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- DVPEG 2.1 read.me file
-
- - delete your old dvpeg.cfg file and re-run vidsetup
-
- Features added:
- - S3 card support may work. I think that the cards are VESA compatable
- - Diamond Speedstar 24X, 1M Paradise (and compatable cards) support has been
- added
- - N, P when viewing a pic. will go to the next, previous picture without the
- intermediate text screens
- - dvpeg now accepts wild cards in the arguements. ie dvpeg m:house*.jpg
- will use drive M:, and look for files matching house*.jpg
- *** Using dvpeg d:\gifs\new will set the path to d:\gifs and search for
- a picture called "new"
- - tint, contrast, bright controls now work for hi-color if panning is on
- - hi_color users should find that mode selection is pretty well auto_magic
- so you can turn off the 2nd menu
- - If you have a hi_color card you can lock out 256 color modes on JPEGs
- - If you have a hi_color card dvpeg will only use 256 color modes for GIFs
- - gif viewing is about 10% faster
- - you can not pan interlaced gifs and you can only shrink a GIF after it
- is loaded (if the panning is on)
- - a contrast control has been added but it seems to effect the color a bit
- - Use F3 to edit the defaults (ie file mask, sort order, dither on/off...)
- when in vidsetup (these can be saved when you exit)
- - F6 (in dvpeg & vidsetup) is now used to set a directory path directly
- - Only very bad errors will now cause the program to exit (ie the program
- will not exit if given a bad/corrupted file)
- - You do not have to run vidsetup anymore but you should to set up the
- defaults (F3, F4, F5, F6)
- - For much better speed force greyscale viewing or one pass quantization
- - You can view a file quickly by using: dvpeg picture_name
- - F1 is always help
- - You can turn off dithering for greater speed (just before you view the
- picture)
- - Custom modes (hit 'c' in vidsetup) are now possible. Just
- go to the video card you want to use and hit 'c'. Then type in the X and
- Y size of the screen as well as the mode number in decimal. This will be
- stored in the dvpeg.cfg file. You should not have to use this feature but
- if you find that it works for you please tell me what video card you have
- and what mode #'s ... you are using. If you use an incorrect video number
- (as determined by your video card) the program may not go back to the text
- or graphics screen and you will have to re-boot your computer.
-
- Vidsetup.exe
- ------------
- The video setup program must be run before you can use dvpeg. It is used to
- select and test video modes and make a list of the working modes for dvpeg to
- use.
- When the program starts up it will detect what type of video card you have
- and automatically enter all of the modes for that card in the user list. You
- should find the hi-lighted card on the video card that is in your system.
- To test a video mode move to the card you want to test (up/down arrows) and
- then hit <enter>. This will put you onto the upper right window where you can
- pick from the list of video modes that that card should support. With the
- up/down arrow move to the video mode that you want to test and hit space. You
- should see a series of vertical bars that fade in color as they go from left
- to right. If you can not see the bars or the image is junk then dvpeg will
- not work with that mode.
- When you find what card/mode combo's work with your system you can enter it
- into the list by hitting <insert> when you are in the upper right mode menu.
- To delete an item from the list hit enter until you get to the lower right
- user list menu. With the up/down arrow move to the mode you want to delete
- and hit <delete>.
- <enter> will move you "deeper" into the menu's while <escape> will more you
- back out. When you are at the video card menu and you hit <escape> you will
- exit the video setup program.
- At this point it will ask you if you want to save the information. If you
- have correctly made a list of working modes for your system then hit <y> and
- the file dvpeg.cfg will be created for dvpeg to use. It contains the list of
- working modes and a few other things (future features).
- I hope that this makes sense and is easy to use. There are a lot of features
- to work on. Again if you have any comments/ suggestions please mail them to me
- at: praetzel@sunee.waterloo.edu
-
- dvpeg286.exe
- ------------
- This is a 286 version of dvpeg. It is slower but otherwise identical to the
- 386 version.
-
- dvpeg.exe
- ---------
- F1: help (always check this as I update the program more than I do this file)
-
- file_selection screen
- ---------------------
- You will always see subdirectors in the file listing and can move thru the
- directory tree by hitting enter when over a subdirectory or .. which will
- move you out one level.
- F2: change drive - just type a single letter ie d
- F3: change viewing defaults (dithering, show menu, smoothing ...)
- F4: change mask - type in *.gif or *.jpg or *.* depending upon what files you
- want to view
- F5: change sort order (ie by name, file size, date ...)
- F6: type in a new directory
-
- pre_picture_viewing screen
- --------------------------
- F1:help - check this since it will be more accurate than this list
- E: turn off beep / error messages (sort of like that)
- G: greyscale viewing
- S: shrink the picture to 1/1 or 1/2 or 1/3 or 1/4
- D: toggle dithering on/off
- B: toggle cross block smoothing (this one uses lots of memory and you may
- have to turn it off to view really big pictures)
- Q: toggle 1 or 2 pass quantization
- P: toggle panning on/off if the picture needs it (this can take several megs
- of memory [main or disk])
- arrows: select a video mode (default should be the right size)
- ESC: exit to pick another file
-
- picture_painted screen (some of these work with hi_color modes)
- ----------------------
- ESC: exit to select another file
- Pg Up: turn brightness up
- Pg Dwn: turn bightness down
- arrows: pan across the picture (if the picture is > screen)
- -,+: shrink, expand the picture (if the picture is > screen)
- Home: contrast increase
- End: contrast decrease
- Shift (keypad) 7,4,1 adjust red tint
- Shift (keypad) 8,5,2 adjust green tint
- Shift (keypad) 9,6,3 adjust blue tint
- F1 ... F10 multiply all panning and color controls ie F2 is *2, F8 is *8
- P: goto the previous picture
- N: goto the next picture
-
- Closing comments
- ----------------
- Please do tell me about video problems if you have any. I think that Oak
- users will experience problems.
- - Eric (praetzel@sunee.uwaterloo.ca)
-