CDPC README.DOC --------------- Welcome to Media Vision. If you want to stay current with what's happening in the world of multimedia, Windows, and the CDPC, subscribe to CompuServe. Once online type GO MEDIAVISION. This will take you to the Media Vision section of the Multimedia Vendor forum. Each day, Monday thru Friday, a Media Vision representative will stop by to answer your questions. We also hope to establish a presence on Internet, BIX, America Online and Prodigy. Look for our representatives on those services. CONTENTS -------- How To Contact Media Vision Additions To The Manual Corrections To The Manual List Of Files How To Contact Media Vision --------------------------- If you have technical questions or feature requests regarding this software, please contact Media Vision Technical Support: Tech Support Voice: (800) 638-2807 or (510) 770-9905 Tech support's FAX: (510) 770-9592. We have increased the number of Tech Support lines to 15. BBS: (510) 770-0968 2400b 8n1 BBS: (510) 770-0527 9600b 8n1 We now have a total of four BBS lines at 2400 baud and four additional lines at 9600 baud. If one of the above numbers is busy, your call will be "rolled-over" to one of the new lines. Additions To The Manual ----------------------- Under Hardware Installation: 1) If the CDPC is powered OFF while the host computer is powered ON, power to the computer must be turned OFF then ON again after the CDPC is powered ON. 2) INSTALL adds a CD-ROM driver to the CONFIG.SYS file. The entry will appear similar to this example: device=c:\CDPC\sony_pfm.sys /d:mvcd001 /i:15 /s:32 /r /p:3 where: /d:mvcd001 specifies the device name /i:15 is the sony driver's IRQ /s allocates memory for the CD-ROM drive /r issues a reset to the CD-ROM drive /p:3 enables CD-ROM seek commands optional: /e loads databuffers into EMS memory Under Applications: 1) Stereo Studio F/X - You should have a minimum of 540 kBytes free for this to operate properly. Corrections To The Manual ------------------------- p.2-8 Figure 2.4 should show IRQ 5 as the default p.5-3 Figure 5.1 should show IRQ 5 as the default Here is a description of some of the files on the Windows disk: --------------------------------------------------------------- MIX.EXE This program allows you to modify those mixing controls that you'll want to change most often. Its main difference from promix is that it doesn't cover nearly as much screen area. This program can be added to your \windows directory. PROMIX.EXE ProMix can be launced from the WIN.INI 'load' line. If you have Windows 3.1, use the Program Manager's File/Preferences menu item to select the open minimized option. This program can be added to your \windows directory. Here's a nifty feature: When running Windows, you can use the CTRL-ALT-U, CTRL-ALT-D, and CTRL-ALT-M sequences to adjust the master volume. The system menu contains a new feature: a pair of DB meters. The DB meters are active only during record and playback of waveform data. MMMIXER.DLL This DLL must be in your \WINDOWS\SYSTEM directory. MMMIXER.DLL is like MMSYSTEM.DLL in a couple of ways. First, it provides a driver-independent layer for all mixer API's. Second, it loads any mixer device drivers in the system. If you build an application that makes use of our mixer API's, this DLL handles the call. If there are no mixer device drivers in the system, the mixer API's will simply return an error. MVMIXER.DRV This file belongs in your \WINDOWS\SYSTEM directory. This is Media Vision's Mixer driver for the CDPC In the [drivers] section of your system.ini file, you must have the line: mixer=mvmixer.drv MCIMIXER.DRV Put this file in your \WINDOWS\SYSTEM directory. This driver provides a set of extended MCI commands for accessing mixer capabiities. Under the [mci] section of your system.ini file, you must have the line: mixer=mcimixer.drv Developers may ship this driver, license free, with their products. Detailed information on the Multimedia Mixer MCI command set is in MCIMIXER.DOC. MVPROAUD.DRV This file belongs in your \WINDOWS\SYSTEM directory. This driver supports WAVE (digital sound) audio, MIDI I/O and auxillary volume control. In the [drivers] section of your system.ini file, you should have the following three entries: wave=mvproaud.drv midi=mvproaud.drv aux=mvproaud.drv This driver keeps configuration information in your system.ini file under the header [mvproaud.drv] VPASD.386 This file belongs in your \WINDOWS\SYSTEM directory. It provides extra buffer space needed to handle 16-bit digital audio. You must have the following line in system.ini's [386Enh] section: device=vpasd.386 Also you must add the following line to system.ini's [mvproaud.drv] section: buffer=32 MCIMIXER.DOC These two files describe Media Vision's proposed MIXAPI.DOC standard for software controlled mixer devices. _____________________________________________________________________ SAMPLE SYSTEM.INI FILE DRIVERS SECTION (for Windows) [drivers] timer=timer.drv Wave=mvproaud.drv Wave1=tbwave.drv MIDI=mvproaud.drv MIDI1=opl3.drv mixer=mvmixer.drv Aux=mvproaud.drv [mci] CDAudio=mcicda.drv ** WaveAudio=mciwave.drv 4 Sequencer=mciseq.drv mixer=mcimixer.drv