************************************************************************* XingMPEG Player Version 1.1 Xing Technology Corporation 1540 West Branch Street Arroyo Grande, CA 93420 ************************************************************************* GETTING STARTED ************************************************************************* Preparing to Install the XingMPEG Player Before installing the XingMPEG Player, make sure the following hardware and software is installed and working: - IBM PC 486/Pentium or compatible computer (a Pentium with at least 8MB of RAM is recommended); - Microsoft Windows v3.1 or higher; - a hard disk drive with at least 3MB of free space; - a CD-ROM drive is optional; - a sound card with a Windows wave audio driver is optional. Installing the XingMPEG Player 1 Turn on your computer and start Windows. 2 Insert the XingMPEG Player Diskette into your diskette drive. 3 Open the Windows Program Manager and choose the "Run" command from the "File" menu; the "Run" dialog will appear. 4 Type "A:\SETUP" (substitute the drive letter of your diskette drive for "A", if necessary), and click the "OK" button; the XingMPEG Player setup program will start. 5 Follow the setup program's on-screen instructions. ************************************************************************* RELEASE NOTES TO XingMPEG Player VERSION 1.1 ************************************************************************* XingMPEG Driver (XMDRIVER.DRV) - Installation of the XingMPEG Driver now registers two MCI device TYPES: In addition to the "MpegVideo" device type, the device type "CDIVideo" is registered to provide direct access to CD-i and VideoCD titles. - The XingMPEG Driver's configuration dialog contains a new option "Crop to fit in standard window" that affects the driver's behavior when playing CD-i movies. When this option is selected, CD-i movies whose horizontal dimension is greater than 352 pixels are cropped to fit in the standard 352 pixel wide Video Display window. This feature is provided because some DCI-compliant Windows display systems suffer degraded video playback performance when video frames' horizontal dimension exceed 352 pixels. If you notice slower video playback when playing CD-i titles, try enabling this feature. XingMPEG Player (XMPLAYER.EXE) - The XingMPEG Player’s "File" menu now contains the entry "Open CD-i Movie". When this item is chosen, the XingMPEG Player automatically locates and opens all readable MPEG files on a mounted CD-i or VideoCD disk. - The File Information window’s "File Duration" field now displays the correct SMPTE formatted value; previously, calculation of this value failed to account for the loaded file’s frame rate and assumed 30 frames/second. - Clicking on the Track Bar now moves the current position indicator in increments equal to approximately 1/16 the total duration of the current file. In previous versions, clicking on the Track Bar moved the current position indicator in 1 second increments. ************************************************************************* RELEASE NOTES TO XingMPEG Player VERSION 1.03 ************************************************************************* XingMPEG Driver (XMDRIVER.DRV) - The XingMPEG Driver now returns "1.03" when responding to the MCI command "INFO VERSION". - Eliminated an unnecessary reinstallation of the color pallette (in 256 color display mode) that occurred when the XingMPEG Driver switched between DCI and DIB during video playback. * Note Regarding Unreadable MPEG Files: The XingMPEG Player can play any MPEG file that conforms to the MPEG-1 standard. Some MPEG files do not conform to this standard; e.g., they may have undergone data encryption that renders them readable only by the application that performed the encryption; or they may contain non-standard data. If you attempt to play such an MPEG file with the XingMPEG Player, an error message appears indicating that the file is unreadable. ************************************************************************* RELEASE NOTES TO XingMPEG Player VERSION 1.02 ************************************************************************* XingMPEG Player (XMPLAYER.EXE) - The "Rate Control Off" warning is re-enabled whenever the driver's Rate Control setting is toggled. XingMPEG Driver (XMDRIVER.DRV) - The XingMPEG Driver now returns "1.02" when responding to the MCI command "INFO VERSION". - Corrected method for sending a null region to DCI providers; prior to this change, clipping the video window occasionally produced unwanted remnants of the DCI surface. - Eliminated an unnecessary yield on Show Window call; prior to this change, some applications (e.g., video screen savers) might destroy the video window prior to closing the MCI driver instance. - Improved handling of bad data in an MPEG stream; prior to this change, corrupted data in an MPEG stream could cause cessation of video playback. - Eliminated problem whereby the Performance diagnostic failed to play video in some 256-color display environments; this change also eliminated potential playback problem when an MPEG file is passed to XMPLAYER as a command line argument. ************************************************************************* RELEASE NOTES TO XingMPEG Player VERSION 1.01 ************************************************************************* INSTALLATION - You can now deinstall XingMPEG Player components by running the SETUP program and deselecting items. XingMPEG Player (XMPLAYER.EXE) - Clicking the "Seek to Start" button during playback no longer stops playback. - When the Performance Diagnostic dialog is opened, the default "Drive" is now your PC's local fixed drive on which the XingMPEG Player is installed. XingMPEG Driver (XMDRIVER.DRV) - The XingMPEG Driver now automatically determines if your PC's Windows Sound System is capable of 16-bit audio playback; this feature insures proper audio playback on PC's equipped with 8-bit-only sound systems. - The XingMPEG Driver now returns "1.01" when responding to the MCI command "INFO VERSION". XingMPEG Saver (XMSAVER.SCR) - The Montage option has been removed from the XingMPEG Saver's setup dialog.