README.TXT For REALmagic (TM) Netstream 1 for Win 9x Drivers Version 4.51 - Build 97 Dec 14th, 98 ============================================================ CONTENTS ======== I SOFTWARE INSTALLATION II BORDER ADJUSTMENT AND CALIBRATION III CHANGING A RESOURCE IV MODIFICATIONS MADE BY INSTALLATION V FIXES SINCE VERSION 4.40 I - SOFTWARE INSTALLATION (Win 95 and Win 98) ===================== NOTE: If your system has a previous 32-bit REALmagic driver installed, you can install the new driver by using "Change Driver" in the Device Manager. Steps are: Open the "System" Control Panel. Then, click the "Device Manager" tab, double-click on "Sound, video, and game controllers" and select "REALmagic..." Click the "Driver" tab and click the "Change Driver" button. Select "Have disk ..." and follow instructions. After the hardware installation do the following : 1. Boot your system. 2. After the Windows 95 logo displays, the system will recognize that a new board was installed. This is the Plug-N-Play feature of the REALmagic Netstream 1 boards. You will see a window labeled "New Hardware Found," with the "REALmagic Netstream 1" signature. 3. Choose the option "Driver from disk provided by hardware manufacturer". 4. Click OK. 5. The "Install from Disk" window will appear. Insert the REALmagic driver diskette into your floppy drive. Make sure the text box specifies the correct drive specifier ( e.g. A:\). Click OK. 6. The "Select Device" dialog box should appear. Click OK. 7. Run "Setup" from the second (application) diskette. At the end of the installation, Setup will run "REALmagic Configuration" to adjust the borders and autocalibrate the colors. II - BORDER ADJUSTMENT AND COLOR CALIBRATION ======================================= 1 - Start "REALmagic Configuration" from the REALmagic group and select "Border Adjust". 2 - Use the arrow keys or click with the mouse the proper buttons to align the black rectangle on top of the magenta rectangle, so that it covers the black borders of the magenta window. 3 - To change the width of the black to match the width of the magenta window, press the +/- keys or click the proper buttons to adjust the width. Click OK. 4 - Click on "Auto Calibration" for the color calibration. 5 - The "Advance" button contains more detailed color calibration, chroma key color adjustment and border adjustment options. 6 - Adjust the Brightness, Contrast, and Color Saturation as well as the volume and balance of the MPEG audio. NOTE 1: You must set the Border Adjustment and Color Calibration settings to finalize the installation. You need to do this once for each display setting used (resolution, number of colors, and refresh rate) under Windows. NOTE 2: You can call the "Border Adjust & Calibration" program from the Media Player (option Device - Properties) and from the CD Station (click on the Options button and click on the Settings tab). III - CHANGING A RESOURCE (Advanced Users Only) ======================================== If you wish to change a resource (I/O address or/and IRQ number) assigned by the Plug N Play feature, do the following: 1- Open the "System" Control Panel. 2- Choose Device Manager and double-click on "Sound, video, and game controllers". 3- Double-click on "REALmagic ..." 4- Select the tab labeled "Resources". 5- Double-click on the required resource. Click "Change Settings". 6- Modify the settings to the required value. Make sure there is NO conflict specified in the Conflict Information box. Click OK. 7- Reboot. IV - Modifications Made to Your System by Installation ================================================= Installation of the REALmagic MPEG accelerator cards will: 1 - Add the following files in the \WIN95\SYSTEM directory: rmmoka.vxd rmpnpmka.vxd amfilter.dll mpegapi.dll impeg32.dll mcifmp32.dll mcifmp16.drv stub32.dll stub32.exe 4bits.dib 8bits.dib 24bits.dib 2 - Add the REALmagic card in the SOUND, VIDEO AND GAME CONTROLLERS section of the Device Manager. 3 - Add these registry keys in "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE" : \Sigma Designs \Classes\Filter{65006770-D9CF-11CF-A036-00001B4EAD07} \CLSID\{65006770-D9CF-11F-A036-00001B4EAD07} 4 - Add these entries in the system.ini : [Drivers32] MCIFMP = MCIFMP32.DLL REELDRV = IMPEG32.DLL [MCI] MPEGVIDEO = MCIFMP16.DRV REELMAGIC = MCIFMP16.DRV 5 - Add these entries in the win.ini : [MCI EXTENSIONS] mpg=REELMAGIC dat=REELMAGIC rmg=REELMAGIC vbs=MPEGVIDEO abs=REELMAGIC 6 - For Windows 95 release A, a REALmagic MPEG adapter-related OEM INF file is in the Win95\Inf directory. For Windows 95 release B, OSR2, the REALmagic MPEG adapter- related INF file is in the Win95\Inf\Other directory. 7 - Create the "REALMAGIC" directory (or selected name during installation) with the CD Station and Utilities. V FIXES SINCE VERSION 4.40 ======================== - For TV output, With TV-only, PAL/NTSC, and 1-1 scale options, the TV output was reverted to down scale after a reboot. Invoking the TV application was needed to restore it to 1-1 scale. Fixed. - On some systems, the playback for days could go into a "Pause" state while the playback status shows "Play". Other systems have shown an exception 0E error. These two bugs are fixed. - Some MPEG files were exhibiting a slight stuttering at the end of the file while playing with an ActiveMovie player. Fixed. - The Color Calibration was not possible with the Blaster Exxtreme Permedia 2 chip, in 256 and 32 bit color depths. Fixed. - Media Player was not updating the frame position when seeking in pause mode. Fixed. - A fix from release 4.50 is the build 100 of AMFILTER.DLL to adjust the Aspect Ratio with ActiveMovie playback. ================================================================ ( END OF FILE )Download Driver Pack
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