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VIDVUE v3.1
Copyright 1993-1994 Lawrence Gozum
All rights reserved.
SUMMARY:
VIDVUE is an easy-to-use Multimedia player/slideshow/viewer/utility
distributed as 100% Functional Shareware.
It fully supports FULL-FEATURED 89a and 87a GIFs with, probably, the fastest
decode-to-screen Window routines (80x86 assembly). Includes Full Screen
decoding and full support for JPG/JIF, BMP/DIB, PCX, TIFF, TGA and DCX
formats, plus, raster image support for WPG, EPS and PICT files - and, full
vector support for WMF files. Comment viewing, with many options, for GIF
and JPG/JIF files is also supported.
It plays AVI video, WAV audio, MIDI music, FLI/FLC animation files and
Apple Quicktime MOVies. AVI and MOV playback can be fully scaled in a
sizeable window. Includes AVI frame grab function to import and save
AVI and MOV frames to other formats.
Multimedia slideshows (w/ all formats) can be played with marked files and
user scripts. Includes Shuffle Play, AutoCenter, AutoDither, AutoSize,
variable delays and backgrounds and AVI scaling, special GIF processing,
plus other features PER SLIDE! Plays WAV and MID files with displayed
images. Unlimited slides (as many as you want).
Conveniences include last file(s) recall (up to eight files); last
drive/directory recall and last desktop position recall.
Image printing on B/W printers supports error-distributed dithering for
superior gray shades. Interface includes a simulated document to resize and
position image on paper before printing.
Special image processing includes 'hotspot removal' for converting GIFs to
BMP Wallpaper without the "burnt colors", and PackVideo, for enhancing video
frame captures and resizing.
VIDVUE also converts file formats, sharpens, smoothens, adjusts contrast
and brightness, resizes, flips/rotates, dithers, reduces colors, converts
to gray, and copies DIBs to/from clipboard, among other features.
REQUIREMENTS:
Required: Windows 3.1 running in Enhanced mode and VBRUN300.DLL.
********* Browse/search for "VBRUN" to check availability in any forum/RT,
or check local BBSs for VBRUN3.ZIP or VBRUN300.ZIP.
Optional: Installed Video for Windows (VFW) runtime for AVI playback.
Browse/search for "VFW" to check availability, or check local
BBSs for VFWRUN.ZIP or VFW11A.ZIP.
Optional: Installed MCI drivers for WAV and MIDI playback.
These come with your sound card.
Optional: Installed MCI drivers for FLI/FLC playback.
At CIS, download NEWPLA.ZIP from GO ASOFT
or WAPLAY.EXE from GO GRAPHSUP.
At GEnie, download AAWIN11.ZIP from CYBERSPACE RT;
or check local BBSs for AAWIN11.ZIP (or later).
Optional: Installed MCI drivers for MOV (Quicktime for Windows) playback.
You most likely have installed MCI drivers for Quicktime for
Windows (QTW) playback, if you purchased and are currently using:
Adobe Premiere 1.0 (or later) for Windows
Macromedia Action 2.5 (or later) for Windows
Macromedia Authorware Pro 2.0 (or later) for Windows
If you have a CDROM and several CDROM titles, you may already have
the QTW runtime files, VIDVUE's README.WRI file details how to
setup for MCI playback.
At CIS,
1. GO MACDEV.
2. Download LICENS.TXT from Library 8.
3. Read and abide to terms and conditions in LICENS.TXT.
4. If you agree to LICENS.TXT, then download
QTDSK1.ZIP and QTDSK2.ZIP.
Note: QTDSK1.ZIP and QTDSK2.ZIP are NOT distributable files.
Only YOU can download and use them (see LICENS.TXT).
READ THE README.WRI FILE IN QTDSK1.ZIP.
VIDVUE 3.1 Update
o Overhauled/replaced Full Screen display function;
added Scrolling mode when image is larger than Full Screen.
- Fully integrated with Monitor Gamma setting
- Fully integrated with Monitor Brightness setting
- Fully integrated with Monitor Contrast setting
- User-selectable buffer (memory or disk)
o Added user-definable "Wallpaper" bitmaps that can be added
in scripted slideshows for AVI, MOV, FLI and FLC background;
great for simulating a TV, theatre with audience, kiosk ...
o Added GIF comment recall command in Viewing Window.
o Added GIF comment filter to automatically add linefeeds to
text blocks where only carriage returns were used.
o Changed "Browse WAV" option default to OFF to enabled MIDI playback
on systems with sound cards (ie., not using PC Speaker driver).
o Added global memory compaction option at Video/System info dialog.
o Bugfix: New playback scheme caused a Quicktime (MOVie) playback error
during slideshows; corrected.
o Bugfix: New routines "doubled" Contrast and Brightness levels in
image backup copy and full screen title bar area; corrected.
VIDVUE 3.0 Update
o Added DDE capability to show images or play multimedia files
via one instance of VIDVUE. Source code is included for writing your
own VB app to display/playback graphics and multimedia files via VIDVUE.
o Enhanced virtual memory management.
o Added conversion to Promote 256-color to 24-bit color process.
o Added conversion to Promote 16-color to 256 color process.
o Added conversion to Promote B/W to 256 color process.
o Added 32-bit AVI and MOV (Quicktime MOVie) grab support.
o Added "On-the-Fly" Gamma error adjustment for displayed images.
