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		      Xingit! Runtime Video Player
	   Copyright (c) 1990-1994 Xing Technology Corporation
        Xingit! (tm) Version 1.1d (Re-released 19 September 1994)

		       Xing Technology Corporation
			 1540 West Branch Street
			 Arroyo Grande, CA 93420

		    Technical Support:  805-473-7431
		    Fax:                805-473-0147
		    BBS:                805-473-2680
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The file MPEGVU.EXE is a self-extracting ZIP file (PKZIP 2.04g) that
contains the Xingit! Runtime Video Player for IBM 386/486 PC compatibles.
Xing grants you the right to reproduce and distribute the Xingit! Runtime
Video Player under the following conditions:

1 You may distribute copies of the entire original archive file AS
  ARCHIVED by Xing Technology with its authorized authentication code
  (you may change the file extension to .ZIP or .EXE as desired);

2 You may distribute it only in conjunction with and as part of a video
  clip--not as part of any operating system, application program, or
  on a stand-alone basis--and for the sole purpose of playing back such
  video clips.
 
This README file introduces Xing Technology and its products and gives
instructions for:
- installing the Xingit! Runtime Video Player;
- starting the Xingit! Runtime Video Player;
- boosting video playback performance.

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INTRODUCING XING TECHNOLOGY

Xing Technology Corporation, is an active participant in the international
committee that established and defined the JPEG and MPEG standards. Xing
develops, licenses, and applies data compression technology to multimedia
communications solutions. The company's products enable OEM's, developers
and end-users to integrate words, sound, still and moving pictures into
cost-effective PC-based business, education and training tools.

The PRODBRF.WRI file in this archive contains a brief introduction
to the following products from Xing Technology:
- Xingit! - real-time video capture board with encoding software,
  video and sound editors, and full-featured player;
- XingCD - the first low-cost, full-screen MPEG compression software
  for desktop PCs;
- Picture Prowler - a fast JPEG imagebase manager for Windows;
- VTCompress - DOS and Windows application and libraries for
  coding/decoding and viewing JPEGs;
- XingSound - real-time MPEG audio recorder, software encoder,
  and audio file player for Windows.

Contact Xing or your Xing reseller for more information about these
products.

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INSTALLING THE XINGIT! RUNTIME VIDEO PLAYER

The MPEGVU.EXE file is a self extracting ZIP file that contains the
Xingit! Runtime Video Player. To install the player:
1 Create a new directory on your hard drive and copy into it
  the MPEGVU.EXE file.
2 Run the MPEGVU.EXE program from a DOS command line or from within Windows:
  - to run it from a DOS command line, change to the directory that
    contains the MPEGVU.EXE program and type "MPEGVU";
  - to run it from within Windows, choose "Run" from the Program Manager's
    "File" menu; the "Run" dialog appears; enter in the "Command Line" field
    the full pathname of the MPEGVU.EXE program and click the "OK" button.
  When the MPEGVU.EXE program is finished, the installation directory should
  contain the following files:
    DMFW.EXE          Windows Video Player
    MPEG.EXE          DOS Video Player Program
    LOOKCHIP.DLL      Video Board detector
    DDLL.LST          data file used by DMFW
    MPEG160.DLL       Video Playback Driver for small screen
    MPEG320.DLL       Video Playback Driver for large screen
    MSND_MP2.DLL      MPEG Sound Driver
    MSND_WAV.DLL      WAV Sound Driver
    XINGIT.HLP        Windows Help file - Please Use it!                          
    README.TXT        The file you are reading!
    PRODBRF.WRI       A description of products from Xing Technology 
3 Add the pathname of the installation directory to your environment's
  PATH variable.

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STARTING THE XINGIT! RUNTIME VIDEO PLAYER

The Xingit! Runtime Video Player includes a Windows MPEG Player (DMFW.EXE) 
and a DOS MPEG Player (MPEG.EXE).

NOTE: This version of the Xingit! Runtime Video Player can not play MPEG
      files containing interframes ("B" and "P" frames) or interleaved
      MPEG audio data.  It is restricted to the 160 x 120 file resolution 
      of the Xingit Capture board, although it can play back the 
      qsif resolution files in a 320 x 240 window.   Sample files, which 
      are I-frame only 160 x 120 resolution are available on Xing's BBS. 

