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README.TXT MATROX GRAPHICS INC. 1998.01.21
Rainbow Runner Software for Windows 95
Version 2.00.061
Table of contents
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- Description of this release
- New features for this release
- Release History (Features added)
- Rainbow Runner software installation contents
- Installation
- Notes, problems and limitations
Description of this release
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This product includes Windows 95 drivers for the Matrox Rainbow Runner
Studio add-on card, and the Matrox PC-VCR Remote program for Windows 95,
which lets you quickly access Rainbow Runner features.
New features for this release
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- Cutlist support for faster editing in Media Studio 5.0
- DirectDraw support for faster processing of special effects
in Media Studio 5.0
- Option for saving PC-VCR Remote video snapshots as JPEG files
- Option for scaling PC-VCR Remote video snapshots up to 400%
- Improved speed of snapshots with PC-VCR Remote
- Support for channel ordering in PC-VCR Remote
("TV Setup" property sheet)
- Matrox HD Benchmark program lets you select which drives
to test
Release history (features added)
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- Release 1.50
- European TV tuner audio support, including: FM, NICAM support
and language selection
- New Teletext browser in CD-ROM "Teletext" folder
- PC-VCR Remote option to view full-screen "TV", "LINE" or MJPEG video
with more detail
- With PC-VCR Remote and the Rainbow Runner TV card, option to
simultaneously preview up to 30 channels in a single window
- With PC-VCR Remote and the Rainbow Runner TV card, automatic
TV channel fine-tuning to get the best reception
- Separate cropping settings saved for "TV" and "LINE" input with
PC-VCR Remote
- Information dialog box for video files opened with PC-VCR Remote
- PC-VCR Remote "Pause" button freezes "TV" or "LINE" video input
- Controls for setting your audio recording levels in PC-VCR Remote
- Automatic TV standard (NTSC, PAL, SECAM) detection option in
PC-VCR Remote
- Support for different European cable types on "TV Out" property sheet
- Installation of OLE 2.20 components for PC-VCR Remote
- Fixed problems with Closed Captioning timer programs in PC-VCR Remote
(it previously wasn't possible to set a time limit)
- Fixed conflicts between Direct3D games and Rainbow Runner software
- Release 1.10
- Presets for Adobe Premiere in CD-ROM "Utils" folder
- Interactive mode indicators on PC-VCR Remote
(click them to toggle features)
- Fixed audio problems with Ensonic sound cards (previously, the audio
would stop playing when seeking in a video file)
- Release 1.00
- Original feature set
- Full support for capturing video to disk, video editing, and
video conferencing
- Hardware-accelerated MPEG playback
Rainbow Runner software installation contents
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setup.exe install program
setup.ini install configuration file
rrunner.ini Rainbow Runner configuration file
readme.txt File holding important information about the product
rain_eng.dll English file needed for the installation
rain_fra.dll French file needed for the installation
rain_deu.dll German file needed for the installation
rain_ita.dll Italian file needed for the installation
rain_esp.dll Spanish file needed for the installation
main.mva Language independent compressed files
deamovie.exe German Active Movie Installation
amovie.exe English ActiveMovie Installation
itamovie.exe Italian ActiveMovie Installation
eng_files.mva compressed English files
fra_files.mva compressed French files
deu_files.mva compressed German files
ita_files.mva compressed Italian files
esp_files.mva compressed Spanish files
tvt.reg Registry information for TV Tuner tables
Installation
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- The Rainbow Runner software installation program stops if you don't have a
Rainbow Runner add-on card properly installed in your computer, or if
recent MGA display drivers aren't installed.
- If you see a message indicating that ActiveMovie cannot be installed,
it may be because ActiveMovie is already installed on your computer.
If you see this message, click "OK" and continue the Rainbow Runner
installation.
- You can uninstall Rainbow Runner software using the uninstall program in
the Matrox Rainbow Runner program group. You should restart your computer
immediately after you run the uninstall program.
