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Date:	Tue, 23 Aug 2005 22:48:19 PDT7
From:	Colin Campbell <cmcampb@adelphia.net >
Reply-To:	scoug-help@scoug.com
To:	scoug-help@scoug.com
Subject:	SCOUG-Help: Monthly Inspiration Burst...

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Steven Levine wrote:
> In <430BAA5B.4030704@adelphia.net>, on 08/23/05
> at 05:53 PM, Colin Campbell said:
>
>
>>I went to Netlabs.org, and found an Odin "release" build dated
>>2005-06-26. I downloaded that. Do you or anyone know if this build is
>>the "best", or whether I should go after a different date?
>
>
> They are all the best for someone. The question you should be asking is
> how well this one will work with wvgui. The answer is you can tell me
> when you are done testing.
>
>
>>I modified my CONFIG.SYS as specified in the .INF file, and for the
>>DEVICE line, I included the -S: parameter, rather than copying the
>>OS2KRNLR.SYM file to the root of my C: drive.
>
>
> I recommend you avoid using the driver and just use pe.exe to start any
> win32 apps you run standalone. wvgui does not need the driver.
>
>
>>Finally, I retested WarpVision. From Mozilla, my attempt to play a .WMV
>>again showed lots of "action", but no video.
>
>
> At the risk of repeating myself, I recommend not wasting your time with
> Mozilla testing until you have a working wvgui/Odin setup.
>
>
>>Trying to play the Apple advertisement (Quicktime movie) worked as
>>before, except that the "X" over the speaker icon did not appear.
>
>
> Don't spend to much time worring about the state of the X. It's a samll
> bug. The X needs to be on to enable audio.
>
>
>>I
>>still didn't have any sound, and Yo Yo Ma's shirt still looked as if it
>>had sparkles or lights all over it.
>
>
> That's known as Sorensen audio.
>
>
>>Anything else I should do to "help" WarpVision work better?
>
>
> I'm still not convinced that you have Odin and wvgui connected up. Do you
> see any messages from wvgui to the effect that it is starting Odin?
>
> Do you have a download link for the wmv you are trying to play?
>
> Also, it's been said before, but in case you forgot, the file extension of
> a multimedia file says very little about the actual file content. This is
> all encoded in the file headers.
>
> Regards,
>
> Steven
>
The .WMV is at
http://www.collegehumor.com/movies/162323/
(I wish I knew how to make this into a link - I'm in Mozilla).

I doubt that either of us really wants to see the video; supposedly it
shows a police officer using a Taser, which doesn't sound funny to me.

I looked at the WVGUI.INF again, and unzipped the Windows Codecs into
the F:\ODIN\SYSTEM32 directory. That is all I could see needed doing
when I searched the document for ODIN.

I replayed the .MOV video, and this time, the colors were much better.
(I don't know if installing the codecs had anything to do with this.) I
also figured out (Duh!) that the "maximize" on the control window meant
to maximize the "show window". Yo Yo Ma looked pretty good; his shirt
is a demin-like blue, and the Apple logo and a Web address were quite clear.

I looked at the Configuration (Properties) settings, but I didn't see
much I understood, and I only tried changing the Video tab. I couldn't
seem to ruin or improve things by doing so when playing the .MOV file.

So far, I see nothing that says ODIN is coming into play. Should I?
Colin

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