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VCD PowerPlayer
Video CD (VCD) and MPEG-1 Audio/Video Player
Introduction:
VCD PowerPlayer is a pure software VCD and MPEG-1 audio/video
playing system. By using this software, Users can play VCD
titles and MPEG-1 audio/video files without any additional
hardware.
VCD PowerPlayer can support CD-I, VCD 1.0, VCD 2.0, and normal
MPEG-1 files. The frame size can be 320x240 (SIF), 384x240, 352x240,
352x252, 288x252, 160x120, etc. LinkMPEG supports MPEG-1 Audio Layer
I&II audio formats. The sampling rate can be 48.0kHz, 44.1kHz, 32kHz,
or 22kHz. The MPEG-1 sequence can be audio/video, audio only, video
only, or intra-frame only (still picture). VCD PowerPlayer supports
DCI v1.6, DirectDraw I, II, and III, WinG and GDI display interfaces.
It follows Digital Video MCI and OpenMPEG 1.10 specifications. Now,
it can run under Windows 3.1 and Windows 95 operating systems.
System Requirements:
1. Pentium-90 PC compatible is required. Pentium-100 (or above) PC
compatible is recommended.
2. 8- or 16-bit sound card is required.
3. 2 time speed CD player is required. 4 time speed CD player is
recommended.
4. 256 (or above) color VGA card is required. VGA with DCI or
DirectDraw support is recommended.
5. 8MB system memory is required.
Installation:
After starting up Windows 3.1 or Windows 95 operating system, insert
VCD PowerPlayer diskette into the floppy drive. Then, execute
a:\setup.exe (or b:\setup.exe) by double-clicking setup.exe file in
drive 'a' (or 'b') under File-Manager program).
Execution:
After completely installing VCD PowerPlayer under Windows 3.1,
the user can see PowerPlayer group icon under Program Manager. By
double clicking PowerPlayer icon, the PowerPlayer group window is
shown. By double clicking VCD PowerPlayer icon, this program is
executed and the front panel is presented on the screen.
Under Windows 95 operating system, press START button in the lower-
left corner first. Then, choose Program, PowerPlayer, and VCD PowerPlayer
to start the program.
Configure VCD PowerPlayer:
Video DisplayíG
DCI DCI (Display Control Interface) is a display control standard
under Windows 3.1. If your VGA card supports DCI, please
select this option.
DDraw DirectDraw is a video control standard under Windows 95. If
your VGA card supports DirectDraw, please select this option.
WinG WinG is a fast displaying standard under Windows 3.1. By using
WinG, the picture quality is worse and the performance is
lower comparing to those of DCI or DirectDraw.
GDI GDI is a display standard under Windows 3.1 and Windows 95
which achieves the worst performance among the four methods.
Video ScreeníG
x1 1x1 display size
x2 2x2 display size
Full Full-screen display size
Audio SettingíG
Left On Open/Close left channel
Right On Open/Close right channel
Mute Play/Mute sound
Audio QualityíG
44K The highest quality (CD quality)
22K high quality (broadcast quality)
11K normal quality (telephone quality)
Q&A:
Q: While playing VCD under Windows 95, the speed is very slow and
the audio is break into segments. Why?
A: Most of these situations are caused by the conflict of IDE
devices which connected to the same IDE bus. Your computer may
be equipped with one IDE hard-disk and one IDE CD-ROM drive
and these two devices are connected to the same IDE cable.
There is a bug in Window 95 to handle such a situation. The
CD-ROM driver provided by Windows 95 dumbly tries to issue
seek command on every CD-ROM read request. It slows down the
performance. There are two ways to solve this problem: one is
to ask the technician to move one IDE device to another IDE
cable; the other is to download 'iosupd.exe' from Microsoft
ftp site and execute it. This is a patch program for the
CD-ROM device driver.
Q: VCD PowerPlayer cannot play CD-I under Windows 95, why?
A: Windows 95 Compact Disc File System (CDFS) does not support
CD-I format such that LinkMPEG can not read the data on the
CD-I disc.
Q: Why can't I execute VCD PowerPlayer under 16 color display mode?
A: Most of VGA cards do not support DCI (DirectDraw) under 16
color mode, and VCD PowerPlayer does not support GDI and WinG
display under 16 color mode either. Please change display mode
to 256 color or higher.
Q: VCD PowerPlayer can not use DCI (DirectDraw) under hi-color
display mode or hi-resolution display mode, why?
A: Under hi-color display mode or hi-resolution display mode, the
display occupies most of the display memory (which is on the
VGA card). Such that there is not enough display memory to be
used while using DCI (DirectDraw) functions. Then, DCI
(DirectDraw) is turned off. Please set it to low color display
mode (e.g. 256 color) or low resolution mode (e.g. 800x600).
Another way to solve this problem is to expand the display
memory on your VGA card.