PROBLEM: A Peanuts character is talking, but their mouth is not moving. I can hear the sound, but I canÆt see their lips move. The sound is also playing in chunks.
SOLUTION: This is a problem with QuickTime for Windows. If you are running Windows 3.1 or later, then you need to run D:\SETUP16\SETUP16.EXE, assuming that D: is your CDROMÆs drive letter. If you are running Windows 95, then you need to run D:\SETUP32\SETUP32.EXE, again assuming that D: is your CDROMÆs drive letter.
When you do this, it will reinstall QuickTime for Windows, and overwrite your old QTW.INI file.
You can also edit your QTW.INI file instead of following the above procedure. From the Notepad feature in Windows 3.1 or Windows 95, open the file QTW.INI located in your C:\WINDOWS directory. At the bottom of the file, add the following lines:
[sound]
RequestedRate=22050
ActualRate=22050
This will fix the stuttering speech and lost frames problem.
Video Cards & Sound Cards for Director 4.04 for Windows
November 1994
VIDEO CARDS
Director requires video software drivers and hardware that fully support Windows 3.1 standards. The following video systems have been tested and found to be compatible with Director during authoring and playback. We recommend installing the latest available video ROM software. Contact the video card manufacturer for information.
Authoring and playback are limited to these systems. If you experience difficulties with a card that is not on this list, first test at 640 x 480 resolution with the monitorÆs color depth set to 8 bit (256 colors). Next, contact the hardware manufacturer to find out if the problem has been addressed with an updated driver.
The following cards have been tested and provide acceptable results for authoring and playback:
Video Card Bus Driver Rev. Notes
Type Date
ATI Graphics Wonder VLB 3/19/93 2.3
ATI Graphics Xpression VLB 6/13/94 1.1 Note 1
Compaq Qvision 1024/I ISA 1/18/94 7.40
Diamond Viper PCI 9/27/93 3.01 Recommended
Diamond Viper VLB 9/17/93 2.01
Genoa Windows VGA 24 VLB 8/8/93 1.7
Headland Video 7 RAM II VGA ISA 5/15/92 3.10
Hercules Graphite Pro VLB 12/29/93 2.21 Note 2
IBM XGA-2 MCA 11/12/93 2.11 Note 3
Number Nine 9GXE64 PCI 6/22/94 1.19.04 Recommended
Orchid Fahrenheit 1280 ISA 8/10/92 3.0
RasterOps PaintBoard PC ISA 3/25/93 3.10 Note 2
Spider Black Widow VLB 1/20/94 Recommended
Trident 8900C ISA 9/23/92 3.10
Trident 9000C ISA 7/8/93 VC4.5 (WC1.6) Note 2
Note 1: Set DeviceBitmaps=OFF in the Windows SYSTEM.INI file [MACH] section after card software installation if using this driver version.
Note 2: Use in 256 color mode only
Note 3: This card does not draw extremely wide arcs.
