
                       MaXimus DVD Player Version 1.2


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(1.) Disclaimer..
(2.) Introduction.
(3.) Requirements.
(4.) Features.
(5.) Whats New.
(6.) Bug Reports.
(7.) Source and contact info.

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(1.) Disclaimer:

    By using MaXimus DVD Player you agree to use it at your own risk and not 
    hold the author responsible for any damage and (or) liability from it's use.
    You may not alter or modify this software. You may not redistribute this
    software, sell this software or distribute this software on any form of
    media without the author's written and signed permission. If you provide
    links to this software on a website the links must refer to the main
    domain at http://www.maximusdvd.com and not to an individual software file. 

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(2.) Introduction:

    Thank you for using MaXimus DVD Player. MaXimus DVD is a free software player
    for playing DVD movies on your PC. 

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(3.) Requirements.

(a) OS- Win98, WinME, Win2000, Windows XP
(b) DirectX8 (or higher)
(c) (Recommened at least) 450mhz PIII, 128mb Memory, 16mb Video Card

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(4.) Features.

 1. Separate play rates for forward and reverse from a speed of .5x to 30x in 
    intervals of .5.
 2. Separate step rate control from .5 frames to 30 frame steps adjustable in 
    intervals of .5.
 3. Multiple virtual and single system bookmarking.
 4. Adjustable timeline allowing you to instantly position a point of play.
 5. Time input function which allows you to input a specific time and jump to 
    that time in the movie.
 6. Auto detection of 16:9 widescreen and 4:3 full screen video.
 7. Fully adjustable video viewing area.
 8. Selectable enable/disable On-Top mode for player or video or both which allows
    the dvd video window and/or player GUI to remain ontop of all other windows.
 9. Selectable skin color/texture and display colors.
10. DVD title catalog system. This allows you to catalog a movie with inputs for
    title, year, staring and a brief discription of the movie which will be remembered
    the next time the DVD is inserted.
11. Selectable enable/disable title scolling which allows the title information from
    the DVD catalog system to be scrolled in the display during play.
12. Image capture which uses the MS Windows(tm) save dialog allowing you to select a
    save folder and assign a unique filename to each saved image.
13. Captured images are saved as high quality JPG files so there is no need to convert
    from other formats. This provides you with greatly smaller filesize images that are
    ready for webpage building.
14. Auto capture function which allows you to automatically capture frame images at
    a frame rate determined by the step setting. This allows you to capture each frame
    from .5 frames to every 30 frames selectable in frame steps of .5. You can set a 
    start number and ending number amount of frames to capture.
15. Auto capture filename tag. This allows you to attach a unique name to each number
    during the auto capture function.
16. Regional editor. This allows you to set both the DVD drive region and computer
    regional settings.
17. System tray functions.
18. Hide/Show video window.
19. Automatic detection of audio sound formats including support for DTS output.
20. Selectable chapters.
21. Chapter repeat.
22. Chapter replay.
23. Selectable titles.
24. Selctable menus.
25. Menu navigator.
26. Closed caption support.
27. Multi-language support.
28. Subtitle viewing.
29. Individual popup menu controls for both player GUI and movie window.
30. Selectable enable/disable pause movie play on click.
31. Third mouse button support for toggleing movie window between normal, maximized
    or fullscreen views.
32. Selectable start option to allow full screen play support.
33. Full mouse control support over screen menus.
34. Selectable DVD directories allowing you to play DVD movies from any drive or movies
    that have been ripped to any hard drive or CDrom drive.
35. Full menu functions while playing ripped DVD movies from any hard drive or CDrom drive.
36. On-screen display within the video window.
37. Angle notify. When enabled this feature pops up an on-screen display notifying you when
    multiple angle views are available.
38. Enhanced zoom function which allows you to zoom in and grab the video so that you may
    pan the video image in order to zero-in on and area to view.
39. Configurable default video window image allows you to set a default image replacing
    the MaXimus DVD logo image in the video window.
40. Configureable background image for video window when DVD is stopped.

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(5.) Whats New in Version 1.2.

 1. Added support for playing in fullscreen.
 2. Improved rightclick menu over the video window.
 3. Fixed bug which caused MaXimus DVD to close when clicking the ok buttons in
    the configuration window.
 4. Fixed bug in zoom function.
 5. Changed pause on click to disabled when application is first installed and 
    the setting is remembered.
 6. Fastforward, fastreverse and Step settings are remembered.
 
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(6.) Bug Reports

    Please report any problems which you may find. I will make corrections and help with
    issues as they are reported. If you have any suggestions or ideas for features please
    email them or any bug reports to me at maximusdvd@home.com. 

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(7.) Source and contact info:

    You can find the latest version of MaXimus DVD Player at http://www.maximusdvd.com.
    Please send any suggestions or comments about MaXimus DVD Player to me at 
    maximusdvd@home.com. Thank you for trying MaXimus DVD Player.





