Mediamatics MX501 Arcade Accelerator IC Driver (v 2.x) ========================================================= Introduction: **************************************************************************** * * * THIS CODE AND INFORMATION IS PROVIDED "AS IS" WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY * * KIND, EITHER EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE * * IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND/OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR * * PURPOSE. IT IS CONFIDENTIAL MATERIAL AND IS NOT TO BE REDISTRIBUTED. * * * * Copyright (c) 1996 Mediamatics Inc. All Rights Reserved. * * * **************************************************************************** You have received three diskettes Disk1: Contains driver for MX501 and ActiveMovie DiSk2: Contains VideoCD 2.0 application Disk3: Contains Microsoft ActiveMovie Runtime Section (A) - Installation (New Installation): -------------------------------- IMPORTANT: 1. This MX501 Driver requires Windows 95 and DirectX2 or later to be installed. 2. To playback MPEG under Microsoft's ActiveMovie - you need to have first installed ActiveMovie 1.0. 3. This installation also installs the software MPEG player as a backup. This softare player will not be activated unless the hardware is unavaliable for any reason (e.g. board was pulled out). 4. For driver updates see http://www.mediamatics.com. INSTALLATION: 1. To install the Board - Turn off your PC and plug the board into a free PCI slot. For Older computers (i.e 486PCs with Mercury chipsets) - you need to choose a slot that is capable of Bus Mastering. 2. Turn on the PC. When Win95 discovers the PC Multimedia Device - choose the option to provide a Driver - and put the floppy labeled DISK1 in the drive. Select the file MX501.inf for installation and the system will automatically install the drivers. MCI drivers for Windows 95 will be installed automatically along with Drivers for ActiveMovie. Section (B) Upgrading (Updating a previous version) ---------------------------------------------------- (1) Make sure you have the previous version of the MX501 driver installed and working. (2) From the Start Menu - Select: Settings/Control Panel Open the System Icon Select Device Manager Tab Open Sound, Video and game controllers section. (3) Select Mediamaitcs MX501 MPEG Accelerator entry. Press Properties button. (4) Select Driver Tab Press "Change Driver" button. Press "Have Disk" button Type in A:\ - if it is not already there Insert the floppy labeled DISK1 into the A drive and hit "Ok". (5) Windows will now show a Dialog asking you to select the "Mediamatics MX501 MPEG Accelerator". Select it and press "Ok". (6) Windows will now copy the new driver files and will complete the installation process. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Getting started for Media Player Use the Device/Property Dialog - to check for MX501 acceleration. You can also enable and disable video/audio and change the quality settings for the audio. If the Hardware MPEG is active - you will see an icon in the corner of the TaskBar. Hold the mouse over the icon and it will read "MX501 MPEG Accelerator" If software MPEG is operational for any reason - there will be no icon in the TaskBar. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Getting started for ActiveMovie: 1. If you have ActiveMovie runtime installed, then double click on any *.mpg file and you will see MPEG playback using ActiveMovie 2. If you have the full ActiveMovie runtime installed, then use either GraphEdit or ActiveMovie Performance Tool (i.e. VCDPLYER.EXE)to play MPEG files. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ TroubleShooting Guide: ---------------------- For all problems - to report back to Mediamatics - please run the utility "syscheck.exe" provided with your driver. Please save the output of this utility to a file and e-mail back to Mediamatics (hemant@mediamatics.com). (1) Symptom: System wont boot after inserting MX501 board. Remedy: Check the CMOS BIOS settings to make sure the PCI system supports Bus Mastering and is enabled on the MX501's slot. (2) Symptom: Mediamatics Arcade Driver Device does not work or returns an error code when you open an MPEG file. Remedy: Make sure the MX501 card is installed in the system. Follows steps in section (B,1,2) to check the device entry for MX501 Accelerator. If there are any device resource conflicts - use the Windows95 Hardware Conflict Resolution help file for suggestions on resolving the Conflict. If all appears to be operating properly - make sure the MPEG file is a valid file.Download Driver Pack
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Expand the archive file (if the download file is in zip or rar format).
If the expanded file has an .exe extension, double click it and follow the installation instructions.
Otherwise, open Device Manager by right-clicking the Start menu and selecting Device Manager.
Find the device and model you want to update in the device list.
Double-click on it to open the Properties dialog box.
From the Properties dialog box, select the Driver tab.
Click the Update Driver button, then follow the instructions.
Very important: You must reboot your system to ensure that any driver updates have taken effect.
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