OS/2(R) Plug-in Pack v. 3.0  - README

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In the following sections, "Netscape Communicator" refers to
Netscape Communicator 4.61 for OS/2 Warp and "Plug-in Pack" refers
to OS/2 Plug-in Pack v. 3.0.

CONTENTS
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1.0 Known Limitations
2.0 Service and Support
3.0 Notices

1.0 KNOWN LIMITATIONS
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The following limitations might occur in the Plug-in Pack.

  o When you install a Microsoft(R) Windows(R) 3.1 plug-in, change
    the default directory for installation to

    x:\netscape\PROGRAM\WIN16\PLUGINS

    where x:\netscape are the drive and directory where you
    installed Netscape Communicator 4.61.

    ATTENTION: This is not the same directory as in previous
               versions of the Plug-in Pack. It has changed from
               PLUGIN to PLUGINS.

  o  During installation, if a message is displayed stating that
     you do not have the correct FixPak level installed and you
     have verified that you have the correct software requirements
     (see the README.ICP file for installation and configuration
     information), then delete the following lines from the
     OS2PIP30.PKG file:

     FILE
        EXITWHEN    = INSTALL,
        EXIT        = WIN16FIXPAK

  o  LiveAudio/LiveVideo is not supported by the
     Multimedia Plug-ins.

  o  Some Microsoft Windows 3.1 Plug-ins require OLE 2.0. If
     you do not have OLE 2.0 for WIN-OS2, you can install any
     16-bit Windows 3.1 application that includes OLE 2.0 when
     it is installed (such as Netscape Communicator for Windows
     3.1).

  o  You must have OLE 2.0 installed to use the Digigami
     CineWEB Plug-ins.

  o  Software MPEG Plug-ins can cause your system to hang
     when you attempt to close the movie player.

  o  Sometimes pages that contain plug-ins do not display
     correctly. This happens because the webmaster for the
     server did not add the MIME types correctly to the Web
     server software. For example, the Multimedia Plug-ins
     support MIME types such as video/x-flc.

  o  Some Windows 3.1 Plug-ins do not install under OS/2
     because they check for the version of Netscape
     Navigator for Windows that is installed. You might
     need to install Netscape Navigator for Windows 3.1
     before you install  the plug-ins.

  o  Buffered play is not supported for MPEG-2 and single
     stream MPEG devices.

  o  Sliders do not update with OS/2 multimedia
     applications on slower systems.

  o  Video playback over a LAN is poor.

  o  REALmagic Pro and REALmagic might need a new
     AMPMXMCD.DLL fix which corrects the choppy video
     problem.

  o  Some content from the ThinkPad(R) CD Sampler might
     corrupt video during playback of MPEG-2 Transport
     streams (files with 2_30 in filename).

  o  Systems with installed MPEG hardware can hang when
     users switch between the existing MPEG device and
     OS/2 Multimedia MPEG Support on OS/2 Warp 4. The
     workaround is to set up the associations (defined
     in the README.ICN file) for OS/2 Multimedia MPEG
     Support to be the default MPEG device.

  o  Difficulty might occur when opening MPEG-2 content
     with devices that support only MPEG-1.

  o  AVI video files will not play on OS/2 Warp Server.


2.0 SERVICE AND SUPPORT
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This Program is provided "AS-IS" and as such, IBM shall not
provide any program services (for example, corrective code) or
technical support for this Program.


3.0  NOTICES
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3.1  TRADEMARKS
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The following terms are registered trademarks of the IBM
Corporation in the United States or other countries or both:

  o IBM

  o OS/2

  o ThinkPad

The following are trademarks of other companies:

Netscape, Netscape Navigator, and the Netscape N logo are
registered trademarks of Netscape Communications Corporation in
the United States and other countries. Netscape Communicator is
also a trademark of Netscape Communications Corporation, which
may be registered in other countries.

Microsoft and Windows are registered trademarks of Microsoft
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Netscape Communications Corporation 1995, 1999. All rights reserved.