The following video cards have been tested and provide acceptable results for playback:
Video Card Bus Driver Rev. Notes
Type Date
Actix ProStar VL VLB 8/18/93 1.42 Note 1
ATI Graphics Ultra ISA 3/19/93 2.3
ATI Graphics Ultra Plus ISA 4/25/94 2.3
ATI Graphics Ultra Pro VLB 4/25/94 2.3
ATI Graphics Ultra Pro ISA 4/25/94 2.3
Blackship Color DesignerA3 VLB 7/ 8/93 1.32
Diamond Speed Star Pro ISA 2/17/94 1.08
Diamond Speed Star VGA ISA 4/14/92
Diamond Stealth 24 VLB 6/3/94 3.00
Diamond Stealth Pro VLB 10/6/93
Elite Group GD5426/28 VLB 8/18/93 1.32b
ELSA Winner2000 Pro PCI 6/23/94 1.22
Hercules Dynamite Pro ISA 12/1/93 2.10 Note 2
Hercules Dynamite Pro VLB 12/1/93 3.00
Hercules Graphite Power ISA 4/6/94 2.10
IBM XGA Display MCA 11/12/93 2.11 Note 3
Matrox MGA Power Graphics PCI 3/28/93 1.42
Media Vision ProGraphics 1280 VLB 9/15/93 1.01
Media Vision ProGraphics 1024 VLB 4/15/94 1.5
Mitac MVA-CL5428-1MB VLB 3/15/94 v1.43
Number Nine 9GXe Level 10 ISA 2/9/94 v3.11 Note 4
Number Nine 9GXe Level 11 VLB 2/9/94 3.10.061 Notes 4, 5
Number Nine 9GXe Level 14 VLB 4/7/94 3.15 Note 4
Number Nine 9GXE64 VLB 6/22/94 1.19.04 Recommended
Orchid Celsius VLB 10/1/93 1.32 Recommended
Orchid Fahrenheit 1280 Plus VLB 3/1/94 rel 7 Note 6
Orchid Fahrenheit VA VLB 4/29/93 5.01
Orchid Kelvin 64 PCI 3/14/94 1.1
Orchid Kelvin 64 VLB 2/23/94 1.21
Orchid ProDesigner IIS ISA 3/1/92 2.0
Paradise WD90c33 VLB 6/28/93 1.2
Standard 1MB-24X ISA 3/19/92 1.30
STB Horizon VL Pro VLB 6/29/93 1.3
STB LightSpeed PCI 12/1/93 1.1
STB Pegasus VLB 11/29/93 1.3
TrueVision Bravado 8 ISA 1/15/92
Note 1: Driver version 1.53 sometimes freezes when playing certain Director transitions. Driver version 1.42 is recommended.
Note 2: Does not always properly display QuickTime digital video in 16-bit (thousands) and 24-bit (millions.)
Note 3: Does not draw extremely wide arcs properly.
Note 4: Sound break-up or distortion may occur during complex transitions.
Note 5: The cursor sometimes disappears when using a large virtual desktop.
Note 6: Video snow appears during some palette transitions.
SOUND CARDS
The following sound cards have been tested and are compatible with Director:
Sound Card Notes and Comments
Compaq Business Audio
Creative Labs SoundBlaster
Creative Labs SoundBlaster PRO
Creative Labs SoundBlaster 16
Creative Labs SoundBlaster AWE32
Gateway 2000
IBM M-Audio *
Media Vision ProAudio Spectrum
Media Vision ProAudio Spectrum 16
Media Vision ProAudio Spectrum 16 Pro
Microsoft Windows SoundSystem Version 1
Microsoft Windows SoundSystem Version 2
Orchid SoundWave 32
Reveal Forte 16
Roland Rap-10
* IBM computer that have the M-Audio sound card should use driver version 1.2 or higher for best results. Older version of this driver donÆt play all sounds in Director or AVI movies. The version 1.3 driver did not pass the 16-bit sounds test for Director. Testing revealed that 8-bit sounds are corrupted when played after a 16-bit sound. At the time these release notes were written, version 1.3 (dated 1/10/94) was the most recent driver available from IBM.
QuickTime for Windows, 2.03
Copyright Notices:
QuickTime for Windows 2.0.3, Copyright ⌐ 1993-1995 Apple Computer, Inc.
All rights reserved.
Note:
QuickTime for Windows 2.0.3 must be licensed for distribution. If you have received QuickTime for Windows as part of an Apple or 3rd party product, you are licensed to install and use QuickTime for Windows on your computer. You MAY NOT redistribute QuickTime for Windows in any form without a distribution licensee from Apple Computer.
Supported Video
Adapter Driver Depth Resolution Optimized?