- Variable adjustment ranges between 0.01 to 1.99.
- "On-the-Fly" preview/feedback of results; imagesa can be saved
to any supported format with adjustments.
- Supports 256-color, gray shade and True-color (24-bit) images.
- Device-independent, works on image "in memory" regardless of
current video mode (eg., will work on VGA 16-color mode while
adjusting True-color (24-bit) images.
- Independent slideshow image support; can be adjusted/set for
EACH slide in your multimedia slideshow. Great for viewing
read-only images (ie., from CDROM) that come from different
sources/originators using different monitors/video cards.
o Enhanced JPEG/JPG/JIF 24-bit encoding; suberb image quality
at greater compression levels!
o Added JPEG/JPG/JIF 8-bit encoding for saving files with 256 gray shades;
automatically promotes and saves 256-color images.
o Added Kodak PHOTO-CD support.
- Supports maximum resolution of 2048x3072.
- Automatically reduces resolution to next base level if memory
resources are running low (eg., switches to 512x768x16M if
1024x1536x16M image cannot fit in memory).
- Fully integrated with all Automatic options (eg., AutoSize and
AutoDither) and Slideshow options/keywords.
- Fully integrated with AutoDither option; uses Kodak's FAST dithering
routines; if AutoDither is set,it will dither/reduce color depth to
256-colors or 16-colors depending on user's video driver.
o Multiple-image support; quickly views multiple-image "documents" with
VARIABLE PAGE SIZES (eg., half-page fax cover at 100 dpi low resolution
with legal-size documents at 200 dpi high resolution plus a drawing at
non-standard, 300 dpi "SuperFax" resolution).
- Multiple-image DCX (Intel format) support;
- Multiple-image TIFF support; very fast CCITT, G3, G4 decoding.
o Added SPEAKER.DRV support for WAV playback. Users without sound cards
can now enjoy WAV playback via the generic PC speaker driver. Slideshow
support is also included.
o FLI device drivers are now verified prior to first playback during any
session and optimal initialization procedure is used.
o WAV device drivers are now verified prior to first playback during any
session and optimal initialization procedure is used.
o Added fast WAV file "browser" to immediately play a selected file from
the file list box; it plays immediately and instantly terminates with
next selection to be played.
o Added convenient recall of Load drive/directory during session.
o Added convenient recall of Save drive/directory during session.
o Added convenient recall of Save file format during session.
o Added convenient recall of Load file format during session.
o Added automatic File Recall exit from File Save mode (if active) to
immediately view selected image; great for iterative JPG saves to
experiment with optimal quality vs. size setting.
o Added full Font dialog for selecting the font, font style and font size
for comment text viewing (remembered during the entire viewing session).
o Increase AVI slideshow scaling to 300% to account for faster multimedia
accelerators and CPUs.
o Optimized AVI and MOV/Quicktime playback (normal and slideshow mode);
modified to take advantage of multimedia accelerators and 64-bit cards.
o Bugfix: AVI and MOV grabs did not capture correctly in HiColor, and
24-bit video modes with new 64-bit video cards and multimedia
accelerator drivers; corrected.
o Bugfix: Last file recall update to last 8 files did not update correctly
on some systems configurations; corrected.
IMPORTANT:
Please ensure that VBRUN300.DLL is in your Windows directory or
Windows System sub-directory before running SETUP.EXE from Windows.
To install, select "Run" from the Program Manager menu bar then enter
the pathname and "SETUP". For example, if you extracted the files
into "e:\test" then type "e:\test\setup".
VIDVUE's Setup now provides an option to setup ALL files in it's specified
application directory.
IN THE UNLIKELY EVENT YOU HAVE SETUP PROBLEMS, PLEASE READ INSTALL.TXT.
The following files MUST be included in this distribution set.
**************************************************************
README 1ST This file.
INSTALL TXT Notes on VIDVUE Setup.
SETUP EXE Setup program
LG_SETUP DLL
VVU EXE THESE FILES ARE IN YOUR VIDVUE DIRECTORY
VIDVUE EXE
DEMO TXT \
TRAVIATA TXT > Skeleton Slideshow scripts
JMPSTART TXT /
VVUDDE MAK \ DDE VB sample code
VVUDDE FRM /
GAMMA BMP --> Test file for gamma adjustment
3DFRAME BMP --> Video/animation "wallpaper"/background
README WRI --> Read this!
VIDVUE HLP --> VIDVUE Help
VIDVUE DLL THESE FILES ARE PLACED IN YOUR VIDVUE DIRECTORY
ACCUVB16 VBX OR, OPTIONALLY IN THE \WINDOWS\SYSTEM DIRECTORY
SUBEZ VBX VIDVUE WILL NOT RUN IF ANY OF THESE ARE MISSING!
THREED VBX
IMVBX3 VBX
VBCTL3D VBX
CMDIALOG VBX
PCDLIB DLL
IM2PCX DIL
IM2TIFF DIL
IM2XJPEG DEL
DIB DRV