<CT> Re: Are MPEGs "bad" for Win3.1?

  • From: Michelle Konzack <mailing-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: calmira_tips@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Thu, 23 Nov 2000 10:48:21 -0200

>Hi Billy,
>
>Win 3.1 support MPG just fine, but it requires either a lot of CPU power
>or some hardware assistance. You need at least a P100 and a video card
>that support DCI (Display COntrol Interface) under win 3.1 (called
>Direct-X support under win 95). DCI takes some of the load of the CPU
>for decoding and also takes care of scaling to full screen.

PLEASE NOTE, that if you have a card which suppoerts DCI you need 
             to download the WinG-Drivers from the Microsoft site

Michelle


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