WarpMedia

WarpMedia Technology Preview README 1. Introduction While not a completed product, this preview demonstrates a number of the exciting technologies SDG has been working on: - MPEG-1 video/audio playback. - DivX video/audio playback. - Fullscreen video and TV output with SciTech Display Doctor. - DIVE video output. - Customizable user interface, including the ability to use Winamp skins directly. 2. Installation notes 1) Unzip the zip file to a directory of your choice. 2) That's it! Run WarpMedia from that directory! Note #1: DivX playback requires divxc32.dll from the Windows DivX codec package. For legal reasons, SDG cannot distribute it together with WarpMedia. You can download the DivX codec at: http://ftp.pcworld.com/pub/video/video_tools/divx_311alpha.zip Extract the divxc32.dll file and put it in the WarpMedia directory. Note #2: In order to get the best possible DIVE performance you can either install SciTech Display Doctor's GRADD driver, or make sure you have write-combining to the VRAM enabled. A utility to enable write-combining can be found at "http://hobbes.nmsu.edu/cgi-bin/h-search?key=p6k7mtrr". SDD can be found at "http://www.scitechsoft.com/". 3. Installation of the XCenter Widget plugin Put WMXCW.DLL in your XWorkplace\plugins\xcenter directory and restart XCenter. The widget requires WarpMedia.exe to be running for it to actually do something useful. For more information about XWorkplace and XCenter, go to http://www.xworkplace.org/ 4. Skins WarpMedia skins are more advanced than Winamp skins. For example, skins can be transparent or non-rectangular. However, WarpMedia is also capable of using Winamp skins. To see some examples on how to create skins for WarpMedia, get this: ftp://ftp.sdg.os2.nu/pub/warpmedia/wmsdk.zip Skins can be found at: ftp://ftp.sdg.os2.nu/pub/warpmedia/skins/ 5. Keys The following keys are valid in the video window and in fullscreen mode: Alt+Home Switch between fullscreen and windowed mode Enter Switch from fullscreen to windowed mode Escape Switch from fullscreen to windowed mode Ctrl+Up Increase volume Ctrl+Down Decrease volume Ctrl+Left Previous Ctrl+Right Next Space Start/Pause playback a AVI audio/video synchronization control. Hold down shift while adjusting to fine tune the value. r Reset display adjustment p Seek position. Select position with Left/Right and press 'p' again to seek to the selected position. v Volume control . Stop playback The following keys select the display adjustment mode: g Gamma correction b Brightness c Contrast C Colour saturation R Red saturation G Green saturation B Blue saturation s Smooth filter m Motion blur filter Up Next mode Down Previous mode After selecting an adjustment mode, use + or - to adjust the display. 6. The INI file. The WarpMedia.ini file currently has one section, [MGL_Resolutions]. This section contains the resolutions that WarpMedia will display as possible MGL fullscreen modes. If you want to use more or fewer resolutions, then you can add/remove them in this section (one resolution per line). Note that if you want to use a non-standard mode, you may first have to add it with "gamode.exe" that is located in your SDD directory. 7. Restrictions - SDD beta 39 (a higher version might not work) for fullscreen/TV output. - The display adjustment controls do not work with DivX video. 8. Known bugs Too many to list... 9. Contact/Support http://groups.yahoo.com/group/WarpMedia 10. About SDG SDG is a non-profit collaborative team of OS/2 programmers that aims to promote OS/2 by developing freeware and shareware applications. SDG is primarily known for WarpAMP, its award-winning MP3 player. SDG's web site is located at http://www.sdg.os2.nu 11. Legal Stuff Copyright: WarpMedia and all associated information, such as files and documentation, are copyright Software Developers Guild (SDG for short). Distributing: WarpMedia is a so-called freeware, which means it is free for anyone to use. You may distribute WarpMedia if you: 1) Distribute it using the distribution package (ie. the zip file that SDG released). Distributing it in any other form (for example, unzipped or repackaged using another archiver) is not permitted. 2) Do not alter the distribution package or any files it contains. 3) Do not sell WarpMedia. 4) Do not charge a "distribution fee" or "copying fee". This includes shareware CD-Roms and similar, if you wish to include WarpMedia on such a CD-ROM then you will have to get a written permission from SDG. All other forms of distribution of WarpMedia without the Software Developers Guild's written permission is prohibited. Disclaimer: WarpMedia is provided "AS IS" without warranty of any kind, either expressed or implied, including but not limited to the implied warranties of merchantability and fitness for a particular purpose. In no event shall SDG, or any member of SDG, be liable for any damages whatsoever including direct, indirect, incidental, consequential, loss of business profits or special damages, even if SDG has been advised of the possibility of such damages.