This document covers some important issues regarding this release of MACAST Lite, and answers to some frequent questions. Full Documentation and Release Notes are available in Documentation folder.
• MACAST Lite 2.000 is only compatible with computers that run MacOS 8.5 or later. This is due to the fact that MALT 2.000 uses new menu manager calls to implement heirarchical menus that are only available in MacOS 8.5 or later.
• MACAST Lite engines from 1.5.3 or below are not compatible with MACAST lite 2.000 and will not work. However, all MACAST 1.0 engines (not visual or embedded plugins) are compatible with this release of MACAST Lite.
• MACAST Lite works best on slow machines with Virtual Memory turned off. This can be done in the Memory control panel.
• To add an audio CD to MACAST Lite 2.000 select the Audio CD in the finder and Drag it to the MACAST Lite window.
• When receiving a network stream, the speed of your connection (listed in the remote Access control panel.) MUST be 4-8kbps (4096-8192bps) greater than the speed at which the stream is being sent to you. Example: If you are connected at 28.8 kbps choose a stream that is no more than 24kbps. The connection speed is not the same as your modems theoretical speed. A 56k modem will never connect at 56k and therefore you can never listen to a 56kbps stream without constaint rebuffering. Also note, some computers will halt OpenTransport (Internet) connectivity if a menu is selected or some other process is running.
• There is a reverse timer. Click the timer to change between displaying elapsed/remaining time. Remaining time is not available for Streams.
• MACAST Lite cannot currently be dragged to a different monitor other than the main one. We expect to resolve this issue in a future release.
• MACAST Lite 2.000 is free to current registered users. However, you must enter your registration information again.
