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IBM ThinkPad 755CD OS/2 Enhanced Video Device Driver
INSTALLATION README
This package contains the following:
o An OS/2* device driver supporting the Enhanced
Video capabilities of the ThinkPad 755CD. This
driver is supported on OS/2 WARP Version 3.0.
o This README file, which is formatted for viewing
on your screen. You can:
- Use the Table of Contents to
help you locate specific topics.
- Use the Find option in the Edit menu of the
OS/2 System Editor to help you locate
specific information.
- Print the file.
IMPORTANT
USE OF THE OS/2 DEVICE DRIVER FOR ENHANCED VIDEO
INDICATES YOUR ACCEPTANCE OF THE FOLLOWING
TERMS AND CONDITIONS:
o YOU MUST BE, AND YOU AGREE THAT YOU ARE, A PRIOR
LICENSEE OF OS/2.
o YOU MAY MAKE COPIES OF THE OS/2 DEVICE DRIVER FOR
ENHANCED VIDEO EQUAL TO THE NUMBER OF
LICENSED COPIES OF OS/2 YOU POSSESS.
o ALL OTHER TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF YOUR OS/2
LICENSE AGREEMENT APPLY TO THIS OS/2 DEVICE
DRIVER FOR ENHANCED VIDEO; HOWEVER, THIS
DOES NOT EXTEND ANY WARRANTY OUTLINED IN SUCH
AGREEMENT.
CONTENTS
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1.0 Overview
2.0 Installation of OS/2 Enhanced Video Device Driver
3.0 Usage Notes
4.0 Usage Tips
5.0 Trademarks
1.0 Overview
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The Enhanced Video Device Driver enables (1) accelerated motion video
playback, (2) video capture and overlay, and (3) video output to a
television. The video capture enables you to easily capture and
digitize still images or motion video directly from a video cassette
recorder.
(1) Accelerated full-screen motion video playback
- Video image zoom-in
- Video image zoom-in with bi-linear interpolation
- Color space conversion
- Video playback up to 640x480 window size
(2) Video capture and overlay
- NTSC composite, PAL composite, or S-video input
- Overlay the captured motion video on the screen
- Overlay the captured motion video on the screen while
storing the captured motion video to the hard disk
(3) VGA video output to television
- NTSC composite, PAL composite, or S-video output
2.0 Installation of OS/2 Enhanced Video Device Driver
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1. DOS and Windows** must be installed on your computer with
ThinkPad device drivers before installing this device driver.
Refer to the ThinkPad User's Guide and the documentation
that came with DOS and Windows**.
2. If OS/2 Warp is not already installed, please refer to "How to
Use OS/2 WARP with Your Computer" for installation instructions.
This document along with ThinkPad 755CD device drivers and
utilities is available on the IBM PC Company BBS in the RT755A
package.
3. Install the ThinkPad device drivers and utilities for OS/2 as directed
in "How to Use OS/2 WARP with Your Computer".
4. If the Video In Recorder Application from the BonusPak is to be
installed, you must do so now before proceeding.
5. Install the ThinkPad 755CD Overlay Video Acceleration driver:
a. Insert the ThinkPad 755CD Overlay Video Acceleration diskette
into drive A.
b. Open an OS/2 window.
c. At the command prompt, type the following and then press Enter:
MINSTALL
The IBM Multimedia Presentation Manager/2 - Installation
window appears on your screen.
d. In the window, change the Source Drive to A:.
e. Select Install.
f. Follow the instructions on your screen to complete the
installation.
6. Enable the video capture feature under OS/2 Warp:
o Click on the ThinkPad Features object on your Desktop.
o Refer to the section called "Using the Enhanced Video
Features" in Chapter 3 of the ThinkPad 755CD User's Guide for
instructions.
7. When prompted, shut down and restart your computer in order for
these changes to take effect.
3.0 Usage Notes
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o The device is opened exclusively for recording, playback, or TV
output. For example, after the device is configured for recording
or monitoring live video, it cannot be used concurrently for
accelerated video playback or vice versa.
o If the device is not available for hardware accelerated playback,
the subsystem will perform software playback automatically.
o In order to achieve accelerated video playback, open the Digital
Video object.
o When TV output is enabled, the device cannot be used for recording
or monitoring live video or hardware accelerated playback. In
order to use the Enhanced Video Device Driver, you must disable TV
output. To do so, use the ThinkPad Features object and select
Video-in to disable TV output.
o During video recording, the live monitor window might flicker.
o The live video in the monitor window might be distorted if the
monitor window is other than half size, normal size, or double
size.
4.0 Video-in Usage Tips:
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o When the monitor window is in focus, you can press Shift+F6 to toggle
between full-screen video or the previous size.
o You can use Shift+F5 to maintain the original aspect ratio. To
disable this function, press Shift+F5 again.
5.0 TRADEMARKS
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The following terms, denoted by an asterisk (*) in
this file, are trademarks or registered trademarks of
IBM Corporation in the United States and/or other
countries:
IBM
OS/2
The following terms, denoted by a double asterisk
(**) in this file, are trademarks or registered
trademarks of other companies as follows:
TRADEMARK OWNER
WINDOWS Microsoft Corporation
IBM DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES, WHETHER EXPRESS OR
IMPLIED, INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION, THE IMPLIED
WARRANTIES OF FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND
MERCHANTABILITY WITH RESPECT TO THE INFORMATION IN
THIS DOCUMENT. BY FURNISHING THIS DOCUMENT, IBM
GRANTS NO LICENSES TO ANY RELATED PATENTS OR
COPYRIGHTS.
THIS DRIVER IS COPYRIGHTED BY INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS
MACHINES CORPORATION. ALL APPROPRIATE RESTRICTIONS
APPLY.
(End of Document)