Introduction
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  This Readme document contains the following information about
  CreativeAV for OS/2:

     o A brief description,
     o Some package information,
     o An installation guide, and
     o Mixer
     o Mosaic
     o Wave Browser

     o  Some known bugs.


CreativeAV for OS/2
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  CreativeAV for OS/2 is a suite of playback utilities that allows
  you to control the multimedia devices on your PC.  It consists of five
  players: CreativeWave, CreativeMidi, CreativeCD, CreativeOverlay and
  CreativeMovie, CreativeMixer, CreativeMosaic and CreativeWaveBrowser. 

  CreativeWave plays WAVE files, CreativeMidi plays MIDI files,
  CreativeCD plays audio CD tracks, CreativeOverlay controls the video
  overlay device and CreativeMovie plays digital video files.


Package Information
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  The CreativeAV for OS/2 package has seven types of files:

     o  CreativeCD files,
     o  CreativeWave files,
     o  CreativeMidi files,
     o  CreativeMovie files,
     o  CreativeOverlay files,
     o  Dynamic Link Library (DLL) files, and
     o  Readme file.


  These files include:

     CTCD.EXE       - CreativeCD Program file
     CTCD.HLP       - CreativeCD Help file
     CTCD.ICO       - CreativeCD Icon file

     CTWAV.EXE      - CreativeWave Program file
     CTWAV.HLP      - CreativeWave Help file
     CTWAV.ICO      - CreativeWave Icon file

     CTMIDI.EXE     - CreativeMidi Program file
     CTMIDI.HLP     - CreativeMidi Help file
     CTMIDI.ICO     - CreativeMidi Icon file

     CTMOVIE.EXE    - CreativeMovie Program file
     CTMOVIE.HLP    - CreativeMovie Help file
     CTMOVIE.ICO    - CreativeMovie Icon file

     CTOVLY.EXE     - CreativeOverlay Program file
     CTOVLY.HLP     - CreativeOverlay Help file
     CTOVLY.ICO     - CreativeOverlay Icon file

     PLAYER.DLL     - DLL file for the Player's interface
     PLAYLIST.DLL   - DLL file for the Playlist dialog box
     CTCCPM.DLL     - DLL file for Creative's custom-controlled window
     CTABOUT.DLL    - DLL file for the Product Information Box

     README.TXT     - This file


Mixer for OS/2
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The Mixer application requires audio drivers version 2.0 or above.  If
you are using an earlier version, the program would not run.  It would
display a message prompting you that a later version of the driver is
required and then exit.

Download the latest driver from our BBS or BLASTER forum in CompuServe
and install them.


Mosaic for OS/2
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Unlike the Windows version, Mosaic for OS/2 allows you to configure
the sound files to be played for different game events.  Five events
have been defined and you can attach any wave file for each of this
five events.  Five default wave files for these five events are
supplied and would be copied during installation.

Wave Browser
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Wave Browser is a utility that displays the information embedded in a
wave file like recording format, sampling rate, bits per sample,
mono/stereo, etc.


Installation Instructions
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  The Installation program, found in the diskette provided, creates CreativeAV
  objects on your Desktop.

  To install any CreativeAV object:

     1. Run the program INSTALL.EXE from OS/2 command prompt.
        => The 'Selective Installation Utility' dialog box will appear.

     2. Select the player to be installed.

     3. Specify the target directory. The default directory is C:\CTAV.

     4. Choose the INSTALL button to begin installation.
        => The 'Installation Status' dialog box will appear.
        => The installation will be successfully completed.


Known Bugs
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1. Double-clicking on a file to play it can cause an access violation in
   DOSCALL1.DLL in OS/2 (Version 2.1 or 3.0).

2. Draging files from Files: list box into places other than the
   Playlist: list box can cause an access violation in PMDRAG.DLL in
   OS/2 Version 2.1.

3. Playing more than 29 MPEG files continously on the CreativeMovie player
   can cause an MCI Error saying, "Invalid Media Type given".
