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- OS/2(R) Plug-in Pack v. 3.0 (Beta version)
- Installation and Configuration README
-
- This README file contains the information about installing and
- configuring the feature.
-
- Note: To help you locate information in this README, you can use
- the Find option under the Edit menu of the OS/2 System
- Editor. You can print the file by dragging it to your
- printer object or by selecting Print from the file object's
- pop-up menu. Using the right mouse button, click the object
- to display the pop-up menu.
-
- In the following sections, Netscape Communicator refers to Netscape
- Communicator 4.61 for OS/2 Warp and Plug-in Pack refers to OS/2
- Plug-in Pack v. 3.0.
-
- CONTENTS
- __________________________________________________________________
-
- 1.0 Installation
- 2.0 Plug-in Support
- 3.0 OS/2 MPEG Support
- 4.0 CID Installation Information
- 5.0 Notices
-
- 1.0 INSTALLATION
- __________________________________________________________________
-
- The following sections describe installing the Plug-in Pack.
- Be sure that you have installed Netscape Communicator before
- installing the Plug-in Pack.
-
- 1.1 Hardware and Software Requirements
- ------------------------------------------------------------------
-
- Hardware Requirements:
-
- At least 2.5 MB of free hard disk space and 10 MB of temporary
- disk space.
-
- Note: If you plan to use IBM(R) MPEG support, see section 3.0
- OS/2 MPEG Support.
-
- Software Requirements:
-
- Netscape Communicator 4.61 for OS/2 Warp
-
- The OS/2 Plug-in Pack v. 3.0 is installable on the following
- operating systems:
-
- o OS/2 Warp 4
-
- o OS/2 Warp Server Version 4
-
- o OS/2 Warp Server Advanced Version 4
-
- o OS/2 Warp Server Advanced SMP Feature
-
- o OS/2 Warp Server for e-business
-
- 1.2 Installing the Plug-in Pack
- ------------------------------------------------------------------
-
- For information on CID installations, see section 4.0 CID
- Installation Information.
-
- After you have installed Netscape Communicator, you can install
- the Plug-in Pack.
-
- Note: If you plan to use Microsoft(R) Windows(R) 3.1 Plug-ins,
- install the Plug-in Pack into a directory with a name
- no more than 8 characters long.
-
- To install the Plug-in Pack using the graphical user
- interface (GUI):
-
- 1. Open the folder where you downloaded the os2pip30.exe file.
-
- 2. Double-click os2pip30.exe to unpack the files for
- installing the Plug-in Pack.
-
- 3. Double-click install.exe to start the installation.
-
- 4. Follow the online instructions.
-
- o If you have previously installed the OS/2 Plug-in Pack v.
- 2.1, during the installation you are asked the following
- question:
-
- EPFIQ139: 'x:\MMOS2\DLL\MMPLUGS.DLL' already exists on the workstation.
- Do you want to replace the file?
-
- (where x: is the drive where OS/2 is installed and MMOS2\DLL\MMPLUGS.DLL
- is one of several plug-in files)
-
- Click Yes to All when asked.
-
- 5. Shut down and restart your operating system.
-
-
- To install the Plug-in Pack from the command line:
-
- 1. From a command line, change to the directory where you
- downloaded the os2pip30.exe file.
-
- 2. Type os2pip30 to unpack the files for installing the Plug-in
- Pack.
-
- 3. Type INSTALL to start the installation.
-
- 4. Follow the online instructions.
-
- 5. Shut down and restart your operating system.
-
-
- 1.3 Uninstalling a Previously Installed Version
- ------------------------------------------------------------------
-
- If you have more than one version of the OS/2 Plug-in Pack
- installed and you want to uninstall one or more versions but not
- all versions, you must update the version of the Plug-in Pack
- that remains on your system. This update is required because the
- uninstall procedure deletes some of the files used by all versions
- of the Plug-in Pack.
-
- After uninstalling any version, you must update the version of
- the Plug-in Pack that remains on your system.
-
- To update the Plug-in Pack, follow the instructions in section
- 1.2 Installing the Plug-in Pack. Click Update the Currently
- Installed Product when prompted.
-
- 2.0 PLUG-IN SUPPORT
- __________________________________________________________________
-
- The following sections describe some of the plug-ins provided in
- the Plug-in Pack.
-
- 2.1 OS/2 Multimedia Plug-ins
- ------------------------------------------------------------------
-
- The native OS/2 Multimedia Plug-ins in this package provide
- support for multimedia MIME Types and file extensions such as
- .mpg, .avi, .voc, .aif, .wav, .MID, and many others.
-
- The OS/2 Multimedia Plug-ins provide support for streaming
- multimedia. Certain files that support streaming can be played
- while they are downloaded. A Multimedia Internet Manager program is
- provided to access these files and it can be started from the
- System setup folder after you install the plug-ins. The
- Multimedia Internet Manager stores temporary files in
- [X:]\MMOS2\INETTEMP (where X is the drive where multimedia
- support is installed).
