Readme.txt for ADV1 Decode Filter
Version 1.0
March 3, 2000


1. Requirment
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   Analog Devices MMX Software Decoder requirs the following 
   hardware and software, please make sure you have the 
   following setups before installing this filter.

   - MMX PC with 233 MHz or above.
   - Win98/Win95.
   - Video Adapter supports UYVY, YVYU and YUY2 Overlay.
     Suggested video adapters:
	a) ATI 3d Rage Pro
	b) STB Velocity 128
	c) Diamond Viper V330
   - DirectX 5.2 Drivers or above (for Win95 PC only).
   - DirectX Media 5.2a or above (for Win95 PC only).       

3. Register ADV1 Decode Filter
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    - Go to \dsadv1a\adv1dec directory. 
    - Run "regadv1.bat" to register the filter, you only have to 
      do this once !
    - If you have already registered an older version of ADV1 Decoder filter,
      you need to use regsvr32 -u option to unregister the old filter before 
      using the new "regadv1.bat" to register the new one.


6.  Using ADV1 Decode Filter
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    - Go to \dsadv1a\adv1dec directory.
    - Run "waveplay.exe" to activate ADV1 Decode filter.
    - Click on "file" and then "open" to open a 601 AVI file, 
      e.g. "cbar.avi".
    - Wait until the engrayed "play" button turn green.
    - Click on the green "play" button to decode the file. 

    Run "waveplay.exe":

      This application might requires some DLLs provided by Microsoft, 
      some system might not have these DLLs installed, please copy
      all the files in \dsadv1a\mfcdll directory into your window 
      system directory, e.g. c:\windows\system, if the following 
      DLLs do not exist in your computer.

	- MFC42.DLL
	- MFC42U.DLL
	- MFC42D.DLL
	- MSVCRT20.DLL
	- MSVCRT40.DLL
        - MSVCRT.DLL

       OR

       You can install Microsoft Visucal C++ 4.2 or above.

