SOFTPAQ NUMBER:  SP4494
PART NUMBER:  N/A
FILE NAME:  N/A
TITLE:  Presario MMX SoftPEG2 MPEG Driver
VERSION:  1.33 Rev A 
LANGUAGE:  US English

CATEGORY:  Consumer/Software Solutions

PRODUCTS AFFECTED:  Certain Compaq Presario models with an MMX Processor, 
including:
Presario 4808, 4810, 4814, 4816, 4824, 4830, 4832, 4834;
Presario 4506, 4508, 4524, 4528, 4532.

OPERATING SYSTEM:  Microsoft Windows 95 

SYSTEM CONFIGURATION:  N/A

EFFECTIVE DATE:  9 September 1997

ELECTRONIC DISTRIBUTION ALLOWED:  Yes

SOFTPAQ UTILITY VERSION:  2.x 

SUPERSEDES:  N/A

DESCRIPTION:  Creates a diskette containing the Presario MMX SoftPEG2 MPEG 
Driver, which supports the playback of MPEG-1 and MPEG-2 video/audio. 
It also supports AC3 encoded content (*.AC3 files), with the use of 
the Microsoft Media Player or any application that accesses SOFTPEG.DRV.

Fixes:
- MPEG playback corruption caused by Blue Lining text overlayed onto the MPEG
  Playback window is corrected.
- The 22-second pause between Video-CD files in Voyetra is eliminated.
- The installation process is rewritten in InstallShield 3.0 International for 
  16-Country support.
- Corrects following error message when playing MPEG movies in Compton's 
  Encyclopedia:  "Could not open the audio device!  Make sure sound card supports 
  sample rate of audio (e.g. AC-3 audio may be 48Khz, but most sound cards are 
  only 44.1KHz)" 

HOW TO USE:

1. Obtain a formatted 1.44-MB diskette.

2. Download the SoftPaq to a directory on your hard drive and change 
to that directory.  The file that is downloaded is an executable with 
a filename based on the SoftPaq Number above.

3. From that drive and directory, execute the downloaded file 
and follow the on-screen instructions.  You will be prompted to 
insert the formatted diskette in a drive to create the diskette.

4. After the diskette has been created, you may delete the  
SoftPaq file downloaded in step 2.

5. With the diskette in drive A, select Start, Run... from the menu.

6. To install, enter "a:\setup". 

Copyright 1997, Compaq Computer Corporation.  All rights reserved.

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