This document provides complimentary or late-breaking information to supplement the FMV V1.9 documentation and
details of the End User License Agreement.
Please view this file with the window maximised.
The zip file you have downloaded CONTAINS the Visual Basic V6.0 Runtimes required to run FMV.
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History
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Jan 05 00 V1.9.0 Released - AVI to MPG added
Audio CD to WAV added
Dec 24 99 V1.8.0 Released - Zoom to 1000% and PAN controls added
'C' key will show conventional playback controls
Keyboard Control added
Nov 19 99 V1.7.0 Released - Timeline Editor Added
Nov 16 99 V1.6.1 Released - Video capture - DVD / Videodisk & MPEG Joiner added
Nov 13 99 V1.5.1 Released - SCREENSAVER_NOMOUSEMOVE option added
SCREENSAVER_NOMOUSEMOVE_OR_RC option added
Oct 30 99 V1.5.0 Released - MCI Support added for Audio CD \ DVD \ Videodisk \ webcam
Slipstream Animation added on name click
New Remote Control with added Functions
On-Line Secure Ordering now available - Y2K Tested.
Sept 20 99 V1.4.0 Released - Interface Improvements
Sept 10 99 V1.3.1 Released - Font size change for long file name support
Sept 08 99 V1.2.0 Released - New Movie Control Panel on front screen added
Sept 03 99 V1.1.0 Released - New Rc unit added to main screen.
Aug 25 99 V1.0.0 Released
Jul 28 99 Beta 1 Released
FMV is written in MS C++ V6.0 and MS-Visual Basic V6.0. FMV is 'built' with the following Microsoft service packs and
control/OCX upgrades applied. These upgrades are applied immediately prior to each build to ensure we distribute up to
date dll's and OCX's with our software :-
MS-Visual Studio SP2
MS_Windows NT V4.0 SP4
FMV is tested on a Win NT4.0 network, Win 98 and Win95 with 'out of the box' operating system builds. Current service
packs are applied to test machines where appropriate. FMV does not write to the registry.
FMV will NOT automatically associate itself with ANY file types.
FMV is virus checked with Norton AV and ViruScan for Windows NT prior to distribution.
FMV does NOT gather OR transmit any data about your PC or the movies you watch over the internet. NOTE :- Some
other popular streaming / Player software does ! Whats more, it they did it without the end users knowledge...
*** FMV's Four Most common Tech suppport requests are :-
Installation.
Media Player. You must have the LATEST version of Media Player installed to run FMV. MS-Media Player 6.4.05
is now the current version. If you have not done so, upgrade to this version of media player prior to installing FMV.
The upgrade can be freely downloaded from :-http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windowsmedia.
The full FMV demo and Release CD ships with the this file and NO downloading is required.
Control Registration Errors.
Check the versions and dates in the setup.lst file against the versions currently held on your system. If an error is
generated trying to register msdxm.ocx, this is usually for the following reasons :-
A) MS-Media Player has not been installed or
B) The version of media player on your system is out dated. Upgrade your current copy of mediaplayer from the
Microsoft website - http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windowsmedia. FMV Ships with the latest version of the OCX as
at 05th Jan 2000.
If FMV's installer fails to register any other controls(OCX) files, then just type 'IGNORE' to the message.
This is usually due to an incorrectly dated OCX file being on your system. If the OCX FMV ships with is newer,
the installer will try to register the OCX. Please see the file list at the end of this document for currrent date/times
of the OCX's that FMV ships with. Errors may also occur if you are running other applications while installing FMV.
AVI to MPEG convertor
The frame rate the video was recorded at and the audio format is very important. Both of these however
can be converted in the timeline editor prior to converting the AVI to an MPEG.
There is a 'SAVE OPTIONS' dialog in the timeline editor with a dropdown for BOTH the video
and audio streams. The convertor will only convert AVI's with PCM format audio. You can also
just extract the audio from an avi by deleting the video stream in the timeline editor and then just saving it as
type WAV.
The timeline editor will ALSO convert bitmaps to AVI's just point it at the FIRST bitmap in the sequence.
*** Running multiple Copies of FMV
You may start multiple copies of FMV. FMV will allow this as there are occasions where you may wish to visually
compare two collections. Additionally, it is sometimes very usefull to have the 'capture Window' open on one copy and
the 'AVI Editor' open on another copy. You can then just 'Cut and Paste' between the two. We do not advise you to run two
copies of FMV in normal use however. As FMV MP3 is musically based, it will not allow multiple instances of itself to
be run.
