Readme.txt Driver File Contents (magic2.exe)

README.TXT For REALmagic Hollywood Plus(TM) 
Release 1.5 (B.101) ------ 12/21/98
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Congratulations on your purchase of REALmagic Hollywood Plus DVD/MPEG2
multimedia Playback .  This file contains important information for 
installation of the drivers and application software for this card.

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CONTENTS
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I   - DRIVER AND APPLICATIONS INSTALLATION	
II  - BORDER ADJUSTMENT AND COLOR CALIBRATION	       
III - DVD REGION CODE CHANGE				
IV  - TV OUT
V   - FULL SCREEN PLAYBACK
VI  - HINTS TO RESOLVE PROBLEMS AND BETTER PLAYBACK

I   - DRIVER AND APPLICATIONS INSTALLATION
      ====================================
    
After the hardware installation of the card do the following:

1.  For an existing installation (if not go to step 2): uninstall the
    previous software by going to the REALmagic Group - Uninstall, 
    reboot, and follow next steps 2 to 7 below.
    NOTE : You do not need when running SETUP of step 5 to set the 
           region code again as mentioned in step 6.
 
2.  On booting your system, Windows 95 will detect the card. Insert the
    REALmagic Hollywood Plus Drivers Disk in your floppy drive A and 
    click Finish. This will install Hollywood Plus drivers on your hard
    disk.
3.  To install the DVD navigation software insert Application Disk into
    drive A and run SETUP.
4.  The Setup program will show two options: Install the REALmagic DVD
    application or Change the DVD region code.
5.  Check the DVD application installation option and follow the 
    instructions.
6.  After the files are copied, set a DVD region code as part of the 
    setup program.
    Note: Setup will not ask you to set the DVD region code if you 
          install the card later in the same region.
7. Click Finish to complete the installation process by performing
   Auto Calibration.

   
II - BORDER ADJUSTMENT AND COLOR CALIBRATION
      =======================================

    NOTE: If the border is not adjusted properly after Auto Calibration
          you may need to set the Border Adjustment to get more 
          accurate adjustment. You need to set the Border Adjustment 
          only once for each setting of display resolution.

1.  At the Start button, click Programs and select REALmagic Hollywood
    Plus program group. Click REALmagic Configuration.
2.  Click on Adjust Border and use the proper buttons to adjust the 
    black rectangle in the magenta box.
3.  Change different values to adjust stability if you are viewing 
    jumping pixels on MPEG video. Click OK when you are done. 
4.  The Reset Default button will reset the color calibration and 
    border adjustment values to the factory default settings.

    Note 1: Color calibration is required if the colors are not 
            normal or the screen is pink or not clear. If color 
            calibration is required, Click on "Auto Calibration". The
            screen will flash for 5 to 10 seconds then displays a 
            message that the calibration is complete. Click OK.
    Note 2: In the cases where this calibration is unsuccessful, 
            you can click on Advanced..., then the Manual 
            Calibration. This will involve fixing the R, G, B 
            sliders as shown in the window four times. You can use the
            up/down arrow keys for fine tuning and you don't need
            necessarily to see the cross but just the disappearance
            of the vertical bar.

III - DVD REGION CODE CHANGE
      ======================

1.  Run the set program from Application disk. Select DVD Region Code 
    change option. Set the region code according to the country you 
    are in. 
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    Note: The setup program will allow you to change the region code 
          for five times. If you want to reset the region code settings
          after five times contact the card manufacturer or an 
          authorized distributor or service center. A nominal handling
          fee will be charged.
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IV  - TV OUT
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    The REALmagic Hollywood Plus can display on a VGA monitor or a TV.
    To switch between these modes an icon is provided on the left 
    corner of the DVD Station control panel that toggles between 
    computer monitor and TV.

    In order to display on a TV, some additional settings may be 
    required. From the DVD Station control panel click Options button.
    This will open a window for options setting. Click the settings tab.
    Select the options according to your TV type. The color control, 
    brightness, and contrast controls have also been provided for TV.

