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- █ VIDVUE v2.1 █
- █ Copyright 1993-1994 Lawrence Gozum █
- █ All rights reserved. █
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- SUMMARY:
-
- VIDVUE is a Multimedia player/slideshow utility and image viewer/utility
- distributed as 100% Functional Shareware.
-
- Features outstanding ease-of-use; easy access to all controls with minimal
- keyboard input, mouse movements and learning. Includes basic, intermediate
- and advanced Help functions.
-
- It is probably the ONLY Windows app to date, that fully supports
- full-featured GIF 87a and 89a files; features, probably, the fastest GIF
- decode to screen routines in Windows (written in assembly). Includes Full
- Screen decoding option. Fully supports JPG/JIF, BMP/DIB, PCX, TIFF, TGA and
- DCX formats, with raster image support for WPG, EPS and PICT files.
-
- Multimedia support includes AVI video, WAV audio, MIDI music and FLI/FLC
- animation files. AVI playback uses low level MCI video commands, allowing
- for full scalability in a sizeable window. Includes AVI frame grab function
- to import and save AVI frames to other formats.
-
- Multimedia slideshows (with all supported formats) can be played with marked
- files and user-scripted slideshows. Features includes AutoDithering,
- AutoSizing, variable delays, variable backgrounds, special GIF processing,
- variable AVI scaling and other features PER SLIDE! Runs WAV and MID files
- while images are displayed.
-
- Image printing on B/W printers supports error-distributed dithering for
- superior gray shades. Interface includes a simulated document to resize and
- position image on paper before printing.
-
- VIDVUE also converts file formats, sharpens, smoothens, adjusts contrast
- and brightness, resizes, flips/rotates, dithers, reduces colors, and
- converts to gray, among other features.
-
-
- REQUIREMENTS:
-
- Required: Windows 3.1 running in Enhanced mode and VBRUN300.DLL.
- ********* At CIS, browse for "VBRUN" to check availability, or check local
- BBSs for VBRUN3.ZIP or VBRUN300.ZIP.
-
- Optional: Installed Video for Windows (VFW) runtime for AVI playback.
- At CIS, browse for "VFW" to check availability, or check local
- BBSs for VFWRUN.ZIP.
-
- Optional: Installed MCI drivers for WAV and MIDI playback.
- These come with your sound card.
-
- Optional: Installed MCI drivers for FLI/FLC playback.
- At CIS, browse for "AAWIN" to check availability, or check local
- BBSs for AAWIN11.ZIP (or later).
-
-
- VIDVUE 2.1 Update
-
- o BUGFIX: Random "File Not found" error corrected.
-
- VIDVUE 2.0 Update
-
- o Monitor Brightness/Contrast adjustment added. Adjusts brightness and
- contrast level on display without modifying actual image. Included as
- user-definable profile/setup.
-
- o True full screen viewing option in viewing window.
-
- o New image processing algorithm, PackVideo, for enhancing video frame
- captures and resizing.
-
- o Immediate Multimedia Slideshows with multiple options.
-
- - Multiple file selection added to file dialog.
- - Mark/Unmark Entire directories
-
- o User-Scripted Multimedia Slideshow with lots of options per slide.
-
- - Supports all file formats (JPG/JIF, BMP/DIB, PCX, TIFF, TGA, DCX, WPG,
- EPS, PICT, AVI, FLI, FLC, WAV, MID)
-
- - Unlimited slides (as many as you want)
- - AutoDither (256 and 16-color error diffusion)
- - AutoSize (variable full screen resizing)
- - AutoCentering
- - Play/show files from several drives and/or directories
- - Variable duration
- - Variable background
- - Special GIF 89a processing
- - Special GIF 87a multiple-image processing
- - Variable AVI scaling
- - Assign WAV or MID to an image; plays any and as many as you want!
-
- o JPG/JIF file "header" preview/info function added to info button.
-
- - TIFF in JPEG aware
- - MacBinary header aware
-
- o JPG/JIF comment viewing from file info button.
-
- o Multiple font choices and sizes for comment viewing.
-
- - Font size remembered during session
- - Font choice remembered during session
-
- o Changed default background to black for seamless image updates.
-
-
- IMPORTANT:
- **********
-
- Please ensure that VBRUN300.DLL is in your Windows directory or
- Windows System sub-directory before running VVUSETUP.EXE from Windows.
-
- To install, select "Run" from the Program Manager menu bar then enter
- the pathname and "VVUSETUP". For example, if you extracted the files
- into "e:\test" then type "e:\test\vvusetup".
-
- VIDVUE's Setup now provides an option to setup ALL files in it's specified
- application directory.
-
- **************************************************************
- The following files MUST be included in this distribution set.
- **************************************************************
-
- README 1ST This file. Can be deleted after reading.
-
- VER DLL \ These are Setup program files.
- SETUPKIT DLL > Can be deleted after installation.
- VVUSETUP EXE /
-
- VVU EXE \ These are the Main program files.
- VIDVUE EXE \ These files are placed in your
- VVULOADR EXE / specified drive/directory.
- DEMO SHO /
- README WRI --> Notes on VIDVUE Preloader utility
- (can be deleted after reading)
-
- VIDVUE HLP --> VIDVUE Help file placed in your Windows system
- sub-directory (default) so that it can be accessed
- when VIDVUE is called from other apps (e.g., File Manager).
- VIDVUE DLL\
- DWSPYDLL DLL \ These are required DLL & VBX
- ACCUSOFT VBX \ support files. They will reside
- MDICHILD VBX / in your Windows system sub-directory (default)
- SBC VBX / after successful installation.
- THREED VBX /
- MSAFINX DLL/
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