Standard VGA Windows VGA 4 640x350 No
Standard EGA Windows EGA 4 640x480 No
IBM 8514 Windows 8 1024x768 No
IBM XGA 7/27/92 4 640x480 No
IBM XGAOnly XGA 20 supports 16-bit color. Do not use the drivers supplied with Windows 3.1. Instead, use the drivers shipped from IBM 7/27/92 16 1024x768 No
ATI VGA XL 4/9/92 4 800x600 Yes
ATI VGA XL 4/10/92 8 1024x768 Yes
ATI VGA XL 4/20/92 16 800x600 Yes
ATI Ultra 4/22/92 8 1024x768 No
ATI Ultra OEM 16 640x480 No
ATI Mach 32 1/5/93 8 640x480 Yes
ATI Mach 32 1/5/93 16 1024x768 Yes
Orchid IIs 3/1/92 8 800x600 Yes
Orchid IIs 3/1/92 16 800x600 Yes
Video 7 VRAM2 ERGO 3/10/92 8 800x600 Yes
Orchid Fahrenheit VA 2/19/93 8 640x480 Yes
Orchid Fahrenheit 1280 8/10/92 8 640x480 Yes
Orchid Fahrenheit 1280 8/10/92 16 800x600 Yes
Diamond Stealth 9/25/92 8 640x480 Yes
Diamond Stealth 9/25/92 16 640x480 Yes
Diamond SpeedStar 24X 4/28/92 8 1024x768 Yes
Diamond SpeedStar 24X 4/28/92 16 800x600 Yes
Diamond SpeedStar 24X 4/28/92 24 640x480 Yes
Supported Audio
Adapter Driver Date
Creative Labs SoundBlaster Pro SBPSND.DRV 5/15/92
This driver has a known bug that effects all Windows Applications that use sound where at times a portion of the sound will be repeated several times.
Creative Labs SoundBlaster ProThis driver sometimes ôsticksö on a sound. SBPSND.DRV 2/5/92
Creative Labs SoundBlaster Pro 16 SB16SND.DRV 4/14/93
Creative Labs ThunderBoard SNDBLST2.DRV 3/10/92
Creative Labs ThunderBoard SNDBLST2.DRV 5/13/92
Media Vision ProAudio Spectrum MVPROAUD.DRV 2/3/93 1.3
Media Vision ProAudio Spectrum PlusMake the following modifications to the QTW.INI File:[sound]RequestedRate=22095ActualRate=22536 MVPROAUD.DRV 2/3/93 1.3
Media Vision ProAudio Spectrum 16 MVPROAUD.DRV 2/3/92
Media Vision Audio PortDoes not support sound sampled above 11khz. Make the following modifications to the QTW.INI file:[sound]RequestedRate=11025ActualRate=11025 MVAPORT.DRV 4/14/92
Microsoft Sound System SNDSYS.DRV 9/21/92 1.0
Cardinal Technologies Sound Studio TAPIGSS1.DRV 12/28/92
Orchid Sound Producer Pro PRODUCER.DRV 1/13/92
Orchid Sound Producer Pro PRODUCER.DRV 10/1/92
Turtle Beach MultiSound MULTISND.DRV 8/27/92 1.1
ATI Stereo FX SFX.DRV 5/4/92
Compatible Video
Adapter Driver Depth Resolution Optimized?
Actix Graphics Engine Ultra Plus 3/25/93 16 1024x768 No
Actix Graphics Engine Ultra Plus 3/25/93 8 1024x768 No
Actix Graphics Engine Ultra Plus 3/25/93 16 800x600 No
Actix Graphics Engine Ultra Plus 3/25/93 8 800x600 No
Actix Graphics Engine Ultra Plus 3/25/93 24 640x480 No
Actix Graphics Engine Ultra Plus 3/25/93 16 640x480 No
Actix Graphics Engine Ultra Plus 3/25/93 8 640x480 No
ATI VGA XL 8/14/92 1.42 16 640x480 No
ATI VGA XL 4/20/92 8 800x600 Yes
ATI VGA XL 4/10/92 16 640x480 Yes
ATI VGA XL 4/20/92 8 640x480 Yes