    Note :  Some TVs are sensitive with video frequency input and may 
            show Black and White video on TV. This has specially been
            noticed on some PAL TVs. In such a situation do the 
            following WHILE the TV-Out option is active and DVD/MPEG is
            playing on TV.:
		1. From the DVD station click the "Options Dialog -
                   Settings tab.
		2. Press Configure and then press Advanced Settings.
		3. Select Expert Settings and click the mouse. This 
                   will open a pop-up window. Adjust different values
                   until you have color picture on TV.  Notice that you
                   need to keep on going in one direction when changing
                   the values i.e. either always increasing or 
                   decreasing because of the hysteresis nature of this
                   adjustment.
	   
		     					

V  - FULL SCREEN PLAYBACK
     ====================

    In order to playback in full screen, double click the left button
    of mouse anywhere in the MPEG window or press Ctrl+Z. This will 
    playback the video in full-screen mode. In order to go back to the
    window mode, press Space in full-screen mode and it will start 
    playback in a scalable MPEG window.   


VI - HINTS TO RESOLVE PROBLEMS AND BETTER PLAYBACK 
     =============================================

1.  The drivers are installed and the Hollywood Plus appears in the 
    "Device Manager" but the CD's won't play.

    Run SETUP from the second diskette (Applications) to create the 
    "REALmagic Hollywood Plus" group. This group contains the 
    DVD-Station, README file, REALmagic Configuration, and Uninstall.

2.  With the Hollywood Plus board and the drivers correctly installed 
    the system crashes after boot-up.

    Start Win '95 in the Safe mode, select the Hollywood Plus board in
    the Device Manager, manually change the Memory Range to a different
    setting for the Hollywood Plus and reboot.

3.  The REALmagic Configuration can be run but when the DVD-Station is
    started (or the Media Player with an MPEG file ) the system hangs.

    Check the Device Manager for a conflict in the IRQ resources and 
    make the necessary change(s).

4.  After installing the first disk for the drivers, and run SETUP from
    the second disk, the following message comes up : "Driver cannot be
    loaded, another instance from the driver may be running".  Or when
    playing an MPEG file after the software installation, there is an
    error message  "MMSYSTEM 266 : undetectable error ...".

    Make sure that the pass-thru cable is linking the display adapter
    with Hollywood Plus.  If it is there, reseat Hollywood Plus in 
    different PCI slots because of some of the motherboards BIOSes.

       View of the 9 pin socket of the pass-through cable,
       seen from the bracket:
                         
                         _________
                        /_________\
                       |           |
                       | 9    8  7 |
                       |  6 5 4 3  |
                        \   2 1   /
                         ---------

                       1:Blue  IN
                       2:GND
                       3:Green IN
                       4:GND
                       5:Vsync IN
                       6:Hsync IN
                       7:Red   IN
                       8:SDA (from pin12 of DB15) - for PnP monitors
                       9:SCL (from pin15 of DB15) - for PnP monitors


5.  The MPEG files play and the audio can be heard but the video is a 
    solid color.

    Run "REALmagic Configuration" and select "Auto Calibration." Or, 
    make sure that the output of the Display Adapter is routed to the
    Hollywood Plus input and the Display Adapter's output is routed to
    the monitor.

6.  The picture is waving.

    Run "REALmagic Configuration," select "Border Adjust" and adjust 
    the STABILITY: smoothness of the two vertical sides.

7.  MPEG 1 files run normally, but DVD movies are shaky.

    Make certain that the DVD-ROM drive is connected as a Master on the
    IDE controller. And, if your version of Win 95 is OSR2, turn ON the
    DMA flag in the "Device Manager-DVD ROM drive-Settings-DMA."

8.  When running Video CD on the CD-ROM drive, the playback is shaky.

    Connect the Video CD drive as a slave to the hard disk and not on 
    the same controller with the DVD-ROM drive. If you are using the 
    original release of Win 95 make sure you have installed the 
    Microsoft fix (IOSYSUPD.EXE - from their web site). This fix 
    smoothes the playback of Video CDs from the slave drives.

