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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
---------------------------

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
-----------------------------

   - 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)
--------------------------------

- 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
---------------------------------------------

 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
------------

- 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
--------------------------------

- 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
     -------------          ------------
     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.
