
                                                     March, 1999.


     Multimedia Conversion Library, version 1.20
     Copyright 1998-1999 Robert Tibljas and Zeljko Nikolic


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  ABOUT MULTIMEDIA CONVERSION LIBRARY (MCL)
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  This product is primarily aimed to commercial software 
  developers. MCL will enable you to easily and quickly add 
  image-to-video conversion solutions into your software 
  products. MCL is in a form of Dynamic-link library (DLL) for 
  Windows 95/98/NT3.51 or compatible systems. It comes with 
  header files and examples for C/C++ and Delphi developing 
  tools. Also, we can assist you on making ports to other 
  languages/tools.

  MCL is year 2000 ready (Y2K compliant).

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  SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS
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  - Windows 95/98/NT3.51+ or compatible
  - 1.3 MB of disk space
  - AVIFIL32.DLL, MSVFW32.DLL and MSACM32.DLL 
    in Windows System folder

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  DISTRIBUTION
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  UNREGISTERED VERSION
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  This software is freely distributable as long as all files 
  from the original package are distributed together and 
  unmodified (recompression with another archiver is allowed). 

  This software may not be sold or licensed, neither may a fee 
  be charged for its use. If a fee is charged in connection 
  with this program it should cover the cost of copying or 
  distribution.

  Unregistered version serves only for testing and evaluation 
  and may not be used for commercial purposes.

  REGISTERED VERSION
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  Only three files from registered copy can be distribuited 
  with your software products: MCL.DLL, FFIMG.DLL and FFMPG.DLL. 
  You may not explicitly distribute MCL unlock keys to other 
  persons.

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  LICENSE
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  STANDARD EDITION
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  * Right to use and distribuite MCL with unlimited number of 
    products/copies (ROYALTY FREE)
  * All new versions and updates of MCL released in a period of 
    TWO YEARS from the date of purchase
  * Update notices via email
  * World-Wide License - allows anyone in the organization 
    making the purchase, who is on the planet Earth, to use the
    software
  * 3 years of unlimited technical support via email
    including bugfixes
  
  LIMITED EDITION
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  * Right to use and distribuite MCL with one software product
    in unlimited number of copies (ROYALTY FREE)
  * Site License - allows anyone in the organization making the
    purchase, within a 160 km (100 mile) radius of the 
    purchasing location, to use the software
  * 12 months of unlimited technical support via email 
    including bugfixes

  You may not use MCL in a product which directly competes 
  with MCL.

  See Registration info (register.txt) for more info.

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  DISCLAIMER
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  THIS SOFTWARE COMES WITHOUT ANY KIND OF WARRANTY, EITHER 
  EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE 
  IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR A 
  PARTICULAR PURPOSE. USE IT AT YOUR OWN RISK. AUTHORS ARE 
  NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY DAMAGE OR CONSEQUENCES RAISED BY 
  USE OR INABILITY TO USE THIS PROGRAM.

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  SUPPORTED FILE FORMATS
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Input:
  BMP Windows Device Independent Bitmap, 8/15/24bit
      (bmp,dib,rle)
  GIF Graphics Interchange Format
      (gif,giff)
  JPG Joint Photographic Expert Group, JFIF 1.02
      (jpg,jpeg,jif,jfif,jpe,J)
  PCX Zsoft Paintbrush, 8/24bit
      (pcx,pcc,dcx)
  PNG Portable Network Graphics
      (png)
  PNM Portable Image, 8/24bit
      (pnm,ppm,pgm,rpnm,rppm,rpgm)
  RAS Sun Raster Image, 8/24/32bit
      (ras,sun)
  RGB Silicon Graphics Image, 8/24bit
      (rgb,bw,iris,sgi)
  TGA Truevision Targa, 8/15/24bit
      (tga,pix,bpx,vda,icb,vst)
  TIF Tagged Image File Format
      (tif,tim,tiff)

Output:
  AVI Windows Audio Video Interleaved
      (avi)
  FLC Autodesk FLIC/FLIC-Pro, 8bit
      (fli,flc)
  HAV High quality Audio Video
      (hav)
  M2V Moving Pictures Expert Group, Layer II
      (m2v)
  MPG Moving Pictures Expert Group, Layer I
      (mpg)
  
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  ABOUT HAV FILE FORMAT
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  HAV is our own file format made for real-time playing and 
  archiving of high-quality audio and video, such as rendered 
  animations. HAV format keeps the original image quality (uses 
  lossless compression). Other famous formats, like AVI, JPEG 
  and MPEG reduce the image quality each time you save the image 
  (more times you save, more details you loose). HAV compresses 
  at least twice as good as FLI/FLC and supports 256, 64k and 
  16.7M colors (FLI/FLC supports only up to 256 colors).

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  CREDITS GO TO
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  - Jordan Russel
      Inno Setup (excellent installer)
  - Bradley D. Stowers
      Inno Setup Express
  - Mark Adler, Richard B. Wales, Jean-loup Gailly,
    Onno van der Linden and Kai Uwe Rommel
      ZIP compression and file packaging utility
  - FMP users
      for support that helped us to start this project

MCL is based in part on the work of the following people:
  - Independent JPEG Group
      JPEG library release 6b
  - Group 42, Inc. and all contibuting authors
      PNG reference library version 1.0.2
  - Jean-loup Gailly and Mark Adler
      ZLIB library version 1.1.3
  - Sam Leffler and Silicon Graphics, Inc.
      TIFF library version 3.4 beta 037
  - MPEG Software Simulation Group
      Video encoder/decoder for MPEG Layer I/II, version 1.2

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  CONTACTING AUTHORS
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  If you have any questions, suggestions or bug reports 
  feel free to contact us.

  Authors:
    Robert Tibljas
    Zeljko Nikolic

  E-mail: 
    info@gromada.com
    support@gromada.com

  Web site: 
    www.gromada.com

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