9.  I get an "MMSYSTEM error 275" when I try to play a DVD encrypted 
    movie.

    This can happen if you are using the original release of Win 95 and
    you have the CD-ROM drive as a slave to the DVD-ROM drive. Replace 
    the file ESDI_506.PDR with its equivalent in OSR2 in the 
    subdirectory IOSUBSYS of Windows/System.  Or, you can download from 
    www.sigmadesigns.com - "Knowledge Base, FAQ about Ventura" an ATAPI
    driver compatible with most IDE DVD-ROM drives.

10. 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.   
    
11. 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.

12. Playing long DVD movies, above 4 GB in size, is supported by the 
    Microsoft CDFS.VXD of Win 95 Rel OSR2.

13. Capturing of an MPEG frame from an encrypted DVD movie is not 
    supported because of Copyright issues. In other cases the capture
    feature gives its best results at a color depth of 64K (16 bits) 
    or higher.

14. Playing VOB files using the Media Player might not show the best 
    performance because of different navigation schemes. Use the 
    DVD Station for this.

15. Playing DVD under WIN98(Beta version) will show better performance
    if you run MSCONFIG, General, Advanced and Disable UDF file system. 

  	 
16. Video is fine on VGA but is Black and White on TV.
 
    Please see section for TV-Out.

17. When watching the movie on TV, the picture gets dimmer and brighter
    at short intervals and with some movies some yellow horizontal
    lines appear on the TV screen.

    The TV set is connected to the PC system via a VCR or an alike 
    device.  This device initiates the Macrovision protection of the
    movie.  Connect the TV directly to the PC system.

18. The S-Video connector on Hollywood Plus is a 7-hole jack and
    my S-Video cable has a 4-pin socket only.

    The 4-pin cable is compatible with the 7-pin socket.  There are
    more pins on the 7-pin socket to provide for the composite TV
    output.

19. I lost the S-Video/Composite Converter cable and have no access to
    another one.

    Order another one from your supplier.  In the USA, you can check
    the phone number of the fulfillment center on the web site. The
    pinout of this converter is as follows :

          _________
	 /         \
	|  7  6  5  |
	| 4 3   2 1 |
	|           |
	 \  OOOOO  /
	  ---------

	1:GND
	2:Composite
	3:GND
	4:GND
	5:Luma
	6:not connected
	7:Chroma
            

20.  You can watch some movies but not others, using a Toshiba DVD-ROM
     drive model SD-1202 with the firmware number 1018.

     Upgrade the firmware to 1020.

21.  If the TV button is missing in DVD Station and you only have the
     fullscreen button, do the following :

       - Close DVD Station
       - Run RegEdit 
       - Go to H_KEY_LOCAL_MACHINE, SOFTWARE, Sigma Designs, 
         REALmagic, Station 
       - Delete the "Board" entry 
       - Close RegEdit 
       - Run DVD Station 

22.  The Hollywood Plus drivers do not support DTS audio on DVD movies.

23.  You want DVD Station to check your DVD-ROM first and it has a 
     drive letter after the CD-ROM.  

     - You can change in the Device Manager the letters of the drives.
     - Or, you can create a shortcut for DVD Station and add in the 
       target line /d=x  (where x is the drive letter of the DVD drive)

24.  You see the video but no audio.

     - Try first the speakers plugged in Hollywood Plus and be sure the
       output from DVD Station is Stereo.
     - Then check the audio jumper cable from the output of Hollywood
       Plus to the input of the sound card. If no sound, check the
       volume mixer to have Line-in NOT muted or at low level.
     - If you are using a Dolby Digital Receiver, make sure that it 
       accepts AC-3 streams (if your setting in DVD Station is AC-3),
       otherwise it must be a PCM decoder and in this case set the 
       DVD Station output to PCM.
    

25. The maximum refresh rates allowed with the Hollywood Plus MPEG
    playback depends partially on the display board.  However, the 
    following can be used as a guideline:

		 640 x  480	120 Hz
		 800 x  600	100 Hz
		1024 x  768	 85 Hz
		1152 x  864	 85 Hz
		1280 x 1024	 85 Hz (75 with some boards)
		1600 x 1200	 85 Hz


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