Windows95 users merely have to insert the disc and the main program will run. If you do not want to run the program after inserting the disc, hold down the Shift key while inserting the CD-ROM in the drive. You can also double-click on the icon of the CD-ROM drive from your desktop computer folder. This will run the program as well.
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To install on Windows 3.x, use File Manager to run the setup.exe program in the root directory on the CD-ROM. The setup program will copy the QuickTime for Windows files to your hard drive (approx 2mb of files). Setup will also create a folder and put an icon within it for the application to run.
You should have a 386 or better CPU with 8-bit (256 colors), 16-bit (64,000 colors), or 24-bit (millions) graphics, a sound card, Microsoft Windows 3.1 and DOS 5.0 or 6.x, and a mouse.
Some high-resolution video cards require updated driver software for operation of QuickTime for Windows. If you experience color display problems, Please contact your video board manufacturer to see if newer driver software is available.
Make sure you are using the most recent versions of HIMEM.SYS, EMM386.EXE, and SMARTDRV.EXE. The copies that came with DOS 6.x are the most recent, and Windows 3.1 files are better than DOS 5.0 files. Your config.sys should have something like the following:
DOS=HIGH,UMB
DEVICE=C:\WINDOWS\HIMEM.SYS
DEVICE=C:\WINDOWS\EMM386.EXE RAM NOEMS
Your autoexec.bat should have something like:
C:\WINDOWS\SMARTDRV.EXE 1024 1024 (if you have 8 MB or more memory)
C:\WINDOWS\SMARTDRV.EXE 1024 512 (if you have less memory)
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DISK CACHE SOFTWARE
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Some disk cache software will cache the CD-ROM drive. For optimal playback of video, we suggest that you turn this feature off. If you are using SMARTDRV, add a /U to the command line in the AUTOEXEC.BAT file. For example:
C:\WINDOWS\SMARTDRV.EXE 1024 512 /U
Optionally you can keep the cache active. On some machines this will cause the video to pause, then play great, then pause. The pause happens while the cache software loads the next series of frames from the CD-ROM. Some people like this effect.
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MEMORY PROBLEMS
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QuickTime for Windows and Windows 3.1 is very memory hungry. The best way to speed-up video quality and display is to have at least 8 MB RAM. if you have less, make sure you do not have EMM386 allocating any expanded memory. Also, you should have SMARTDRV using as little memory as possible (512K cache).
The biggest performance improvement other than upgrading to a 486 is to have more memory.
You can also use the 386 enhanced Virtual Memory settings to create a permanent swap file. This seems to improve performance slightly, but more RAM is better.
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VIDEO PROBLEMS
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Some high-resolution video cards require updated driver software for operation of QuickTime for Windows. If you experience color display problems, Please contact your video board manufacturer to see if newer driver software is available.
If the video display is slow, you may not have enough memory. You can also try adjusting the colors to 64K colors rather than truecolor (16.7 million). This results in faster video display and doesn't affect picture quality.
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ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
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As with any product, you may need to tweak your system to get optimal performance.
The most important considerations are improper configuration of EMM386 giving too much Expanded memory (Windows doesn't need any, but DOS apps do), and simply not enough memory. If you are running Windows with 4 MB RAM, you will see a REAL performance boost by upgrading.
