README.TXT For Hollywood(TM) Version Rel B1 (Build 63) -- 10/2/97
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Congratulations on your purchase of the REALmagic Hollywood DVD and
MPEG2 multimedia playback controller. This file contains important
information not available at the time the manual was printed.
Please take time to read through it for the latest updates.
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CONTENTS
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I - SOFTWARE INSTALLATION
II - BORDER ADJUSTMENT AND COLOR CALIBRATION
III - HINTS FOR HIGHER PERFORMANCE PLAYBACK
IV - DVD STATION
V - GENERAL CHARACTERISTICS
VI - MISCELLANEOUS
I - SOFTWARE INSTALLATION
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After the hardware installation do the following:
1 - Boot your system.
2 - After the Windows 95 logo appears, the system will recognize that a
new board was installed (Plug-N-Play feature of the Hollywood
board). You will get the window "New Hardware Found" with the
signature "PCI Multimedia Video Device".
3 - Choose the option "Driver from disk provided by hardware
manufacturer".
4 - Click OK.
5 - A new window "Install from Disk" will display. Insert the REALmagic
Hollywood diskette 1 in your floppy drive. Make sure the text box
points to the correct drive ( e.g. A:\). Click OK.
6 - Insert diskette 2 and run SETUP. This will copy all the
applications to the C:\REALMAGC directory and create the REALmagic
Hollywood group containing "DVD Station", "REALmagic Configuration"
and "Uninstall".
II - BORDER ADJUSTMENT AND COLOR CALIBRATION
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NOTE : You must set the Border Adjustment and Color Calibration
settings to complete the installation. You need to set the
Border Adjustment only once for each display setting
(resolution, number of colors, and refresh rate).
1 - Start Border Adjust from the REALmagic Hollywood group.
2 - Click on Adjust Border and use the proper buttons to adjust the
black rectangle in the magenta box. When done click OK.
3 - Click on "Automatic Calibration". The screen will flash for a
moment after displaying the proper message and then displays a
message that the calibration is complete.
Note 1: In the rare cases where this calibration is unsuccessful,
you can click on Advanced..., then the Manual Calibration to set
the board. This will involve fixing the R, G, B sliders as shown
in the window four times.
Note 2: You can also use the Advanced option to make more adjustments
for the borders including jittering, stability, and horizontal
frequency and to specify a different chromakey color and its
calibration in Color Adjustments.
4 - Adjust the volume and balance of the MPEG audio to your preference
as well as the B, S, C video levels for Brightness, Saturation, and
Contrast of the video. Click OK.
III - HINTS FOR HIGHER PERFORMANCE PLAYBACK
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1 - For DVD-ROMs that require high data transfer rates, it is better
to have the DVD-ROM drive connected to an IDE controller
with the "Bus Master" mode activated.
If you are using Rel OSR2 of Win 95, check on the DMA feature of
your DVD-ROM drive. This can be found in the Device Manager by
double-clicking the entry for the DVD-ROM drive, clicking the tab
Settings, and checking 'On' the DMA feature.
2 - Playing long DVD movies, above 4 GB in size, is supported by the
Microsoft CDFS.VXD of Win 95 Rel OSR2.
3 - If you hear regular audio breakup in the playback and you are using
a sound card based on an ESS chip, please download the latest
drivers for your specific card from the ESS website. More sound
cards compatibility issues could be followed up on Sigma Designs'
web page at www.SigmaDesigns.com.
IV - DVD STATION
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DVD Station is the DVD Player for DVD-Videos, DVD-ROM's, Audio CD's,
Video CD's and MPEG files. Press the F1 key to view its extensive
help feature.
NOTE : Clicking on the "More Controls" button will display four
sliders for the Gamma Correction (on VGA), Brightness,
Contrast, and Color Saturation. It also reveals the
buttons for Segment Play A>B and Slow Motion.
V - GENERAL CHARACTERISTICS
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1 - MCI Support :
A standard MCI driver is supplied. Interactive Multimedia
titles can use the MCI interface to display high quality
MPEG-1 and MPEG-2 video.
2 - File Format Support :
MPEG-1 Video Streams
MPEG-1 Audio Streams
MPEG-1 System Streams
MPEG-2 Video Streams
MPEG-2 Audio Streams
AC3 Audio Streams
MPEG-2 Program Streams
Video CD 1.x
Video CD 2.0 - Interactive features supported through
DVD Station.
DVD-Video
3 - DVD Support :
Full Navigation (DVD-Video compliant)
Sub-picture
Sub-titles
Alternate languages
Multiple camera angles
Parental Control
Multiple audio streams
AC-3 audio
PCM audio (48kHz, 96kHz, 16-bit, 20-bit, and 24-bit)
Seamless switching between audio streams
Seamless switching between sub picture streams
Seamless switching between angles
Menus & Buttons
Fast Forward, Slow Motion, Fast Backward
Time Search
Block repeat A>B
Encrypted movies
VI - MISCELLANEOUS
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1 - Capturing of an MPEG frame from an encrypted DVD movie is
not supported. In other cases the capture feature gives its
best results at a color depth of 64K (16 bits) or higher.
2 - The Hollywood board does not support the interlaced display
mode.
3 - There is no "Auto Repeat" support for DVD movies.
4 - Playing VOB files using the Media Player might not show the
best performance because of different navigation schemes.
Use the DVD Station for this.
5 - Playing DVD games that play sound files (PCM .WAV files)
simultaneously with MPEG files will not be fully successful
because of the sharing of the same sound card for both. The
playback will toggle between the MPEG video and the WAV files
or the full MPEG and no WAV file depending on which starts
first, the WAV or the MPEG respectively.
6 - The maximum refresh rates allowed with the Hollywood MPEG
playback depend partially on the display board. However the
following can be used as a guideline :
640 x 480 120 Hz
800 x 600 120 Hz
1024 x 768 85 Hz
1152 x 864 75 Hz
1280 x 1024 60 Hz (75 with some boards)
1600 x 1200 60 Hz
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Download Driver Pack
After your driver has been downloaded, follow these simple steps to install it.
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.
For more help, visit our Driver Support section for step-by-step videos on how to install drivers for every file type.