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CONTENTS
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Keyboard Controls
System Requirements
Getting Started
Installation
Known Issues
Technical Support
Keyboard Controls
Collection Control Keys
(All keys may be upper OR lower case)
Show Controls
Esc Quit Show when playing a collection
C Hide Movie Detail and show playbar
Frame\Movie Position Controls
> Adv 5 frame and pause
< Back 5 frames and pause
. Advance 1 frame and pause
, Back 1 Frame and pause
S Start of movie
I mIddle of movie
E End of movie(second last frame)
Volume Controls
M Mute ON/Off Toggle
Speed Controls
P Pause/Play (or Space) Toggle
Q Quarter speed
H Half speed
N Normal speed
D Double speed
Zoom Controls (When playing collection)
Z Zoom Up
X Zoom Down
Movie Controls (When playing collection)
1-9 Play Movie 1 to 9 in collection
R Repeat Movie Toggle
V PreVious Movie
T nexT Movie
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System Requirements
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Pentium P233 or Better
MMX is preferred
16x CD ROM Drive
A Soundcard
4Mb Graphics card or better
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Getting Started
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Installation
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If you are installing FMV 1.90 for the first time, run the setup.exe program and select the appropriate
choices.
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Known Issues
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V1.9.0 Outstanding
1)Playing CD tracks on slow (2x) PC\CD-Rom may make FMV's track selection erratic. Just give the drive time to catch up.
2)Playbar is 'chopped' in extract bmps from Quicktime movies when using small fonts. Switch to large fonts
3)3dfx Voodoo cards may not update the display corrrectly. Please check that you have the latest Driver from 3dfx. These cards also have some problems with bitmap extraction.
4) Decompressing the GIF's when setting up FMV seems to take a very long time. We are not sure why GIFs take so long
to decompress and will be using InstallSheild for FMV V2.0. We apologise for this inconvenience.
Other
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We do not support MPU playlists. FMV's playlists are completely different and incompatible as we hold data such as
video resolution, looping data etc. If we get many requests to include standard playlist formats, we'll add it in. You may
however now name tracks with the 'Change Section Display Name' option. Albums are saved by just 'Saving the collection
As' and then enter the album name.
CD-Audio tracks are not played in collections as some older type CD's were not designed for continual use. These older
type drives may overheat and become damaged (One of our old 2x drives gave up the ghost after about 8hrs continual use -
It was a popular brand as well). This is also the reason that we have removed CD-Audio from screensavers that FMV
creates. If you have an older type CD-Rom drive, you should bear the above in mind when using other applications that
may play CD-Audio for prolonged periods of time.
3dfx Voodoo cards may not update the display corrrectly. Please check that you have the latest Driver from 3dfx. These
cards also have some problems with bitmap extraction.
***** To use the QuickTime Special effects or to play new QuickTime Movies such as 'Phantom Menace', you must
install the FULL QuickTime Download from Apple. This is about an 8MB download but for some of the best special
effects about, it's well worth the download. The full FMV demo CD ships with the QuickTime installation files and NO
downloading is required. *****
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Multiple Movie additions
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You may use 'shift extend' to add several files at a time from the File Add dialog.
You may also drag and drop movies \ MP3's into the playlist.
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Technical Support
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You can obtain Technical Support for FMV by
accessing the Support area of our Web site at
http://www.slipstream.dial.pipex.com
or use the FAQ section of the help file
2. Before You Run Installation, Be Sure To......
3. Installation Under Windows 95
4. Running FMV
5. Uninstalling Under Windows 95
6. License Agreement & Disclaimer
7. Known Issues
Section 2: Before You Run Installation, Be Sure To...
To uninstall FMV on your computer under Windows 95, simply
access the Control Panel and run Add/Remove Programs by double
clicking the icon. You will see an entry called "FMV."
Select this entry (by single clicking the text) and then select
click on the Remove button. This action will delete all the files
installed by FMV, and remove all references to FMV.
If you have created collections or saved graphics in the folder you installed FMV into, the uninstaller will NOT remove the folder.Just delete the contents of the folder and then delete the folder.
If you find any additional issues with your version of FMV,
please foward them via email to Slipstream@dial.pipex.com
Thank you for your help.
Installed File list :-
VB6STKIT.DLL Dated 6/18/98 12:00:00 AM 102912 bytes
MSCOMCTL.OCX Dated 6/26/98 12:00:00 AM 1062704 bytes
msdxm.ocx Dated 8/09/99 3:49:10 PM 843536 bytes
stkit432.dll Dated 2/19/96 6:04:20 PM 24576 bytes
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License Agreement & DISCLAIMER
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Slipstream Systems Limited or ("SSL")
End-User License Agreement (EULA)
PLEASE READ THIS DOCUMENT CAREFULLY BEFORE RUNNING THE ENCLOSED SOFTWARE. THIS AGREEMENT LICENSES THE ENCLOSED SOFTWARE TO YOU AND CONTAINS WARRANTY AND LIABILITY DISCLAIMERS. BY RUNNING THE ENCLOSED SOFTWARE, YOU ARE AGREEING TO BECOME BOUND BY THE TERMS OF THIS AGREEMENT. IF YOU DO NOT AGREE WITH THESE TERMS, PROMPTLY RETURN THIS PACKAGE TO THE PLACE WHERE YOU OBTAINED IT.
