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GREAT MOMENTS OF DISCOVERY
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VIDEO SCREEN SAVER -- DEMO VERSION
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INTRODUCTION
Your Great Moments of Discovery Video Screen Saver
will play full-screen video clips from your CD-ROM
drive, or your hard drive. You can choose from three different
video clips. As long as this screen saver is the one selected
on your Windows Desktop, it will continuously play the
video clips that you have selected.
INSTALLATION
Once you install the program, it will exist on your hard
drive as Discovery Video Screen Saver. You can find it
in the Discovery Multimedia group. Installing the
program will automatically select it as your screen
saver. Unless you change the setting through the
Windows Control Panel-Desktop, the Discover Video
Screen Saver will begin playing video after your
keyboard is inactive for five minutes.
When the program is installed, you will have the option
to install the latest Video for Windows drivers on your
hard drive. One video clip will be automatically copied
to your hard drive, and will take up about three
megabytes. Should you wish to delete it later to save
space, look for Discovry.avi. A sound card is required
for your computer to process the music and sound
effects on this screen saver. If you don't have a sound
card, the video clips will still play.
ARRANGING THE SEQUENCE
After viewing the clips, selecting your favorites, and
adding them to the screen saver, you can arrange them
to play in any order you want. On the main menu, the
top video clip is the one that plays first, and so on down
the list. To move a clip, highlight it by clicking on it,
then use the up or down cursor arrows on your keyboard
to move that clip. The up arrow moves the highlighted
clip up one position, and the down arrow moves the
highlighted clip down one position.
THE MAIN MENU
When you install the screen saver, it will create an
icon in the Discovery Multimedia group. Clicking
on this icon will launch the Screensaver and take
you to its Main Menu. The buttons on the Main
Menu are explained below.
ADD
For your screen saver to play video clips, you must first
load clips into it. The Add button allows you to select the
video clips your screen saver will play. The Add button
does NOT add any clips to your hard drive. To copy clips
to your hard drive, you must run the demo setup program,
choose install screensaver, and select the clips you wish to
copy. When you click on the button, a window will pop
up. Then scroll through the list on the left, and click on the
clip you wish to load or preview. Click on OK, and the clip
is now selected and ready to play. If you have not seen the
clip before or do not remember it, you can view it before
deciding whether to include it in your playlist of selected
clips by simply clicking on the Preview button.
PREVIEW
This button will allow you to see a video clip to decide if
it is one you would like to include in your list. After
selecting a clip using the Add button, you'll be back in
the main menu. To preview the clip, simply highlight it
by clicking on it, then click the Preview button. The clip
will play full-screen and then you'll return to the main
menu. If you want to select that clip to play as part of
your customized sequence, it is ready. If you want to
delete that clip, use the Remove button to delete the
highlighted clip from your list.
REMOVE
To delete a clip from the list of selected video clips, click
on the one you wish to delete, then click on the Remove
button.
PLAY ALL
When you have previewed and decided which clips you
would like your screen saver to play, you can see what
they will look like in sequence by clicking on the Play All
button. This button duplicates what you will see when
your keyboard is inactive for a period of time, and the
screen saver begins playing video clips. To exit while
the Play All button is playing the selected clips in
sequence, push your left mouse button, or the escape
key, and you will return to the main menu.
PASSWORD
To keep others from using your computer while you are
away, you can select a password by clicking on the
Password button. Then click on the small box at the top
of the password screen, and type your password. Re-
type it to confirm it. If you should forget your password,
you will need to re-boot your computer and re-install the
screen saver.
SOUND
To hear either sound effects or musical pieces while
your screen saver plays video clips, click on either the
On or Off button by the small speaker icon. If you
choose Off, you will hear no sound while the clips play.
On allows you to hear either sound effects or music,
depending on which type of clip is selected.
EXIT
After you have finished setting up your screen saver,
exit the program by clicking on the Exit button. To save
your selected clips and sound preference, click on the
Yes button. No will not save your settings and you will
have to set up your screen saver again.
Great Moments of Discovery
Video Screen Saver
Copyright (c) 1995, Discovery Communications, Inc.
All Rights Reserved
Screen Saver Engine developed by John Cruz
Copyright (c) 1993-1995, ImageMind Software
Salt Lake City, Utah. All Rights Reserved
Included in this product is Video for Windows
by Microsoft(R) Corporation.