      Software Product  Description   C ___________________________________________________________________   C PRODUCT NAME:  Compaq Multimedia Services Version 2.2  SPD 64.24.02                  for OpenVMS Alpha   DESCRIPTION   C Compaq Multimedia Services Version 2.2 for OpenVMS Alpha brings au- D dio and video capabilities to Compaq's Alpha systems, and provides aC full programming library for use by developers of new applications. E Along with support for OpenVMS Version 7.1-2 and 7.2-1 or later, Com- C paq Multimedia Services provides support for the following built-in " and optional audio/video hardware:  9 o  Compaq Creative Labs AudioPCI Card (Ensoniq 1373 chip)   D o  Audio on Compaq's Alpha systems running the OpenVMS Alpha operat-
    ing system    o  AlphaStation Sound Card  ) o  FullVideo[TM] Supreme PCI video option   . o  FullVideo[TM] Supreme JPEG PCI video option  C The application programming interface is based on the original mul- I timedia interface provided in Microsoft[R] Windows NT[TM] and Windows[TM] 7 3.1 operating systems, including Video for Windows[TM].   D Compaq Multimedia Services Version 2.2 for OpenVMS Alpha is packaged> in two licenses: a run-time license and a development license.  E The run-time license enables audio play and record and software video J playback on Alpha systems, as well as video capture if a FullVideo Supreme option is present.  C                                                          April 2000   C                                                         AE-QN8LC-TE         Features include:    o  AlphaVCR, a utility that:       -  Plays live video and audio  C    -  Plays back AVI files containing a variety of compressed video ?       types, including: Motion JPEG (MJPEG), YUV 4:2:2, and RGB   4    -  Has controls to manage brightness and contrast  4    -  Plays MPEG-1 audio/video or MPEG-1 video files  C    -  Plays AVI files to an output video device such as a VCR or TV E       monitor. File format support is dependent upon hardware option. G       The FullVideo Supreme supports playing either X image or YUV data E       to video out. The FullVideo Supreme JPEG supports playing X im- F       age, YUV, or JPEG data to video out. Note that playing Indeo[TM]4       files to video out is not currently supported.      VIDEO"    JPEG               play, record"    24-bit RGB         play, record      AUDIO"    Microsoft Wave     play, record    Audio    Sun Audio          play  9 o  DECsound, an audio record, playback, and edit utility.   D o  Audio Control, a utility to control volume and port selection for    all audio devices.   D o  Video Odyssey, a video screen saver that displays Motion JPEG AVIE    files through JPEG software decompression, requiring no additional     video hardware.  I o  Support for standard Microsoft Resource Interchange File Format (RIFF) C    file I/O in AVI and WAVE file formats in the utilities. This al- F    lows sharing of many audio and some video files between PCs and Al-    pha systems.    o  Audio and video clips.   "                                  2       E o  Low-level drivers for audio on Alpha systems, Compaq Creative Labs F    AudioPCI card (Ensoniq 1373 chip), the AlphaStation Sound Card, theG    FullVideo Supreme and FullVideo Supreme JPEG PCI multimedia options.   C o  Supports two FullVideo Supreme and FullVideo Supreme JPEG boards 7    in a single system, including heterogeneous support.    File formats supported include:   < o  WAV: IMA ADPCM, G.711 mu-law, 8-bit linear, 16-bit linear   o  Sun AU (read only): mu-law   F o  AVI: Motion JPEG YCbCr Subsampling 2, Motion JPEG Y, X image 8-bit,(    X image 24-bit, YUV 4:2:2 interleaved  H o  Other: MPEG-1 Systems (ISO/IEC 11172-1), MPEG-1 Video (ISO/IEC 11172-    1)   C The Compaq Multimedia Services Development license provides the ap- H plication programming interface to incorporate the audio and video func-* tions into applications. Features include:  E o  API callable from C, based on Microsoft's multimedia calls in Win- G    dows NT and Windows 3.1 operating systems and Video for Windows Ver-     sion 1.0   C    This compatibility eases porting of multimedia applications from I    Windows platforms to Alpha systems by reducing the programmer's learn- C    ing curve and the coding changes required for a successful Open-     VMS Alpha implementation.  ( o  Waveform audio recording and playback  C    -  Device-independent interface to the audio hardware in the Al- D       pha systems, including Compaq Creative Labs AudioPCI card (En-D       soniq 1373 chip), audio hardware, the AlphaStation Sound Card.  F    -  Functions to record, play back, and control audio including vol-"       ume, stop, start, and pause.  D    -  Functions to query device capabilities and to open, close, and       configure devices.  "                                  3        o  Video capture  C    -  Functions to capture video with selectable capture formats of I       JPEG compressed, 16-bit YUV, 8-bit dithered, and 24-bit true color. F       Depending upon the option, more than one type of capture can oc-E       cur simultaneously. The FullVideo Supreme JPEG can capture both C       JPEG and non-JPEG simultaneously but only with certain combi- E       nations of data formats. The FullVideo Supreme does not support D       more than one type of simultaneous capture. Video input can be6       NTSC, PAL, SECAM, composite, or S-video formats.  D    -  Functions to query device capabilities and to open, close, and       configure devices.  E    -  Functions to modify the quality of the rendered video data, in- D       cluding brightness, contrast, mirror, saturation, and sharpen-
       ing.  & o  Video compression and decompression  E    -  Functions to compress and decompress video data, and manage de- F       vices and control parameters that affect the quality of ditheredI       8-bit X images such as brightness, contrast, saturation, and sharp-        ening.  J    -  JPEG compression and decompression support for the FullVideo Supreme       JPEG option.  E    -  Alpha CPU performance allows JPEG decompression and compression E       support through software only for video playback and decompres-        sion.    o  Video output   G    -  Functions to send data (including graphics, video, and text) cap- D       tured on the workstation monitor to a video output device such%       as a VCR or television monitor.   5    -  NTSC frame and PAL field formats are supported.   "                                  4         o  Multimedia and image file I/O  D    -  Functions to create, read, and write disk files that store au-E       dio and video data in Waveform Audio (WAVE) and Audio/Video In- #       terleaved (AVI) file formats.   9    -  Sample code for many of the functions listed above.       -  Documentation.   CONFORMANCE TO STANDARDS  F Multimedia Services is designed to conform to the following standards:  7 o  MIT X Window System[TM] Version 11 Release 5 (X11R5)   G o  Microsoft's Video for Windows V1.0 and multimedia extensions in Win-     dows 3.1 and Windows NT V3.1    o  IMA ADPCM   o  ITU-T G.711  C o  ISO/IEC 11172 Parts 1, 2, & 3 (MPEG-1 Systems, Video, and Audio)   * o  ISO/IEC 10918-1 (JPEG Baseline Process)   HARDWARE REQUIREMENTS   * o  AlphaStation Sound board, supported on:    AlphaStation 400, 500, 600     DPWS 600 au series   C o  Embedded AlphaStation Sound board compatible chip, supported on:     AlphaStation 200, 255  A o  Creative Labs AudioPCI card (Ensoniq 1373 chip), supported on: ,    Compaq AlphaStation XP900, XP1000 systems-    AlphaStation/AlphaServer DS10, DS20e, ES40     AlphaServer DS10L  "                                  5       C o  FullVideo Supreme or FullVideo Supreme JPEG option supported on: "    AlphaStation 250, 400, 500, 600   Notes:  G o  Software video playback is highly dependent on CPU and disk I/O per-     formance.  C o  No more than one audio card option is supported per AlphaStation 
    system.  E o  The FullVideo Supreme or FullVideo Supreme JPEG option is required <    for video input and video output on AlphaStation systems.  D o  The FullVideo Supreme and FullVideo Supreme JPEG options are sup-C    ported with the following restrictions in this version of Multi- $    media Services for OpenVMS Alpha:  D FullVideo Supreme and FullVideo Supreme JPEG Limitations & Consider- ations  F    -  No more than two FullVideo Supreme or FullVideo Supreme JPEG op-       tions are supported per        AlphaStation.   E    -  Video input in PAL and SECAM formats and output in PAL are sup- C       ported in field mode only. Frames are de-interlaced in appli-        cation software.   Disk Space Requirements   % Disk space required for installation: E    Runtime: 20.3 MB (5.6 MB for runtime and 14.7 MB for sample clips)     Development: 3.5 MB  ( Disk space required for use (permanent):E    Runtime: 20.3 MB (5.6 MB for runtime and 14.7 MB for sample clips)     Development: 3.5 MB  E These counts refer to the disk space required on the system disk. The C sizes are approximate; actual size may vary depending on the user's 8 system environment, configuration, and software options.  "                                  6       ( Memory Requirements for Motif[R] Support  H The minimum memory supported for audio and video applications in a stan-" dalone Motif environment is 64 MB.  D The performance and memory usage of multimedia applications are par-C ticularly sensitive to system configuration. More memory may be re- E quired on a system with several applications running, or where it may : be desirable to improve the performance of an application.  C The use of this software in conjunction with increased memory capa- C bility improves performance for many applications. When using audio E and video the memory size suggested for most typical hardware config-  urations is 96 MB.   