1. Definitions
1.1 "SSL Software" means the software program included in the enclosed package, and all related updates supplied by SSL.
1.2 "SSL Product" means the SSL Software and the related documentation and models and multimedia content (such as animation, sound and graphics), and all related updates supplied by SSL.
1.3 "End-User Product" means the output film generated by you using the SSL Software. Examples of End-User Products include animations, courseware, presentations, demonstration disks, interactive multimedia material, interactive entertainment, copies of FMV, products bearing similar resemblance to FMV or it's interface or GUI and the like.
1.4 "SSL Run-Time" means the portion of the SSL Software required in order for the End-User Product to operate on hardware on which the SSL Software is not resident.
2. License. This Agreement allows you to:
2.1 Use the SSL Software on a single computer
2.2 Make one copy of the SSL Software in machine-readable form solely for backup purposes. You must reproduce on any such copy all copyright notices and any other proprietary legends on the original copy of the SSL Software.
2.3 Certain SSL Software is licensed with additional rights as set forth in the Supplementary Rights Addendum that may be included in the package for this SSL Product.
3. Supplementary Licenses. Certain rights are not granted under this Agreement, but may be available under a separate agreement. If you would like to enter into one of the Supplementary Licenses listed below, please contact SSL.
3.1 Site Licenses. You must enter into a SSL Site License if you wish to make copies of the SSL Software for use with additional CPU's owned by you.
3.2 Distribution License. You must enter into a SSL Run-Time Distribution Agreement if you wish to copy and distribute an End-User Product (and its associated SSL Run-Time) other than as set forth in Section 2.
4. Restrictions. You may not make or distribute copies of the SSL Product, or electronically transfer the SSL Software from one computer to another or over a network. You may not decompile, reverse engineer, disassemble, or otherwise reduce the SSL Software to a human-perceivable form. You may not modify, rent, resell for profit, distribute or create derivative works based upon the SSL Software or any part thereof. You will not export or reexport, directly or indirectly, the SSL Product into any country prohibited by the United Kingdom legislation.
5. Ownership. The foregoing license grants give you limited rights to use the SSL Software. Although you own the disk or CD-ROM on which the SSL Software is recorded, you do not become the owner of, and SSL retains title to, the SSL Software and any SSL Run-Times, and all copies thereof. All rights not specifically granted in this Agreement are reserved by SSL.
6. No oral or written information or advice given by SSL, its dealers, distributors, agents or employees shall create a warranty or in any way increase the scope of this warranty.
SSL SHALL NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY INDIRECT, SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING DAMAGES FOR LOSS OF BUSINESS, LOSS OF PROFITS, OR THE LIKE), WHETHER BASED ON BREACH OF CONTRACT, TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE), PRODUCT LIABILITY OR OTHERWISE, EVEN IF SSL OR ITS REPRESENTATIVES HAVE BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES AND EVEN IF A REMEDY SET FORTH HEREIN IS FOUND TO HAVE FAILED OF ITS ESSENTIAL PURPOSE.
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8 Trademarks and Copyright Notice
FMV and the FMV logo are Copyright SlipStream Systems Limited 1999 - 2000
Full Motion Video Copyright SlipStream Systems Limited 2000
All rights reserved. Made in UK.
All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners.
SlipStream, the SlipStream Systems logo and FMV are trademarks of SlipStream Systems Limited, registered in the U.K. and other countries. FMV and FMV Player are trademarks of SlipStream Systems Limited.
9 Distribution with commercial products
Any unlicensed or licensed version of FMV may not be distributed as part of or for use with any commercial product without express written permission from Slipstream Systems Limited.
SlipStream Systems Limited
34 Gibson Square
Islington
London N1 ORD
EMail: Slipstream@dial.pipex.com
(or visit our homepage at http://www.slipstream.dial.pipex.com)
NOTICE: VIDEOS INCLUDED AS PART OF THE FMV PRODUCT CANNOT BE USED SEPARATELY FROM THE FMV SOFTWARE. ANY USE OF THE VIDEOS OUTSIDE THE SCOPE OF THIS SOFTWARE IS A VIOLATION OF END-USER LICENSE AGREEMENT
