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- QuickTime for Windows
- Version 2.1.1
-
- WHAT'S IN THIS DOCUMENT
- Key features
- Minimum PC configuration
- Quick fix for display problems
- Things you need to know
- Modifying QTW.INI
- Making movies playable on both Macintosh and Windows
-
- KEY FEATURES
- Improved performance and reliability
- 32-Bit QuickTime for Windows 95 and Windows NT 3.51 or later
- Multifunctional 16/32-bit control panels
- Improved installation and uninstallation process
- Audio support:
- MIDI Music tracks
- IMA 4:1 compressed audio
- Accelerated video support:
- Direct hardware support for graphics accelerators:
- ATI Mach64, Tseng W32P, P9000, Cirrus Logic CL-GD54xx, WD 90C33
- Direct hardware support for video drivers that support 16- or 32-bit
- Display Control Interface (DCI)
- Support for burnt and searchable text tracks.
- Support for QuickTime VR for Windows (distributed separately).
- Support for MPEG file playback via Sigma Designs RealMagic Board.
- Support for all standard QuickTime decompressors:
- Apple Graphics, Apple Animation, Apple Uncompressed, Apple Video,
- Apple Cinepak, Apple Photo JPEG, Indeo 3.2
- Movie Player application can copy selected portions of text track and
- current visual to clipboard.
- 16- and 32-bit QuickTime for Windows can coexist on Win95 and WinNT.
- The Movie Player is an OLE server, enabling QuickTime movies to be
- placed and played in 16- or 32-bit applications.
- QuickTime has MCI (Media Control Interface) that provides media
- integration in applications like Windows' Media Player and various
- multimedia authoring applications.
- Visual Basic 2.0, 3.0 and 4.0 is supported with a 16-bit VBX file for
- QuickTime Movie control.
-
- MINIMUM PC CONFIGURATION*
- 386SX at 20 MHz
- 4 MB RAM
- 6 MB hard disk space available
- VGA or better display card
- Windows compatible sound card
- CD-ROM recommended
- Windows 3.1, Windows for Workgroups 3.11,
- Windows 95 or Windows NT 3.51 or later
-
- * MPC 1 and above rated machine.
-
- QUICK FIX FOR DISPLAY PROBLEMS
- QuickTime for Windows is very reliable. However in rare cases you can
- experience display problems or crashes when attempting to run QuickTime
- movies or pictures. This is usually caused by older or poorly written
- system video drivers reporting incorrect video hardware configuration
- information. If this occurs you can almost always use the QuickTime
- control panel to work around the problem:
-
- 1) Open the Windows Control Panel:
- -In Windows 95, select Start/Settings/Control Panel. If you see two
- QuickTime control panels, perform steps 2-4 on both of them.
- -In Windows 3.1 and Windows NT, double-click the Control Panel icon
- in the Main program group.
- 2) Double-click the QuickTime control panel icon.
- 3) Click the More button, then click the Video tab at the top of the
- window. The video page will appear.
- 4) Click Video Driver in the Draw Method box, then click Apply. Click
- Close to shut down the QuickTime control panel.
- 5) Restart Movie Player or the appropriate application to try again.
- 6) If the application still does not work, repeat steps 1-4, and choose
- a slower draw method (listed in the Draw Method box from fastest to
- slowest).
-
- In the rare event you cannot gain access to the control panel (due to very
- serious video driver bugs), you will need to edit the QTW.INI file by hand.
- Most video playback problems can be corrected by adding:
-
- [Video]
- Optimize=Driver
-
- [Video 32]
- Optimize=Driver
-
- If you still have display problems, make sure you have installed the latest
- video driver from your computer manufacturer.
-
- THINGS YOU NEED TO KNOW
- 1) 32-bit QuickTime for Windows will not run on Windows 3.1 (even if
- Win32s is installed).
- 2) When running QuickTime VR (distributed separately) you must use the
- 16-bit Movie Player, until a 32-bit QuickTime VR is released.
- 3) Sigma Designs' recently released RealMagic MPEG driver (v2.20) is
- incompatible with QuickTime for Windows. As a workaround on Win3.1,
- you can install the old RealMagic driver (v2.01), but on Win95 there
- is no other version to install. Sigma Designs and Apple Computer are
- currently working on a solution.
- 4) The QuickTime for Windows control panel may crash if your computer is
- using Cirrus display driver version 1.23. If this happens, you must
- upgrade to version 1.24 or later.
- 5) The game "Critical Path" requires MCIQTW.DRV to be in its directory.
- When you install QuickTime for Windows 2.1.1 and delete the old
- version, this file is removed. You must copy MCIQTW.DRV from your
- "windows system" directory (usually C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM) to
- \CRITPATH\QTW for the game to work.
- 6) The game "Redshift" requires QTIM.DLL to be in its directory. When
- you install QuickTime for Windows 2.1.1 and delete the old version,
- this file is removed. You must copy QTIM.DLL from your "windows
- system" directory (usually C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM) to \REDSHIFT\QTW for
- the game to work.
-
- MODIFYING QTW.INI
- Do not modify QTW.INI by hand. Please use QuickTime's Control Panel. See
- above (Quick Fix For Display Problems) for the one exception to this rule.
-
- MAKING MOVIES PLAYABLE ON BOTH MACINTOSH AND WINDOWS
- To make a movie playable on both the PC and the Mac, follow these steps:
- 1) Open a movie file using Movie Player 2.0 or above on the Macintosh.
- 2) Choose Save As from the File menu.
- 3) In the dialog box that appears, click the radio button labeled "Make
- movie self-contained." This tells the utility to sever any links to
- other movies after incorporating the relevant video into this movie.
- 4) Select the checkbox labeled "Playable on non-Apple computers." This
- causes the movie to be saved as a single fork movie.
- 5) Rename the movie using PC naming conventions. The filename should be
- 8 characters in length for maximum portability. Use the extension
- ".mov." For example: MYMOVIE.MOV
-
- The resulting file is a QuickTime cross-platform movie that can be played
- on either a Macintosh or any x86-based computer with Windows 3.x, Windows NT,
- and Windows 95.
-
- Remember, when creating movies on the Macintosh that the following features
- are not yet available on Windows:
- -MACE, sprites, time code, and modifier tracks
- -Apple Component Video decompressor
- -Multiple video tracks
- -Display of non-burnt text tracks
-
- COPYRIGHT NOTICES
- QuickTime for Windows 2.1.1, Copyrightâ•• 1993-1996 Apple Computer, Inc.
- All rights reserved.
-
- FOR MORE INFO
- For more up-to-date information on QuickTime for Windows, check out our
- Web site at <http://quicktime.apple.com/>.