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Re: How to use MPEG viewer with dll other than ATI

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From: Bryan Woodworth
Date: Tue, 26 Jan 1993 00:26
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In <1k1u1aINNlkp@shelley.u.washington.edu> tomasz@carson.u.washington.edu (John Tomaszewski) writes:

>In article <C1ED7x.HM5@acsu.buffalo.edu> dunn@acsu.buffalo.edu (Dunn) writes:
>>In article <C1E047.99w@rahul.net> bryanw@rahul.net (Bryan Woodworth) writes:
>>>oops, here is the information on using the mpegplayer (mpegexe.zip,
>>>available from ftp.rahul.net in /pub/bryanw/pc/animation/mpeg) with a dll
>>>other than the ati one..:
>>>
>>>If you are using a DLL file other than mdllati.zip, you may have to do the
>>>following:
>>> 
>>>Run mfw.exe in Windows.  It will abort, complaining it can't find ATI
>>>dll's.
>>> 
>>>Load mfw.ini (in same subdir as mfw.exe) and edit "VDriver" variable
>>>to accomodate your driver.  Here is the default from my system:
>>> 
>>>[MPEG for Windows]
>>>Copyright.=Copyright (C) Xing Technology Corp. 1991-1992.  All rights
>>>   reserved.
>>>VersionID.=Version 2.0
>>>FileSrcDir=c:\mpeg
>>>BkgColor=1
>>>BkgWidth=4
>>>QBITS=2
>>>QLevel=1
>>>Sound_DLL=0
>>>UseDIB=0
>>>VidWidth=320
>>>VDriver=0    
>>> 
>>>Note the "VDriver" variable, set to 0.
>>> 
>>>Now peek in DLL.LST, in \windows\system:
>.
>.
>etc.

>>>There are also other solutions..
>>>
>>>-- 
>>>Bryan Woodworth <bryanw@rahul.net>
>>
>>I did everything as said above, and then ran it. Guess what!? I still get the
>>same error as I did before with the Trident Drivers. I have a Trident 8900
>>and it has worked for everything except this program and the previous release.
>>Any ideas?

>I just renamed my driver (WD) as the ATI driver and left the .INI
>file alone.  This seemed to work fine.

this is fine, just remember to rename BOTH dlls to the ATI names so that
when you switch the window size you'll have both dlls available.

>John T.
-- 
Bryan Woodworth <bryanw@rahul.net>
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