				README

	Compaq Computer Corporation Software DVD Player V1.0
	Release Readme file.

		Revision 1.0.3 February, 1999
		Revision 1.0.3.1 March 1, 1999
		Revision 1.0.4	 March 17, 1999

	Disclaimer
		Information in this document is submect to change without notice
	and does not represent a commitment on the part of Compaq. The software provided
	in this DVD Player is designed to work well under the conditions described in this
	document.


	Software Drivers Version T1.0.4

	Hardware Requirements:
	----------------------
	Tested for use with minimum configurations of : 

	AP 200, AP400, AP500, SP700, XP 1000 Workstations at 400Mhz or higher.
	
	A minimum of 32 MB of system memory.
	Generation 3 DVD drive with the Microsoft ATAPI driver with DMA and Bus Mastering 
	turned on.
	
	48 Khz Audio device.

	Software Requirements:
	----------------------
	Windows NT 4.0 with SP4.
	Direct X 5.0 

	Graphics:
		Elsa Gloria Synergy + AGP - for supported Intel Platforms
		Elsa Gloria Synergy + PCI - for supported Alpha Platforms
	
		Matrox G200 AGP and PCI for supported Intel systems
		Matrox G200 PCI for supported Alpha systems.


	
	Configuration requirements:
	---------------------------
	
	Dynamic Memory Allocation for ATAPI.sys:

		You must have DMA turned on in order to achieve reasonable 
		playback I/O performance rates with your drive. Please use the
		Microsoft DMACheck utility, and make sure that you are using the
		Microsoft ATAPI.sys driver.

	Region Setting:
	
	You must set the region in your drive before playing.
	Users are allowed to reset the region a total of 5 times.
	Once the drive has been set 5 times, it cannot be reset, it must
	be serviced.



	Known Issues and Limitations:
	
	Not in this release:

	- No MPEG-2 audio support.
	- Games are not supported as repeat/shuffle mode is not supported in this release.
	- Fast reverse is not implemented in this release. You can navigate back by
	  selecting the previous chapter and fast forwarding to the appropriate place.
	
	- Graphics Card display issues:
		Matrox G200
			You should set your display to 24bpp color depth for the best perfomance.
			This 24bpp restriction is eliminated when in overlay mode. 
			There's a known issue with overlay mode to be fixed (see below).
		Elsa Gloria Synergy + 
			The best mode for this card is True Color. We have seen colorspace conversion 				artifacts in other modes.

	
	To be fixed for this release:

	- Overlay mode doesn't "attach" to the display area properly when the window is
	  dragged around. 

	- Fast reverse is not implemented in this release. You can navigate back by
	selecting the previous chapter and fast forwarding to the appropriate place.

