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  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. 

  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


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".