ATI VGA XL 6/25/92 16 1024x768 Yes
ATI VGA XL 6/25/92 8 800x600 Yes
ATI VGA XL 7/28/92 16 640x480 Yes
ATI VGA XL 6/25/92 8 640x480 Yes
ATI VGAWONDER XL24 6/25/92 8 1024x768 Yes
ATI VGAWONDER XL24 7/28/92 16 800x600 Yes
ATI VGAWONDER XL24 6/25/92 8 800x600 Yes
ATI VGAWONDER XL24 7/28/92 16 640x480 Yes
ATI VGAWONDER XL24 6/25/92 8 640x480 Yes
ATI Graphics Ultra 8/14/92 4 800x600 No
ATI Graphics Ultra 8/14/92 4 640x480 No
ATI Graphics Ultra 6/25/92 8 640x480 No
ATI Graphics Ultra Pro 3/10/92 8 8514/a No
ATI Graphics Ultra Pro 3/13/93 8 1280x1024 Yes
ATI Graphics Ultra Pro 3/13/93 16 1024x768 Yes
ATI Graphics Ultra Pro 3/13/93 8 1024x768 Yes
ATI Graphics Ultra Pro 3/13/93 24 800x600 No
ATI Graphics Ultra Pro 3/13/93 16 800x600 No
ATI Graphics Ultra Pro 3/13/93 8 800x600 Yes
ATI Graphics Ultra Pro 3/13/93 16 640x480 No
ATI Graphics Ultra Pro 3/19/93 24 640x480 No
ATI Graphics Ultra Pro 3/19/93 16 640x480 No
ATI Graphics Ultra Pro 3/19/93 8 640x480 Yes
ATI Graphics/Pro 11/27/92 8 1024x768 No
ATI Graphics/Pro 11/27/92 16 640x480 No
Dell 466/M S3 9/4/92 (1.2) 4 1280x1024 Yes
Dell 466/M S3 9/4/92 (1.2) 8 1024x768 Yes
Dell 466/M S3 9/4/92 (1.2) 8 800x600 Yes
Dell 466/M S3 9/4/92 (1.2) 4 800x600 Yes
Dell 466/M S3 9/4/92 (1.2) 16 640x480 Yes
Dell 466/M S3 9/4/92 (1.2) 8 640x480 Yes
Diamond Stealth Pro 12/7/92 8 1280x968 No
Diamond Stealth Pro 12/7/92 8 1280x1024 No
Diamond Stealth Pro 12/16/92 16 1024x768 No
Diamond Stealth Pro 1/6/93 8 1024x768 No
Diamond Stealth Pro 12/18/92 16 800x600 No
Diamond Stealth Pro 1/6/93 8 800x600 No
Diamond Stealth Pro 2/23/93 24 640x480 No
Diamond Stealth Pro 1/6/93 16 640x480 No
Diamond Stealth Pro 1/6/93 8 640x480 No
Diamond SpeedStar 24 4/14/92 8 1024x768 Yes
Diamond SpeedStar 24 4/14/92 16 800x600 No
Diamond SpeedStar 24 4/14/92 8 800x600 Yes
Diamond SpeedStar 24 4/14/92 15 640x480 No
Diamond SpeedStar 24 4/14/92 8 640x480 Yes
Diamond Viper VLB 4/27/93 8 1152x900 Yes
Diamond Viper VLB 4/27/93 16 1024x768 Yes
Diamond Viper VLB 4/27/93 8 1024x768 Yes
Diamond Viper VLB 4/27/93 24 800x600 No
Diamond Viper VLB 4/27/93 16 800x600 Yes
Diamond Viper VLB 4/27/93 8 800x600 Yes
Diamond Viper VLB 4/27/93 24 640x480 No
Diamond Viper VLB 4/27/93 16 640x480 Yes
Diamond Viper VLB 4/27/93 8 640x480 Yes
Genoa Windows VGA 8500 2/16/93 8 1024x768 Yes
Genoa Windows VGA 8500 10/23/92 (turbo) 16 800x600 Yes
Genoa Windows VGA 8500 8/24/92 16 800x600 Yes
Genoa Windows VGA 8500 10/28/92 8 800x600 Yes
Genoa Windows VGA 8500 12/1/92 (turbo) 24 640x480 Yes
Genoa Windows VGA 8500 10/14/92 24 640x480 Yes
Genoa Windows VGA 8500 11/11/92 (turbo) 16 640x480 Yes
Genoa Windows VGA 8500 8/24/92 16 640x480 Yes
Genoa Windows VGA 8500 10/28/92 8 640x480 Yes
IBM XGA2 7/27/92 8 640X480 No
IBM XGA2 7/27/92 16 640x480 No
