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Oozic Player 3.01 Readme File
Jan 2001
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
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We wish to thank MpegTV, LLC for the MPEG Audio Engine used in 
Oozic Player.

Xaudio MPEG Audio Engine © 1996-1998 by MpegTV, LLC
All rights reserved.


Portions utilize Microsoft Windows Media Technologies.
Copyright (c) 1999 Microsoft Corporation. All Rights Reserved.


This file contains additional or last-minute information regarding 
Oozic installation. 
Please read all the sections before you proceed with the installation.


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CONTENTS
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1.   MINIMUM SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS
2.   POWER MANAGEMENT SYSTEM STANDBY MODE
3.   CHANGING COLOR DEPTH
4.   OTHER KNOWN ISSUES

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1.   MINIMUM SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS
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     The minimum system requirements for Oozic Player are 
     as follows:


     - For Windows 95(OSR2.5), 98 and Millennium Edition based systems
           - Intel(R) Pentium II (R) 300 MHz CPU
           - 64 MB RAM

     - For Windows 2000 based systems
           - Intel(R) Pentium II (R) 350 MHz CPU 
           - 128 MB RAM

     - 50 MB of free hard disk space
     - a 3D accelerator or 2D/3D display card with 
       minimum 16-bit display, Direct 3D (optionally OpenGL) support
       and at least 8 MB memory
     - an audio card
	 - DirectX 7a or later
	 - Microsoft Internet Explorer 4.0 or later

	 Note:
	 Oozic runs best at 800x600 resolution in 16-bit color depth (Hi-Color
	 Mode). Your visual performance (frame rate) is directly affected by
	 these settings. If you have a high-end 3D graphics card, you will be
	 able to use Oozic at higher resolutions.	


2.   POWER MANAGEMENT SYSTEM STANDBY MODE
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     The system standby mode for power management is supported. 
     However, it is possible that the application may not display 
     properly after recovery from system standby. The application
     has to be restarted. It is recommended that you disable power
     management features before running Oozic.


3.   CHANGING COLOR DEPTH
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     It is recommended that you do not change the system color depth
     while Oozic is running. Otherwise, Oozic may not display properly.
     If this happens, restart Oozic.


4.   OTHER KNOWN ISSUES
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     4.1    Known issues with 3Dfx Voodoo2 graphics cards

            Creative does not provide support for Voodoo2 graphics 
            cards as Voodoo2 cards do not allow Oozic to run to its
            full potential.

     4.2    Known issues with Matrox graphics cards

            Matrox graphics card users are recommended to run Oozic
            in 16-bit color depth because they may experience poor 
            performance while using 24-bit color depth.  	

     4.3    Known issues with Savage4 graphics cards

            Savage4 graphics cards may not display Oozic objects
            correctly. To resolve the problem, drag the slider
            to "Best Quality" in the 3D settings.

            Savage4 cards may have problems running Oozic on systems
            with more powerful CPUs such as the AMD Athlon 800MHz. 
            Users are recommended to get the updated driver from 
            www.s3.com or refer to the table of recommended drivers 
            at URL: http://www.oozic.com/support/drivers.html
 
     4.4    Known issues with GeForce graphics cards

            If you encounter problems when running Oozic with GeForce
            graphics cards in Windows 95 environment, it is recommended 
            that you run Oozic in Windows 98.

            GeForce cards (using driver version 353 and below) may 
            experience compatibility issues while running Athlon 
            systems. Users are recommended to install the latest 
            reference driver from www.nvidia.com.  

     4.5    Known issues with audio cards with hardware 
            acceleration enabled

            The audio playback may be slow when you are using some 
            non-Creative audio cards that have hardware acceleration.  
            To rectify the problem, you may need to disable the 
            hardware acceleration option using the application that is
            shipped with the audio card.



Copyright (c) 2001 by Creative Technology Ltd. All rights reserved.
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