-
- Note: When files are downloaded using the native OS/2 Multimedia
- Plug-ins, they are not deleted by the system even after you
- have exited Netscape Communicator. This can cause additional
- disk space to be consumed. The Multimedia Internet Manager
- in the System Setup folder allows you to remove some or
- all of these files as well as change the directory that
- contains this multimedia data.
-
-
- 2.2 Windows(R) 3.1 Plug-ins
- ------------------------------------------------------------------
-
- When you install a Windows 3.1 plug-in, change the default
- directory for installation to
-
- x:\netscape\PROGRAM\WIN16\PLUGINS
-
- where x:\netscape are the drive and directory where you installed
- Netscape Communicator.
-
- Some Windows 3.1 plug-ins require specific installation steps:
-
- o Shockwave: The Shockwave installer should be run from
- WIN-OS/2 File Manager or from the Program Manager
- command line. After installation is completed,
- exit Program Manager.
-
- o Sizzler: Sizzler displays a test window for an extended
- period of time the first time it is used. A Timeout
- message box might display. Click Retry until the
- test window completes its test.
-
- If you prefer not to use the Windows 3.1 Plug-ins support after
- installation, delete the Windows 3.1 Plug-in Support component
- using the Plug-in Pack installation utility in the directory
- where you installed Netscape Communicator.
-
- To delete the Windows 3.1 Plug-in Support:
-
- 1. Double-click the Installation Utility located in the
- folder where you extracted the os2pip21.exe file.
-
- 2. Click Windows 3.1 Plug-in Support, and then click delete.
-
- 3. Shut down and restart your operating system.
-
-
- 3.0 IBM MPEG SUPPORT
- __________________________________________________________________
-
- The IBM MPEG support includes software MPEG video file playback
- that does not require special MPEG hardware.
-
- 3.1 Recommended Hardware Configuration
- ------------------------------------------------------------------
-
- A Pentium(R) or compatible microprocessor is required. Software
- MPEG support can be used with a 486 microprocessor, but the video
- quality is minimal.
-
- Software MPEG audio support is available, but performs best on
- systems with a Pentium or compatible microprocessor at 90MHz or
- higher.
-
- Hardware MPEG audio is supported with IBM Mwave(R) cards or
- REALmagic cards.
-
- MPEG hardware is used transparently, if it is available. An
- updated REALmagic driver set is provided and installable if the
- hardware configuration includes the REALmagic drivers. These
- drivers should not be installed unless the hardware exists in
- the machine where the drivers are being installed. For hardware
- video support, VSDOM1.INI must be installed in the \MMOS2
- directory. Using the OS/2 Multimedia MPEG Support installation,
- select the MPEG card installed in the system.
-
- A 2-speed CD-ROM drive that supports long reads is required to
- play CD-i or Video CD content. Some OS/2 CD-ROM drivers do not
- support the long reads that CD-i requires. CD-i content is not
- readable through the file system. Playing this content requires a
- dummy file named _VIDCDI.MPG. Playback quality is very choppy for
- polling CD-ROMs.
-
- 3.2 Configurations with Existing MPEG Hardware Support
- ------------------------------------------------------------------
-
- To configure OS/2 Multimedia MPEG Support to be used as the
- default hardware MPEG device:
-
- 1. In the Multimedia Setup, on the Association page for the
- existing MPEG hardware, select the MPEG data type and remove
- all current extensions.
-
- 2. On the OS/2 Multimedia MPEG Support Association page, select
- the MPEG data type and add the following extensions:
- MPG, CDI, VBS, DAT, M1T, M2T, M2P.
-
- 3.3 Installing MPEG Hardware
- ------------------------------------------------------------------
-
- OS/2 Multimedia MPEG Support installs hooks for the following
- hardware devices:
-
- o ThinkPad(R) 760CD MPEG
-
- o ThinkPad 760ED MPEG
-
- o Sigma Designs REALmagic
-
- o Sigma Designs REALmagic Pro
-
- o Visual Circuits ReelTime
-
- If MPEG hardware is installed after the Plug-in Pack is installed,
- the VSDOM1.INI file must be created by running the MKVSDINI.CMD
- file in the \MMOS2 directory. For new MPEG hardware not in the
- preceding list, modify the MKVSDINI.CMD file with the appropriate
- PDD and VSD DLL. The PDD and VSD are defined in the MMPM2.INI file.
- Do not include the $ character for the PDD.
-
- In addition, if the DSP requires special loading, use the
- appropriate numbers for the .dsp field to signify the following:
-
- o 1 Load DSP Only
-
- o 2 Load With MPEG Stream Info
-
- 3.4 Backward Compatibility for MCI applications
- ------------------------------------------------------------------
-
- A video Media Control Device (MCD) is provided for backward
- compatibility for existing applications that utilize the Media
- Control Interface (MCI). This means the existing media player
- provided with OS/2 Multimedia can be used to play MPEG content.
-
-
- 3.5 MPEG Limitations
- ------------------------------------------------------------------
-
- o MPEG-2 Transport streams with buffered play works only with
- 188 byte size buffers. All others are rejected.
-
- o Playback from content on slow CD-ROMS (less than 4X) results
- in poor video playback quality.
-
- o If audio fails to play:
-
- 1. Open the Multimedia Setup notebook in the System Setup
- folder.
