************************************* * * * ActionMedia (tm) II * * Media Control Driver for MMPM/2 * * * * Read Me * * * ************************************* Welcome to ActionMedia II. This is the second release of the ActionMedia II Media Control Driver for MMPM/2 Version 1.0. and MMPM/2 Version 1.1. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ MMPM/2 Updates If you have MMPM/2 Version 1.0 on your system the installation of the ActionMedia II Media Control Driver will update MDM.DLL in the \MMOS2\DLL subdirectory. If you have a later version of MMPM/2 then MDM.DLL will not be updated. If you have the MMPM/2 Toolkit Version 1.0 installed, the following files will also be updated: MCISTRNG.C MCISTRNG.RC MCISTRNG.EXE MCISTRNG.H MCIDRV.H MEERROR.H MMSYSTEM.H If you have a later version of the MMPM/2 Toolkit then these files will not be updated. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Release Notes 1. When maximizing the ActionMedia II MCI default window while recording, cued for output, or displaying a small still image (less than full screen default size), the maximize icon becomes corrupted. Functionality is not restricted in any way. 2. Issuing the MCI_RECORD command causes any loaded video and still image elements in the same instance to be unloaded. If the record fails during processing of the message (e.g. there are not enough driver resources available due to other still image instances), the video element will be reloaded, but the still image element will not be reloaded. An image captured prior to the record, but not saved, will be lost. 3. When an AVSS file is saved by the MCI device driver, no Extended Attributes are created with the file. If you use the ActionMedia II Player/Recorder from the WorkPlace Shell Desktop, AVSS files created by the ActionMedia II Player/Recorder will not automatically have WorkPlace Shell icons associated with them. A standard icon for AVSS data files will be available for the user to use after the ActionMedia II Player/Recorder has created the AVSS file. Users can manually add icons to their AVSS files using the OS/2 icon editor. The user can 'Open' the 'Settings' for the AVSS file, and click on the 'General' setting, in order to give their AVSS files a WorkPlace Shell icon. A standard AVSS data file icon can be found in the \MMOS2\INSTALL subdirectory. You can 'Find' this icon under the Icon Editor in order to add this icon to your AVSS data files. The exact process is as follows: Create your AVSS data file, and view it in the WorkPlace Shell. Click on it using the right mouse button, then click on the arrow next to 'Open', then on the word 'Settings'. Now, click on the word 'General' and 'Find', then 'Locate'. You can then use either 'Path' to type in the path "C:\MMOS2\INSTALL" (assuming you installed your MMOS2 system on your C: drive) or use 'Drives' to find that path using the icons presented. Then click on 'Find', and you will be presented with a list of MultiMedia Icons to choose from. Select the AM2FILE icon, and it should now be associated with your data file. You can now close the settings, and see the new icon on your data file. 4. The following sequence of MCI commands could cause an error when closing the device. MCI_OPEN MCI_LOAD