IBM XGA2 7/27/92 8 800x600 No
IBM XGA2 7/27/92 16 800x600 No
Orchid Fahrenheit VA 2/19/93 10:00 16 1024x768 Yes
Orchid Fahrenheit VA 2/19/93 10:00 24 640x480 Yes
Orchid VLB (Local Bus) 2/19/93 16 800x600 Yes
Orchid VLB (Local Bus) 2/19/93 15 800x600 Yes
Orchid VLB (Local Bus) 2/19/93 8 800x600 Yes
Orchid VLB (Local Bus)Movies shifted to the left a few pixels in 24-bit mode. Rebooting fixes the problem. 2/19/93 24 640x480 No
Orchid VLB (Local Bus) 2/19/93 16 640x480 Yes
Orchid VLB (Local Bus) 2/19/93 15 640x480 Yes
Orchid VLB (Local Bus) 2/19/93 8 640x480 Yes
Orchid Fahrenheit 1280 8/10/92 10:00 15 800x600 No
Orchid Fahrenheit 1280 8/10/92 10:00 8 800x600 No
Orchid Fahrenheit 1280 8/10/92 10:00 16 640x480 No
Orchid Fahrenheit 1280 8/10/92 10:00 15 640x480 No
Orchid Pro Designer IIs/D 1.1 4/7/92 15 800x600 No
Orchid Pro Designer IIs/D 1.1 4/7/92 8 800x600 Yes
Orchid Pro Designer IIs/D 1.1 4/7/92 8 640x480 Yes
Orchid Pro II 3/1/92 8 1024x768 Yes
Orchid Pro II 3/1/92 15 800x600 No
Orchid Pro II 3/1/92 8 800x600 Yes
Orchid Pro II 3/1/92 15 640x480 No
Orchid Pro II 3/1/92 8 1024x768 Yes
Sigma Legend GX 4/1/92 (1.13) 8 1024x768 No
Sigma Legend GX 4/1/92 (1.13) 8 800x600 No
Sigma Legend GX 3/31/92(1.13) 8 640x480 No
Sigma Legend GX 4/1/92 (1.13) 8 640x480 No
Sigma Legend 24X 11/13/92 8 1024x768 No
Sigma Legend 24X 11/13/92 16 800x600 No
Sigma Legend 24X 11/13/92 8 800x600 No
Sigma Legend 24X 11/14/92 24 640x480 No
Sigma Legend 24X 11/13/92 16 640x480 No
Sigma Legend 24X 11/13/92 8 640x480 No
Matrox 1024 8/21/92 2.07 24 1024x768 No
MicroCrystal 8S 4/13/93 8 1024x768 No
MicroCrystal 8S 4/13/93 16 800x600 No
MicroCrystal 8S 4/13/93 8 800x600 Yes
MicroCrystal 8S 4/13/93 16 640x480 Yes
MicroCrystal 8S 4/13/93 8 640x480 Yes
Compatible Audio
Adapter Driver Date
Creative Labs ThunderBoard SNDBLST2.DRV 3/10/92
Creative Labs ThunderBoard SNDBLST2.DRV 5/13/92
Creative Labs SoundBlaster 2.0Sound ôsticksö with this driver. 2/16/93
Digispeech Portable Sound Plus PRTSND.DRV 4/14/93
IBM M/AudioAdjusting the volume from the Movie Controller may cause the volume to be muted. To restore the volume, stop and restart the movie. Sound may skip when resizing window. Sound is played at 44khz by doubling the samples. ACPA.DRV 10/29/92 11:38
IBM M/AudioLimited volume control from keyboard. ACPA.DRV 8/28/92
MediaVision Thunder and LightningMake the following modifications to your QTW.INI file:[sound]RequestedRate=22222 TLWAVE.DRV 8/25/92
In-Compatible Video
ATI VGAWONDER XL24 7/29/92 24 640x480 Yes
In the 24-bit mode (16 million colors), reds and blues seem to be reversed.
ATG CatsEye/X
Field reports of systems hanging when movies are played with this board
Compaq Q-Vision
We have field reports that QTW does not work with this card.
