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- MiniMEDIA v1.25 - 32-bit media player for Windows 95 & NT
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-
- Description:
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- Adds three small media control buttons (play, stop, rewind)
- and three application control buttons (mode, minimize,
- exit) to the Windows desktop. For video files, displays a viewing
- window with REW, FF and default size buttons.
-
- If selected, displays a progress slider below the buttons.
-
- Starts playback of a file if the name of the file is given as
- a command line argument.
-
- If no file name is given as a command line argument, a file open
- dialog is displayed.
-
- The button bar floats on top of other windows on the desktop and is movable.
-
- Can save files (use the pop up menu activated by pressing the right mouse
- button above the button bar), and load files.
-
- Very useful with a web browser, and as an associated viewer in Windows
- Explorer.
-
- Supported media types:
- ----------------------
- In general, you will be able to play any media files that your system supports
- using MiniMEDIA. All the types that appear in e.g. Windows media player are
- usable in MiniMEDIA.
-
- For AVI movies, install video compression (Control Panel / Add-Remove programs
- /Windows Setup / multimedia / video compression). For some AVI formats you may
- require new drivers from the net.
-
- For compressed WAV files, install audio compression (see above).
-
- For MPEG and Quicktime movies, install ActiveMovie. You can find it e.g. at
- http://207.68.137.46/msdownload/ieinstall/amov4ie.exe (an MS site).
-
- Installing MiniMEDIA
- --------------------
- Guided installation: run the program setup.exe that came in the ZIP file with the program.
-
- Manual installation:
- a) Windows 95 and NT 4.0 users: copy the file Minmedia.EXE
- to a suitable directory. The program is ready to run.
-
- b) Earlier versions of Windows NT: copy the file ctl3d32.dll
- to the winnt35\system32 directory. NOTE: you may encounter
- problems if you leave the dll into the same directory with
- Minmedia.exe.
-
-
- Registered vs. unregistered
- ---------------------------
- - The registered version uses an INI file to save the location
- of the program window every time the program shuts down. So, the program
- 'remembers' it's previous location.
- - In the registered version there is an INI file setting that makes the
- program shut down automatically after playing through a WAV if none of the
- buttons is pressed during the playback.
- - A mixer (volume control) application can also be specified in the INI file
- of the registered version. The mixer is started from the pop up menu.
- - Of course, there is no message box appearing at the end
- of the program.
- - If you use the program beyond a 30 day trial period, you must register.
- There is more information on registering and registration benefits in the file
- REGISTER.TXT.
-
- Also available:
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- - Don't forget to check out the original MiniAPP, MiniCD, now at
- version2.0!!!! It's available e.g. at ftp.winsite.com as
- ftp://ftp.winsite.com/pub/pc/win95/sounds/mcd32_20.zip.
- - Check out MiniTEXT, a handy text file editor. It is available e.g. at
- ftp://ftp.winsite.com/pub/pc/win95/txtutil/minitx10.zip.
- - Check out MiniPING, a quick way to ping multiple hosts at a given interval.
- You can find it at ftp://ftp.winsite.com/pub/pc/win95/netutil/mping10.zip.
- - Information conserning the MiniAPPs can be found at
- http://www.utu.fi/~seaavi/minicd.html
-
- The Author:
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- Seppo Virtanen, student, dept. of physical sciences (electronics and
- computer science), University of Turku, Finland.
- Internet e-mail: Seppo.Virtanen@utu.fi - feel free to give me any feedback!
-
- If you decide to evaluate this program, please let me know - it would be
- interesting to know how many people have tried this program out.
-
-
- How to get the latest information on MiniMEDIA:
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- Go to http://www.utu.fi/~seaavi/minicd.html for information on development,
- release plans for newer versions, and downloading!
-
-
- MiniMEDIA 1.25: (C)Seppo A. Virtanen 1996, 1997. All rights reserved.
- Information subject to change without notice and all that stuff.
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