6
1.3.6
DCI
AND
D
IRECT
D
RAW
S
UPPORTED
Supports DCI for Windows 3.1x and DirectDraw for Windows 95 for
enhancement of display quality and playback performance during software
MPEG video playback. Both DCI for Windows 3.1x and DirectDraw for
Windows 95 are memory manger for video memory. Using such memory
manager for video manger, a program can manipulate video memory with
ease, taking full advantage of the blitting and color decompressing
capabilities of 3DImàge985’s video hardware.
1.3.7
L
IVE
V
IDEO
C
APTURE
Live video capture is the process of accepting video data from an outside
source and writing it to the frame buffer from where it can be displayed or
stored. This process is supported by 3DImàge985 through the Feature
Connector and the Video Module Interface(VMI) Host Connector.
1.3.8
TV O
UT
(O
PTIONAL
)
The 3DImàge985 is capable of displaying all standard and some extended
VGA video modes on an NTSC or PAL TV. Resolutions up to 720x480
can be displayed on NTSC TV’s; resolutions up to 800x600 can be
displayed on PAL TV’s. Extra features are built-in to reduce line
flickering and to vertically scale the image for TV display.