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- IconAuthor ActionMedia II Driver Release Notes
- **********************************************
-
- IconAuthor's ActionMedia II driver allows you to use the IconAuthor
- video icons to load and play ActionMedia II (AVS) files. This
- driver (IADVIOS2.DRV) is based on the Intel DVI Multimedia Driver
- for OS/2.
-
- These release notes cover the use of IconAuthor's ActionMedia II driver.
-
- INSTALLATION
- ************
-
- To install the IconAuthor ActionMedia II driver do the following:
-
- 1. Follow hardware installation instructions that came with the
- ActionMedia II board. Perform the Intel diagnostics test to insure
- that the board is installed correctly.
-
- 2. During the IconAuthor installation, select Digital Video drivers.
-
- 3. Run IconAuthor
-
- 4. Select Setup Video from the Options menu. Select ActionMedia II
- as the video player and select ActionMedia II for the video port.
-
- 6. Select Setup Overlay from the Options menu. Select ActionMedia II
- as the overlay device.
-
- NEW DIGITAL VIDEO FEATURE
- *************************
-
- We have added new functions to the V:Overlay icon to support digital video.
-
- **The "Source" command for the V:Overlay icon is used to define a digital
- video file as a source.
-
- The following example places the file confplay.avs in video window 1
- (MAX 1 WINDOW).
-
- V:Overlay icon
-
- Command: source
- Transparent Color: leave blank
- Parameter 1: 1
- Parameter 2: c:\am2mci\avs\confplay.avs
- (enter the full path for file)
-
- SUPPORTED VIDEO FUNCTIONS
- *************************
-
- This release implements all possible IconAuthor functions based on the
- Intel MCI driver. The supported icons and commands work with DVI in the
- same way as documented in the manual. Any differences in functionality
- are noted.
-
- **V:Audio icon
- Supported
-
- **V:Frame#? icon
- Supported.
-
- **V:Overlay icon
-
- Function Supported Note
- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
- Audio Yes
- Capture No
- Copy No function not provided by Intel MCI driver
- Crop Yes parameter 1 field is ignored
- Fade Audio No function not provided by Intel MCI driver
- Fade Video No function not provided by Intel MCI driver
- Freeze Yes
- Graph Yes
- Paste No function not provided by Intel MCI driver
- Restore No video stills can be created with a one
- frame AVS file
- Source Yes
- Super Yes
- Unfreeze Yes
- Video Yes Works like "Super"
-
- **V:Player
-
- Function Supported Note
- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
- stepf Yes
- stepr No Function not provided by Intel MCI driver
- slowf No Function not provided by Intel MCI driver
- slowr No Function not provided by Intel MCI driver
- playf Yes
- playr No Function not provided by Intel MCI driver
- fastf No Function not provided by Intel MCI driver
- fastr No Function not provided by Intel MCI driver
- load No Function not provided by Intel MCI driver
- wait Yes
- stop Yes
- source 1 No Function not provided by Intel MCI driver
- source 2 No Function not provided by Intel MCI driver
-
-
- **V:PlayTo
- Supported
-
- **V:Segment
- Supported
-
- **V:Still
- Supported
-
- ADDITIONAL NOTES
- ****************
-
- 1. All play and seek commands turn on the video overlay.
- 2. Seeking to frames is not accurate because of the inter frame changes.
-