As with any Windows application, you can start the DMFW.EXE program in a
number of ways, e.g, from the File Manager or with the "Run" command in
the Program Manager's "File" menu. It is easiest to create a new Program
Manager item for the DMFW.EXE program:
1 Start Windows and open the Program Manager window;
2 Choose "New" from the Program Manager's "File" menu; the "New Program
  Object" window appears;
3 Select the "Program Item" radio button and click the "OK" button; the
  "Program Item Properties" window appears;
4 Enter "Xingit! Player" in the "Description" field, enter the full pathname
  of the DMFW.EXE program in the "Command Line" field, and enter the pathname of
  the directory that contains the DMFW.EXE program in the "Working Directory"
  field, and click the OK button; A new program item "Xingit! Player"
  appears.
5 Double-click the "Xingit Player" icon to start the program.
  The XingIt! player appears.
You can now use the Xingit! Player as described in the programs' on-line
help.

To run the DOS version of the player (MPEG.EXE), change to the directory
that contains the MPEG.EXE program and issue the following command:
> MPEG MPEGFILENAME.MPG
  Where "MPEGFILENAME" is the name of an MPEG video file.
To see a complete usage description, issue the following command:
> MPEG

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BOOSTING VIDEO PLAYBACK PERFORMANCE
The Xingit! Runtime Video Player uses a Windows Bitmap driver to
communicate with your PC's video hardware and quickly playback video
data on your computer's monitor. This Device Independent Bitmap (DIB)
driver is active by default, so the Player works with any Windows-compatible
video hardware. To achieve even faster playback of video sequences you
can disable the DIB driver and use one of Xingit's direct drivers. These
high-speed drivers communicate directly with many popular video boards.

To disable the Xingit! Player's DIB driver and select a direct driver:
1 Make sure "Use DIB" item is unchecked in the Player's "View" menu.
2 Choose an appropriate entry from the "Video Driver" item in the Player's
  "View" menu.
   If the player recognizes your PC's video driver, it displays your
   driver's name at the bottom of the "Video Driver" menu with the label
   "Detected."
3 Choose "Save Xingit! Preferences" from the "Preferences" menu.

The following direct video drivers are currently provided with the Xingit!
Player (actual compatibility has not been tested with all of the listed
boards and is assumed):
			   Reso-    Col-  Supported video board
Video Driver               lution:  ors:
------------               -------  ----  ------------------------------
ATI VGAWonder              640x480  256   ATI VGA Wonder
Cirrus GD5422 [640x480] &
Cirrus GD5424 [640x480]    640x480  256   Boca SXVGAX5 Super VGA
Cirrus GD5422 [800x600] &
Cirrus GD5424 [800x600]    800x600  256   Boca SXVGAX5 Super VGA
Compaq AVGA                640x480  256   Compaq Advanced VGA
Dell Jaws VGA
S3 86C911/924 [256 Color]  640x480  256   Actix GraphicsENGINE
					  Diamond Stealth VRAM
					  Genoa WindowsVGA Model 8800/8860
S3 86C801/805 [256 Color]  640x480  256   Actix GraphicsENGINE 32
S3 86C801/805 [Hi Color]   640x480  64k   Actix GraphicsENGINE 32
Trident 8900 B/C           640x480  256
TsengET4000/Weitek5186     640x480  256   Orchid Prodesigner IIs
					  Everex Viewpoint
					  Diamond Speedstar
					  Cardinal VGA 700/732
					  Boca Super VGA
					  STB Powergraph/Powerview
Video 7 HT-209D/216                       Video7 VRAM II
					  Video7 Win-VGA
					  Video7 VGA 1024i
					  Diamond Speedstar 24X
Western Digital WD90Cxx    640x480  256   Compuadd Windows Accelerator

If your PC's video driver does not appear in this list, you must use
one of Xingit!'s device independent bitmap (DIB) driver.

NOTE FOR USERS WITH COMPAQ Q-VISION VIDEO
The Xing Video drivers embedded within MPEG320.DLL & MPEG160.DLL
are compatible for operation with the Compaq Advanced VGA, with which
QVision boards are backward compatible. But, you cannot use
QVision Windows drivers with our video file. Rather you must ensure
that the Advanced VGA driver is installed for the QVision adapter board.

1 The Windows video driver installed via the windows SETUP icon should
  first be changed to the CPQAVGA.DRV driver. If this cannot be done
  within the SETUP program of Windows, you must accomplish this by
  manually editing the SYSTEM.INI file:
    Look in SYSTEM.INI and locate the parameter
      display.drv=QVISION8.DRV
    and change it to
      display.drv=CPQAVGA.DRV
  Using the display driver disk supplied by COMPAQ, locate the file
  CPQAVGA.DRV and copy it to the \SYSTEM subdirectory of your \WINDOWS

2 Using the COMPAQ supplied utility program CPQSETUP.EXE it will be
  necessary to assure that the D/A converter (DAC) is selected to 8-bit
  operation.

3 Within the Xingit! Player program, use the menu to select
  the Xing Video driver for Compaq
    select:   View - Video Driver - Compaq AVGA.
