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- From: tomasz@carson.u.washington.edu (John Tomaszewski)
- Newsgroups: alt.graphics.pixutils
- Subject: Re: How to use MPEG viewer with dll other than ATI
- Date: 25 Jan 1993 23:44:42 GMT
- Organization: University of Washington, Seattle
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- Message-ID: <1k1u1aINNlkp@shelley.u.washington.edu>
- References: <C1E047.99w@rahul.net> <C1ED7x.HM5@acsu.buffalo.edu>
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- In article <C1ED7x.HM5@acsu.buffalo.edu> dunn@acsu.buffalo.edu (Dunn) writes:
- >In article <C1E047.99w@rahul.net> bryanw@rahul.net (Bryan Woodworth) writes:
- >>oops, here is the information on using the mpegplayer (mpegexe.zip,
- >>available from ftp.rahul.net in /pub/bryanw/pc/animation/mpeg) with a dll
- >>other than the ati one..:
- >>
- >>If you are using a DLL file other than mdllati.zip, you may have to do the
- >>following:
- >>
- >>Run mfw.exe in Windows. It will abort, complaining it can't find ATI
- >>dll's.
- >>
- >>Load mfw.ini (in same subdir as mfw.exe) and edit "VDriver" variable
- >>to accomodate your driver. Here is the default from my system:
- >>
- >>[MPEG for Windows]
- >>Copyright.=Copyright (C) Xing Technology Corp. 1991-1992. All rights
- >> reserved.
- >>VersionID.=Version 2.0
- >>FileSrcDir=c:\mpeg
- >>BkgColor=1
- >>BkgWidth=4
- >>QBITS=2
- >>QLevel=1
- >>Sound_DLL=0
- >>UseDIB=0
- >>VidWidth=320
- >>VDriver=0
- >>
- >>Note the "VDriver" variable, set to 0.
- >>
- >>Now peek in DLL.LST, in \windows\system:
- .
- .
- etc.
-
- >>There are also other solutions..
- >>
- >>--
- >>Bryan Woodworth <bryanw@rahul.net>
- >
- >I did everything as said above, and then ran it. Guess what!? I still get the
- >same error as I did before with the Trident Drivers. I have a Trident 8900
- >and it has worked for everything except this program and the previous release.
- >Any ideas?
-
- I just renamed my driver (WD) as the ATI driver and left the .INI
- file alone. This seemed to work fine.
-
- John T.
-