Notes, Problems, and Limitations
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- There are maximum video window sizes for viewing video files recorded
with Rainbow Runner (MJPEG-encoded AVI files) and live video ("TV" or
"LINE" input). These maximum video window sizes depend on your display
settings and graphics card. For more information, see the "Display
information" section of your Rainbow Runner Studio manual.
- Using a full-screen DOS window or changing display settings (resolution or
color palette) may cause problems if, at the same time, you're playing back
or recording a video file, or using the Closed Captioning feature.
- Suspend mode is not supported when using the Rainbow Runner software or
when using any of the TV Out modes.
- When you drag-and-drop video files onto the PC-VCR Remote icon, long file
names are converted to the old 8.3 DOS-naming style in the PC-VCR Remote
menu window and on video window title bar.
- Capturing video to a file while outputting video to your TV may cause
"jittering" in your computer monitor display if your video source
(video input line or TV signal) is unstable.
- If Microsoft Media Player does not respond, try clicking on the
Windows desktop background, then clicking on Media Player - this may
restore control.
- Problems may occur if you change display settings (resolution or color
palette) or switch to full-screen DOS while running video programs
(programs that capture, play back or edit video).
- Only one program at a time can use Rainbow Runner hardware. Before
starting a video program, close any other video program that may be
running.
- Because of a limitation in Microsoft Video for Windows, video files
you capture are limited to a 2 GB size.
- With a Matrox Millennium II graphics card, TV out mode is supported only
with a 16-bit color palette. (Note that many games support only an 8-bit
color palette. If you're using a Millennium II graphics card, these games
can't be viewed on a TV.)
- With a Matrox Millennium II graphics card, only live video playback ("TV" or
"LINE" input) is supported in a video window if you're using a 32-bit color
palette. For more information, see the "Display information" section of your
Rainbow Runner Studio manual.
- With a Matrox Millennium II graphics card, TV output in full-screen
VGA/DOS display modes are not supported.
- With a Matrox Millennium II graphics card, placing a window over a video
window may cause the video window to go to black. (The video continues
to play, but it's not displayed in the video window.) This happens at
the following display settings:
Color palette Display area
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16-bits 1152 x 864 and higher
24/32-bits 1024 x 768 and higher
The video plays normally when you remove all windows overlapping the
video window, or move the video window in front of all other windows.
- When the "Use dual-fields in full-screen mode" feature is active in
PC-VCR Remote (see its context-sensitive Help), placing any window over
the full-screen video window causes the video window to go black. (The
video continues to play, but it's not displayed in the video window.)
The video plays normally when you remove all windows overlapping the
video window.
- The Matrox Vidcap driver is designed to work only with 32-bit programs
(programs designed for Windows 95). You can't use 16-bit programs
(programs designed for Windows 3.1) with Rainbow Runner.
- For PC-VCR Remote video snapshots, only the portion of the video
window that is inside your Windows desktop area is saved.
- Ensoniq Sound Cards (certain models): Some Ensoniq sound card, for example
the SoundScape Vivo 90, will lose audio when seeking or stopping and
restarting any video file. This happens when double clicking on a file or
using Active Movie through MediaPlayer. To avoid this problem, use the
PC-VCR Remote to view your video files.
- ESS Sound chips (certain models): Some sound card equiped with the ESS
audio chip, for example the ESS 1878 found on laptops, may experience a
loss of audio-video synchronisation when playing back video files. Video
will be late compared to audio whenever pausing and restarting the playback.
To correct this problem, click on the PC-VCR Remote's Playback Status Bar
to jump to a particular area in the file.
- With the Microsoft NetMeeting program, use "preview" mode. Netmeeting
doesn't support "overlay" mode for Rainbow Runner. For more information
on preview mode, see the Rainbow Runner Studio manual.
- Using TV output, you can't run games in fit-to-screen mode. When
outputting games to TV, overscan mode will be used by default.
- You will encounter problems using Adobe After Effects with Matrox MJPEG
compression. To avoid any problems, create video files using the
"RGB uncompressed" setting. To compress your RGB video files, insert them
into Ulead MediaStudio Video Editor, then create a video file using the
"Matrox MJPEG" setting.
