. ALShow is free for home and commercial use.
ABOUT ALTOOLS
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ALTools are user-friendly PC utilities from ESTsoft.
INSTALLATION
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Run the EXE installer. When prompted, choose your options. Click next as required. When installed, ALShow prompts you to set some options. Set as required or accept the defaults (recommended).
SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS
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Windows 98/Me/NT 4/2000/XP/2003
CPU 333 MHz +
RAM 8 MB +
ALTools Support and Sales Team (Support/Product/Ordering inquiries)
For ALShow support, please use our online ALTools Forums or Support Desk at:
http://www.altools.net/
NO EMAIL SUPPORT
We no longer provide support via email. Since spam filters are very aggressive, our support emails to our users are sometimes thrown out. It is very important to us that users receive our support emails, and even 1 spam filtered email is unacceptable. We value everyone who uses ALTools and we ALWAYS answer ALL support requests in a timely manner. If you emailed us and did not receive a response, it was because your spam filters or your ISP's spam filters are too aggressive. Add us to your spam-filter white-list or contact your ISP to add ALTOOLS.NET and ESTSOFT.COM to their whitelist. Thank-you.
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# Version History #
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### ALShow v1.62 ###
1. Added: MP4 source filter
2. Added: Support for SRT caption files
3. Fixed: Problems with Fast Forward and Rewind (Shift + Left / Right) not behaving properly
4. Fixed: On some specific PCs the CD-ROM would open when ALShow played
5. Fixed: When adjusting the picture (brightness, contrast, etc.) playback would skip forward
6. Fixed: Errors when skipping forward/backward by x seconds
7. Fixed: New OGG file format support added and source filter fixed
### ALShow v1.6 ###
1. Added: Video filter upgrades
- Faster rendering with CPU optimizations
- H.264, x264 playback support
- H.263, S263 playback support
- VSSH, DAVC, AVC1 playback support
2. Added: Language selection support for VobSub captions
3. Added: CVID video format support
4. Added: TP file format support
5. Added: Language selection for ALShow
6. Improved: MPEG formats now have better playback support
7. Fixed: Video capture now prompts users for video files with no video content (i.e. only audio content)
8. Fixed: Audio capture now prompts users for video files with no audio content (i.e. only video content)
9. Fixed: All language captions were displayed by default for multilingual caption files and required manual setting after each restart
10. Improved: Better support for ASX files with http media and ASX files with malformed headers
11. Fixed: ALShow did not properly connect to the ALShow codec center for installing MKV codecs
12. Fixed: Could not change caption locations onscreen when rendering captions in image mode
13. Fixed: Could not seek through captions (Home, End keys) when captions were renedered in image mode
14. Fixed: Errors adding, changing, deleting in the favorites list when not logged in through an administrator account
15. Fixed: Under Preferences > Playback unchecking "Stop repeating segments after x times." did not allow for infinite playback loops
16. Fixed: Under the File menu, Favorites > Organize Favorites, deleting items caused an error
17. Fixed: Changing the volume on the keyboard did not adjust volume properly
18. Fixed: Changing skins on Windows 98 sometimes caused ALShow to crash
19. Improved: Better support for ASF formats
20. Fixed: Connected to codec center when playing CDXA videos even when proper codec was installed
### ALShow v1.5 beta1 ###
1. Added: Option to increase screen size to 200%
2. Improved: Playback speed adjustments
3. Fixed: Skin occasionally appeared darkened
4. Fixed: Some MOV files caused an error
5. Fixed: Pressing ESC during MP3 playback did not stop sound
6. Fixed: Video capture did not always properly capture video
7. Fixed: Resetting preferences erroneously created a default ALShow capture folder if none was defined
8. Improved: Changing skins in the preferences is now instantaneous
9. Improved: Can now change caption sizes for TV output
10. Fixed: ALShow did not resize properly if caption display mode was changed during movie playback
11. Fixed: Adding captions while playing a movie caused captions to always appear in TV Out mode
If you've identified a bug or have an idea on how we can improve ALShow, please visit our home page and send us some feedback. You can reach us through our support desk at www.altools.net.
Your Rights to Distribute ALShow
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DISTRIBUTION
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You may freely redistribute this program provided that you do not charge a fee, whether for distribution or the media containing this program, except as permitted herein.
ISPs, non-profit organizations, charities or charitable organizations, and educational organizations such as schools or universities may distribute this program for free to home users, volunteers, or students for non-commercial private use provided that they do not charge a fee for the program, but may charge reasonable handling and duplication fees provided that the recipient is explicitly made aware that they are not being charged for the program and that the token fee associated is exclusively to cover handling and duplication fees. If the program is included as part of a distribution package for which a fee is being charged, you may include the program provided that you do not levy charges for the distribution package beyond reasonable additional handling and duplication fees and that the recipient is explicitly made aware that they are not being charged for the program.
If this program is distributed as a part of another package or software bundle or in association with services for which a fee is being levied, the author's permission must first be obtained.
You may not distribute this program in connection with any illegal activites which may include, but are not limited to, software piracy, copyright infringement, or fraud.
In all cases where this program is distributed, it must remain complete and unchanged in it's original ZIP or EXE package with all messages intact. You may rename the distributable ZIP or EXE file for management purposes provided that the program name and version number remain clear in the new file name.
ATTENTION: This program is the exclusive property of ESTsoft corporation and is protected by international copyright laws. Unathorized copying, distribution, disassembly or reverse engineering is subject to prosecution to the maximum extent permitted by law. Please read the EULA for more information.
Copyright 1999-2006 ESTsoft Corp. All rights reserved. ALZip, ALSee, ALGIF, ALFTP, ALPass, ALMap, ALX, ALZ, ALSong, ALShow and ALTools are trademarks of ESTsoft Corp.