-
- 2. Click the OpenMPEG tab to go to the OpenMPEG page.
-
- 3. Select Software Only.
-
- This change could be necessary for workstations using
- Audiovation sound cards.
-
- o To improve software MPEG performance, go to the OpenMPEG page
- in the Multimedia Setup notebook and change the
- synchronization factor to greater than 40 or to the maximum.
- (This slider is not proportional in changes.) Increasing the
- synchronization factor decreases the video quality but
- improves CPU performance so that software MPEG is not taking
- the maximum out of the CPU. This synchronization factor has
- no effect on hardware MPEG performance.
-
- o Video CD and CD-i content is supported with Software Video CD
- in the Multimedia folder. Systems with MPEG hardware, such as
- a ThinkPad 760, might have Video CD Player. This allows Video
- CD to run through the existing MPEG device. If Software Video
- CD is used on systems with MPEG hardware, OS/2 Multimedia MPEG
- Support attempts to play the content using hardware. Use the
- Software Video CD if the system has been customized with OS/2
- Multimedia MPEG Support as the default MPEG device.
-
-
-
- 4.0 CID INSTALLATION INFORMATION
- __________________________________________________________________
-
- CID installation is accomplished by using response files to install
- the Plug-in Pack in a CID environment.
-
- A response file is a flat ASCII file that consists of a series of
- lines separated by newline sequences (0x0A, 0x0D, or a combination
- of these two sequences).
-
- Each line in a response file has a maximum line length of 255
- bytes.
-
- A response file has two kinds of lines:
-
- o Comment lines contain only white space characters or have
- either an asterisk (*) or a semicolon (;) as the first nonwhite
- space character on the line.
-
- o Response lines are used by Software Installer to determine
- the options and configurations to install on the target
- system.
-
- Response lines have the following syntax:
-
- keyword = value
-
- o Keywords cannot contain imbedded spaces.
-
- o Keywords are not case-sensitive.
-
- You can group keywords together in value lists using the following
- syntax:
-
- keyword = (
- keyword1 = value
- keyword2 = value
- .
- .
- keywordn = value
- )
-
-
- Keyword-value pairs used in a response file can be in any order.
- However, only one pair is allowed per line.
-
- If you use any keyword names other than the supported keywords,
- they are treated as installation variables. For example,
- MONITOR = VGA creates a installation variable with the name of
- MONITOR and a value of VGA.
-
- Note: Do not use quotes around the component name, even when the
- name is more than one word with blanks between words.
-
- 4.1 Sample Response File
- ------------------------------------------------------------------
-
- The following command is an example of the command needed to start
- a response file installation of the Plug-in Pack:
-
- INSTALL /X /A:I /NMSG /O:DRIVE /R:responsefile /L2:outputfile
-
- The following is an example of a response file used to install
- OS/2 Plug-in Pack v. 3.0 in a US English environment:
-
- Sample Response File
-
- COMP = OS/2 Multimedia Plug-Ins for Netscape Communicator
- COMP = 16-bit Plug-In Support for Netscape Communicator
- COMP = OS/2 Multimedia MPEG Support
- CFGUPDATE = AUTO
- DELETEBACKUP = NO
- OVERWRITE = YES
- SAVEBACKUP = NO
- NAV_PRESENT = TRUE
-
- 4.2 OS/2 Plug-in Pack v. 3.0 keywords
- ------------------------------------------------------------------
-
- The following response file keyword is required to install the
- Plug-in Pack in a CID environment. The possible values for the
- keyword are TRUE or FALSE:
-
- NAV_PRESENT - Netscape Communicator 4.61 for OS/2 Warp has
- been already installed
-
- Notes:
-
- o The FILE keyword should point to the directory where
- Netscape Communicator was installed.
-
- For example:
-
- FILE = C:\NETSCAPE
-
- o The AUX1 keyword should print to the directory where OS/2
- Multimedia was installed.
-
- For example:
-
- AUX1 = C:\MMOS2
-
- o The value given in the COMP keyword in the response file must
- exactly match the string specified by the NAME keyword of the
- COMPONENT entry of the .PKG file. Refer to the OS2PIP21.PKG
- file at approximately line 125 for the OS/2 Multimedia
- Plug-ins, 295 for the 16-bit Plug-in Support, and 370 for the
- OS/2 Multimedia MPEG Support for the possible component names
- to specify.
-
- 5.0 NOTICES
- __________________________________________________________________
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- 5.1 Trademarks
- ------------------------------------------------------------------
-
- The following terms are registered trademarks of the IBM
- Corporation in the United States or other countries or both:
-
- o IBM
-
- o OS/2
-
- o ThinkPad
-
- o Mwave
-
- The following are trademarks of other companies:
-
- Netscape, Netscape Navigator, and the Netscape N logo are
- registered trademarks of Netscape Communications Corporation in
- the United States and other countries. Netscape Collabra, Netscape
- Composer, Netscape Messenger, and Netscape Communicator are also
- trademarks of Netscape Communications Corporation, which may be
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-
- Microsoft and Windows are registered trademarks of Microsoft
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-
- Pentium is a registered trademark of Intel Corporation in the US
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-
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