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- This archive contains my port (alpha version) to Windows NT(tm) and Win32s
- of the berkeley Public Domain MPEG player.
-
- WARNING this is code is very buggy so use it at your own risk.
- Read all of this file before running the player.
-
- I suggest that you close any running applications before running this player.
-
- To run this program under Windows 3.1 you will need a copy the the Win32s
- runtime this can be found in the Spice4?.zip files in the /pub/pc/win3/nt
- directory on ftp.cica.indiana.edu.
- It is also include on the October 92 Win32 SDK CD-ROM.
-
- For Win32s+Window3.1 users I also suggest you restart windows and/or reboot
- your machine after running the player.
-
- This player can Play both Xing(tm) 160x120 MPEG movies and standard
- 320x240 encoded movies.
-
- Note at present only the 24bit full color ditherer is implemented. This means
- that dithering the image down to 256 or 16 colors is done via the Windows
- DIB's driver. For best results you need either a 24bit or 15bit (hicolor)
- graphics card. Using Hicolor mode gives much better images than the Xing(tm)
- Player.
- At present I am working on getting the other ditherers working.
-
- This player has been run on the following two machines:
-
- (1) OPTI 486DX33 with 8Mb,Trident 1MB Video card in 640x480x16 Mode,120MB
- Hard disk and running Windows NT(tm).
-
- (2) SMI 486DX33 with 8Mb,ATI 2MB ULTRA + in 800x600x65K Mode, 200MB Hard disk
- and runing Win32s and Windows 3.1.
-
- It may not run on a machine with only 4Mb.
-
- To install the player copy the files to your hard disk then create a new
- program item by selecting the Program Manager File/New menu item.
-
- There are two versions of the player included mpegplay.exe and mpegply2.exe.
- mpegply2 is the same as mpegplay.exe but attempt to completly hog the cpu.
- The machine will not respond to any input while it is playing movies.
-
- To Play a movie perform the following:
- (1) Start the player either from the NT command prompt or via the
- Program Manager.
- (2) Select the Open Menu item from the File Menu.
- (3) type "*.mpg" into the file name dialog box.
- (4) select the file you wish to play.
- (5) Select Play from the Movie Menu
- (6) The movie will now play.
- (7) if you are running the mpegplay.exe player you may select Stop
- from the Movie Menu and then Open another movie for playing.
- Note - The player will Exit when/if it gets to the end of the Movie.
-
-
- The "Actual Size" and "Stretch to Window" options in the Display Menu
- determine whether the movie images are displayed as actual size (centered
- in the middle of the windows client area) or scaled to fill the windows
- entire client area.
- The Player will also play as an Icon if Iconified.
-
- This player is very easy to cash.
-
- Some known Bugs are
- (1) image is horizontally flipped.(Hey at least its not upside down!).
- (2) Player will cash if another movie is opened while the current movie
- is playing.
- (3) Stretch to window and Iconic play back modes are not functioning
- under win32s.
- (4) The common dialog box file selection filters are not working.
- (5) Fails to free memory after exit.
-
-
- The file txtfiles.zip contains the original berkeley text files.
- The original Unix Xwindows C source can be obtained by anon ftp from
- toe.cs.berkeley.edu in the /pub/multimedia/mpeg directory
-
- The following copyright message is from the original Mpeg players source code.
-
- /*
- * Copyright (c) 1992 The Regents of the University of California.
- * All rights reserved.
- *
- * Permission to use, copy, modify, and distribute this software and its
- * documentation for any purpose, without fee, and without written agreement is
- * hereby granted, provided that the above copyright notice and the following
- * two paragraphs appear in all copies of this software.
- *
- * IN NO EVENT SHALL THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA BE LIABLE TO ANY PARTY FOR
- * DIRECT, INDIRECT, SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES ARISING OUT
- * OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE AND ITS DOCUMENTATION, EVEN IF THE UNIVERSITY OF
- * CALIFORNIA HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
- *
- * THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SPECIFICALLY DISCLAIMS ANY WARRANTIES,
- * INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY
- * AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. THE SOFTWARE PROVIDED HEREUNDER IS
- * ON AN "AS IS" BASIS, AND THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA HAS NO OBLIGATION TO
- * PROVIDE MAINTENANCE, SUPPORT, UPDATES, ENHANCEMENTS, OR MODIFICATIONS.
- */
-
- also
-
- IN NO EVENT SHALL I MICHAEL SIMMONS BE LIABLE TO ANY PARTY FOR
- DIRECT, INDIRECT, SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES ARISING OUT
- OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE AND ITS DOCUMENTATION, EVEN IF I MICHAEL SIMMONS
- HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
-
- I MICHAEL SIMMONS SPECIFICALLY DISCLAIMS ANY WARRANTIES,
- INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY
- AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. THE SOFTWARE PROVIDED HEREUNDER IS
- ON AN "AS IS" BASIS, AND I MICHAEL SIMMONS HAS NO OBLIGATION TO
- PROVIDE MAINTENANCE, SUPPORT, UPDATES, ENHANCEMENTS, OR MODIFICATIONS.
-
-
- The next release of this player should be much more stable.
-
- Please send suggestions and comments to msimmons@ecel.uwa.edu.au
-
- Windows NT(tm) is a trademark of Microsoft Corporation.
- Xing(tm) is a trademark of Xing.
-