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Date:	Fri, 11 Jun 2004 08:57:04 PDT7
From:	"SCOUG Editor" <editor@scoug.com >
Reply-To:	scoug-general@scoug.com
To:	"SCOUG-General" <scoug-general@scoug.com >
Subject:	SCOUG-General: SCOUG Meeting June 19 - Play Time!

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The next meeting of the Southern California OS/2 User Group (SCOUG) will
be next Saturday, June 19, at 09:30 AM PDT, in room 326 of the Eastside
Christian School at the Grace Ministries Complex, 1645 W. Valencia Dr.
in Fullerton.

Play Time!
WarpVision for Videos (CAUTION: Video content has not been
censored!)
Z! for Music
Emperoar for TV & Radio

The WarpVision video player (http://os2.kiev.ua/en/wv.php) has been
under irregular development for close to 3 years now, by a team in Kiev.
Over this time period, a great many builds have been released, significant
progress has been made in several areas, but there has also been periodic
backsliding in others. Still, it remains the most viable, most promising
video option natively available for the OS/2 platform.

We start off the presentation with our very own columnist, The Fox, who
authored an overview of WarpVision some time ago
(http://www.scoug.com/os24u/2002/scoug208.discoveries.html), and has
been tracking its' progress and fooling around with it ever since. At
our meeting, he hopes to be ready to illustrate what this program can and
can't presently do. Using four different builds of WV, with a few months
of separation between each, he will show varying results with an array
of video clips of diverse formats.

Partly because our presenter is a rather non-technical user, everyone
should be able to follow this presentation. The emphasis will tilt
decidedly towards entertainment value. In fact, we dare say that some
of these clips you will be unlikely to see anywhere else. (DISCLAIMER:
As a result, not all of these video clips are "family oriented"). The
Fox is still sweating out some sound and DVD playback issues, but hopes
to be able to demo the latter feature as well.

Next, The Fox hopes to give us a quick look at the Z! music player, and
specifically at its' handling of streaming radio off of the Internet.
Z! is found at http://dink.org/z/.

And in conclusion, Jerry Rash (Mr. Media to SCOUGites) will demo
Emperoar TV (http://www.s-t.de/emperoar/), which lets you play TV and
radio on your PC.

Help Desk chats are on Wednesday evenings at 7 PM PDT. If you've got a
problem with hardware or software, join the chat and ask for help. Info
is at http://www.scoug.com/chat/index.html.

OS/2 Live Help Desk, July 11, 2004, 2 PM PDT, Chapman University in
Orange (note date change due to the 4th of July holiday):

At the live OS/2 Help Desk, volunteers will give you hands-on assistance
solving your hardware and software problems. It is usually held the
first Sunday of the month in cooperation with the OS/2 SIG of the North
Orange County Computer Club. However, in July and August, it will be
the second Sunday of the month.

Come to Hashinger Hall Science Building, room 203. It's on the second
floor, and there's an elevator to bring up your equipment. Bring your
system and all related hardware and software, along with a detailed
explanation of your problem.

Directions to SCOUG meetings and events:
Go to http://www.scoug.com/directions.html. There you will find driving
directions to Grace Ministries, plus a link to Yahoo Maps. Also you will
find links to maps/directions for Chapman University.

Please join us! Visit us at http://www.scoug.com/.
Website Editor, Southern California OS/2 User Group
editor@scoug.com
http://www.scoug.com

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