OPTIONAL HARDWARE   E Multimedia Services for OpenVMS Alpha supports the following optional 	 hardware:   9 o  Compaq Creative Labs AudioPCI card (Ensoniq 1373 chip)    o  AlphaStation Sound Card  0 o  FullVideo Supreme PCI video option (AV301-AA)  5 o  FullVideo Supreme JPEG PCI video option (AV321-AA)    SOFTWARE REQUIREMENTS   2 o  OpenVMS Alpha Version 7.1-2 or 7.2-1 and higher  D For the development of applications and programs that use MultimediaF Services Development Kit for OpenVMS Alpha, one of the Multimedia Ser-+ vices supported languages is also required.           "                                  7        OPTIONAL SOFTWARE   E Compaq Multimedia Services Version 2.2 for OpenVMS Alpha supports the  following language:    o  DEC C V5.7 or higher   F Note: Certain versions of these products are dependent upon a specificC version of the operating system. Please refer to the Software Prod- C uct Description (SPD) of the product in question to determine which  version is necessary.    GROWTH CONSIDERATIONS   E The minimum hardware and software requirements for any future version C of this product may be different from the requirements for the cur- 
 rent version.    DISTRIBUTION MEDIA  D This product is distributed only on the OpenVMS Alpha Software Prod-F uct Library. This software library (order number QA-03XAA-H8) containsF the binaries and on-line documentation in Bookreader and PostScript[R]H format. The Multimedia Services documentation is also available in hard-$ copy and must be ordered separately.   ORDERING INFORMATION   Software Licenses:"    Development Option: QL-4G8A*-AA    Run-Time Option: QL-4G9A9-AA  Software Media: QA-03XAA-H8 $ Software Documentation: QA-4G8AA-GZ,    QA-4G9AA-GZ3 Software Product Services: QT-4G8**-**, QT-4G9**-**   F *  Denotes variant fields. For additional information on available li-D    censes, services, and media, refer to the appropriate price book.    "                                  8       F The above information is valid at time of release. Please contact yourD local Compaq support representative for the most up-to-date informa- tion.    SOFTWARE LICENSING  E This software is furnished only under a license. For more information D about Compaq's licensing terms and policies, contact your local Com- paq office.   # License Management Facility Support   C This software product supports the OpenVMS Alpha License Management 	 Facility.   E For more information on the License Management Facility, refer to the - OpenVMS Alpha operating system documentation.    SOFTWARE PRODUCT SERVICES   D A variety of service options are available from Compaq. For more in-, formation, contact your local Compaq office.   SOFTWARE WARRANTY   F Warranty for this software product is provided by Compaq with the pur-F chase of a license for the product as defined in the Software Warranty Addendum of this SPD.    YEAR 2000 READINESS   C This product is capable of accurately processing, providing, and/or I receiving date data from, into, and between the twentieth and the twenty- F first centuries, and the years 1999 and 2000, including leap-year cal-C culations, when used in accordance with the associated product doc- F umentation and provided that all hardware, firmware, and software usedD in combination with the product properly exchange accurate date data with the product.     "                                  9       0 Please refer to the Compaq Web site for details. http://www.compaq.com/year2000/    TRADEMARK INFORMATION   E Compaq, VAX, VMS, the Compaq logo, and the DIGITAL logo registered in % the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.   E DECnet, DECwindows, InfoServer, OpenVMS, Tru64, and ULTRIX are trade- 4 marks of Compaq Information Technologies Group, L.P.  D Microsoft and MS-DOS are registered trademarks of Microsoft Corpora-C tion. UNIX and The Open Group are registered trademarks of The Open  Group.  D All other product names mentioned herein may be trademarks or regis-/ tered trademarks of their respective companies.   G Confidential computer software. Valid license from Compaq Computer Cor- C poration or authorized sublicensor required for possession, use, or C copying. Consistent with FAR 12.211 and 12.212, Commercial Computer F Software, Computer Software Documentation, and Technical Data for Com-F mercial Items are licensed to the U.S. Government under vendor's stan- dard commercial license.  E Compaq shall not be liable for technical or editorial errors or omis- C sions contained herein. The information in this document is subject  to change without notice.   , Copyright  2000 Compaq Computer Corporation                    "                                 10                                                                                       "                                 11