INFORMATION ON MPEG 2.0 PLAYER FOR WINDOWS 3.1*, ALL SVGA CARDS SUPPORTED! [NOTE: mpeginf = Info file cribbed from abped, describing mpeg player] If there is no DLL expressly written for your SVGA card, merely grab any DLL archive. With this version it doesn't matter, you don't need to have the SVGA card. You just need the DLLs to start the program; then, once the program has begun, specify "Use DIB" and you will be able to view the MPEGs. Be sure to save your configuration within the program, so the viewer will automatically be configured to use the DIB interface the next time you load the viewer. *** VERY IMPORTANT / MUY IMPORTANTE / SEHR WICHTIG *** Be sure you place the *.DLL files and DLL.LST in your \windows\system subdir! **** Did you read the above very important information? **** *** Haben Sie das gelesen? *** If you don't have a supported card, I recommend getting mpegexe.zip and mdllati.zip, since the MPEG player looks for (by default) the ATI .DLLs. If you have a supported card, snag the DLL and also mpegexe.zip. The DLL should increase video playback by a respectable rate. The DLLs are named as "mdll*.zip," with the characters after "mdll" specifying what card the DLLs are for: ati: ATI VGA Wonder XL (recommended if you don't see one for yer SVGA) cir: Cirrus 640x480 cpq: Compaq Q-vision cr8: Cirrus 800x600 s3 : S3 s3h: S3 - 64k colors s38: S3 805 256 colors tri: trident 8900 tsg: tseng et4000 v7 : video 7 wd : western digital If you are using a DLL file other than mdllati.zip, you may have to do one of the following. Here are three ways to get it working. Choose the method which seems best to you. METHOD ONE: Run mfw.exe in Windows. It will abort, complaining it can't find ATI dll's. Load mfw.ini (in same subdir as mfw.exe) and edit "VDriver" variable to accomodate your driver. Here is the default from my system: [MPEG for Windows] Copyright.=Copyright (C) Xing Technology Corp. 1991-1992. All rights reserved. VersionID.=Version 2.0 FileSrcDir=c:\mpeg BkgColor=1 BkgWidth=4 QBITS=2 QLevel=1 Sound_DLL=0 UseDIB=0 VidWidth=320 VDriver=0 Note the "VDriver" variable, set to 0. Now peek in DLL.LST, in \windows\system: 11 ; Number of MPEG Libraries ATI, "ATI VGA Wonder" ; Root, Description for MPEG Driver 1 CPQ, "Compaq VGA" ; Root, Description for MPEG Driver 2 TRI, "Trident" ; Root, Description for MPEG Driver 3 TSG, "Tseng Labs ET4000" ; Root, Description for MPEG Driver 4 V7, "Video Seven VGA" ; Root, Description for MPEG Driver 5 CIR, "Cirrus 640x480" ; Root, Description for MPEG Driver 6 S3, "S3" ; Root, Description for MPEG Driver 7 S3H, "S3 - 64k colors" ; Root, Description for MPEG Driver 8 S3H, "S3 805 256 colors" ; Root, Description for MPEG Driver 9 WD, "Western Digital" ; Root, Description for MPEG Driver 10 CR8, "Cirrus 800x600" ; Root, Description for MPEG Driver 11 According to this, the ATI driver is Driver #1. But it is understood by mfw.exe to be Driver "0," because computers consider "0" to be the first number (hence, Driver 1). To find the correct number for your dll, find it in the above DLL.LST textfile, and subtract one. For example, if you are using a S3 card ("S3") you'll note it is "MPEG Driver 7." Subtract 1 and you get 6. This is the number to keep in mind. Now edit the variable "VDriver" in mfw.ini to reflect the DLL you will be using. Pretend we are going to tell it to use the S3 dll: Change VDriver=0 to VDriver=6 Be sure you save mfw.ini. Also make sure you place all the S3 dlls in \windows\system. Place all other DLLs from the mpegexe.zip archive there too, like MSND*.DLL, so you can hear digital audio with your MPEGs which have audio (.wav file) soundtracks. You will only hear audio if you have a sound driver for Windows. METHOD TWO: From alt.binaries.pictures.erotica.d Mon Jan 25 16:18:07 1993 Xref: a2i alt.binaries.pictures.erotica.d:6176 alt.binaries.pictures.utilities:2507 Path: a2i!pagesat!olivea!uunet!cs.utexas.edu!torn!watserv2.uwaterloo.ca!mach1!litt3509 From: litt3509@mach1.wlu.ca (Carl Litt u) Newsgroups: alt.binaries.pictures.erotica.d,alt.binaries.pictures.utilities Subject: Re: MPEG.. Message-ID: Date: 25 Jan 93 08:49:03 GMT References: <00966FC0.65CAEC80@vms.csd.mu.edu> <1993Jan24.213652.698@hubcap.clemson.edu> Organization: Wilfrid Laurier University Lines: 17 >>I am having some weird problems with the new MPEG viewer. I unzipped the >>viewer and trident's dll files. I copied all the dll files and dll.lst to the >>windows/system directory. I then set up mfw.exe as an icon and when I click on >>it, it says cannot find M320-ATi.DLL & cannot load the driver. Huh!!! >>I don't have an ATI card, nor did I download any ATI drivers. I simply ftped >>drivers for my Trident card. Am I missing something here??? Any body have this >>problem? I wanna see Pamela Anderson.. HELP...!!! >>e-mail or post >*.dll files belong in the \WINDOWS directory. Nope, the *.DLL files belong in the SYSTEM directory, just like you did it. This is a common problem, and it's pretty easy to fix. See that DLL.LST file? You're going to have to edit it. Change the number in the top line (it should be 11), change it to 1. Now delete every line but the one for the appropriate driver (in your case, the Trident). Save the modified file in the WINDOWS\SYSTEM directory. METHOD THREE: From alt.graphics.pixutils Mon Jan 25 16:26:46 1993 Path: a2i!pagesat!netsys!agate!spool.mu.edu!uwm.edu!linac!pacific.mps.ohio-state.edu!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!rpi!usenet.coe.montana.edu!news.u.washington.edu!carson.u.washington.edu!tomasz From: tomasz@carson.u.washington.edu (John Tomaszewski) Newsgroups: alt.graphics.pixutils Subject: Re: How to use MPEG viewer with dll other than ATI Date: 25 Jan 1993 23:44:42 GMT Organization: University of Washington, Seattle Lines: 50 Message-ID: <1k1u1aINNlkp@shelley.u.washington.edu> References: NNTP-Posting-Host: carson.u.washington.edu I just renamed my driver (WD) as the ATI driver and left the .INI file alone. This seemed to work fine. John T. *Player may or may not work with MS Windows 3.0. Can someone test it?