Diamond SpeedStar 24 4/14/92 24 640x480 Yes
Movies render as a thin line at the top of the screen in 24-bit mode. All other functions are normal.
MediaVision
We have a field report that QTW does not work with the original MediaVision video display adapter. The report indicates that the movies sound is played but the movie can not be seen. Problem persists when Optimize is set to driver.
OmiCorp Texan
We have field reports of sound but no movie (video) with this card.
Packard Bell
We have several field reports dealing with a Packard Bell. Reports of a ôshuttersö type effect on local bus systems have been noted. The shutters effect is where a few lines of a movie can be seen, then a few lines of background, then a few lines of movie, and so on. Three reports also state that the image is also shifted down and to the right about 10 pixels.
Further reports tell of a lack of movie image when running on Local Bus Packard Bell machines.
Sigma WindStorm 8/21/92 8 1024x768 No
Sigma WindStorm 8/21/92 16 800x600 No
Sigma WindStorm 8/21/92 8 800x600 No
Sigma WindStorm 8/21/92 24 640x480 No
Sigma WindStorm 8/21/92 16 640x480 No
Sigma WindStorm 8/21/92 8 640x480 No
QTW has very poor performance with this adapter
Video 7 SPEA 7 OEM
We have field reports that the Optimize = Driver must be added to the QTW.INI before the movie will appear in the movie window frame. Audio and all other actions seems to be OK with out the change.
Incompatible Audio
Media Vision Thunder and Lightning
QTW has very poor through-put with this card.
Media Vision CDPC
QTW does not work well with this system with movies over 10 seconds in length.
Media Vision CDPC II
QTW does not work well with this system with movies over 10 seconds in length.
Sigma Design Win Storm 8/21/92
Very poor QTW performance when running audio and video together.
Tandy Gold Card
Only one unconfirmed report on this line of cards. A developer states that he has a Tandy ôGold Cardö and QTW crashed whenever he tries to play a movie. Removing the card seems to fix the problem.
Modifying the QTW.INI for Compatibility
Note: Modification of the QTW.INI file should be done at your own risk. Typically one does not need to make any modifications to this file. For some compatibility reasons, modifying this file will make video or audio cards work properly, but with reduced performance. Be sure to make a backup of the QTW.INI file before modifying it.
The most common modification to the QTW.INI is to change the [video] setting to Optimize = Driver. This may resolve sever compatibility problems with a specific video card but will also reduce the performance of Movie playback.
Once again, modify at your own risk.
[Video] (in order of priority)
Optimize = Hardware (default)
Driver
BMP
RAW
DIB
[Video Optimize]
This is not used.
[Override] // group
DREF = no or yes (NO forces QTW to use the file as self-referencing, useful for QT 1.0 files.)
[Data Handler]
CDROMXferRate= [integer] ranges from 100 to 600 where number is in K, default is 328
CDROMSeekTime = [integer from 0 to X] where x is 100 to 350 in milliseconds for average seek time. Default is 200.
CDROMBlockSize = [integer, expressed in K] default is 8, range is 1 to 64
Max Open Files = [integer] default is 64.
Max Consumers = [integer] usually same as Max Open Files. You can have multiple consumers per file.
Max Cache Size = [integer] expressed in K, default is 128, ranges from 64 to 512
Disk Xfer Rate = [integer] same as CDROM Xfer Rate, default is 300.
Disk Seek Time = [integer] expressed in milliseconds per average seek, default is 35.
Disk Block Size = [integer, expressed in K] default is 16, range is 1 to 64.
Network Xfer Rate = [integer] same as CDROM Xfer Rate, default is 250
Network Seek Time = [integer] expressed in milliseconds per average seek, default is 40.
Network Block Size = [integer, expressed in K] default is 16, range is 1 to 64.
Floppy Xfer Rate = [integer] same as CDROM Xfer Rate, default is 18.
Floppy Seek Time = [integer] expressed in milliseconds per average seek, default is 100.
Floppy Block Size = [integer, expressed in K] default is 2, range is 1 to 64.
[Sound]
Requested Rate = [integer] ranging from 5000 to 44000 (has to be exact rate for MPC cards)
