Power!Video(R) Easy for Windows95 --------------------------------------- NOTE: If viewing this with NotePad.exe, turn on "Word Wrap" under "Edit" in the menu. This is Version 2.1 of Power!Video Easy for Windows (3.1, 95, and NT). Power!Video Easy for Windows 3.1 is a decompressor only, there is no compressor. (It is the same decompressor used for Power!Video Pro.) Power!Video Easy for Windows95 and WinNT is a full codec that can do both compression and decompression. ******* Windows 3.1 ******* For Windows 3.1, install the codec by running the enclosed installer which copies the following files into the Windows system directory (e.g. \windows\system): PVEZ.DRV PVEZ32D.DLL WING.DLL WING32.DLL WINGDE.DLL WINGDIB.DRV WINGPAL.WND The following lines will be added to the [drivers] section of the Windows 3.1 system initialization file (e.g. \windows\system.ini): vidc.pvez=pvez.drv On Windows 3.1 computers, before using Power!Video it will be necessary to restart Windows. ******* Windows95 and WinNT ******* For Windows95, the installer program for Power!Video Easy starts by copying the following files into the Windows system directory (e.g. \win95\system): PVEZ32.DRV PVEZW32D.DLL PVEZW32C.DLL (Required only for compression) IMAGEW32.DLL (Required only for compression) The following lines will be added to the [drivers32] section of the Windows95 system initialization file (e.g. \win95\system.ini): vidc.pvez=pvez32.drv Before using Power!Video Easy it may be necessary to restart your Windows95 system. On a Windows95 system, verify that the Multimedia components have been installed on the machine. If they aren't there, install them. The steps are: Start -> Settings -> Control Panel Add/Remove Programs Windows Setup Multimedia (You can assume that Multimedia is installed when there are any other vidc (or VIDC) lines in the [drivers32] section.) After installing the Power!Video Easy codec, it may be necessary to restart Windows95. (This version of the Power!Video Easy codec does not require any registry entries, and it does not require that WinG be present.) For Windows95, the installer program for Power!Video Easy starts by copying the following files into \windows\system: PVEZW32D.DLL The installer adds the following line to the [drivers32] section of file \windows\system.ini: vidc.pvez=pvez32.drv Before using Power!Video Easy it will be necessary to restart your Windows95 system. On a Windows95 system, verify that the Multimedia components have been installed on the machine. If they aren't there, a dialog box should tell the user to install them. The steps are: Start -> Settings -> Control Panel Add/Remove Programs Windows Setup Multimedia You can assume that Multimedia is installed when there are any other vidc (or VIDC) lines in the [drivers32] section. After installing the Power!Video Easy codec, it will usually be necessary to restart Windows95. This version of the Power!Video Easy codec does not require any registry entries, it does not require any \tmot directory, and it does not require that WinG be present.