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The Wide World of Multimedia
Playing Back Sound, Video and Animation Files
Your computer comes with a Zoomed Video Port (ZV Port)
which is an adaptation of the PC Card slot. This feature was
designed to support optional ZV Port cards that provide MPEG2
full motion video, video capture and video conferencing
capabilities.
Audio and video data flow from the hard disk, a compact disc, the
Internet or another source across the system bus to the PC Card
controller. The controller passes them to the MPEG decoder on
the PC Card, which delivers uncompressed video data back to the
PC Card controller.
The PC Card controller then sends a decompressed video stream
directly to the video/graphics controller, which displays it on your
screen. It sends decompressed audio data directly to the audio
sound chip, which controls the speakers.
By bypassing the CPU and system bus, the ZV Port can deliver
high performance video data at up to 30 frames per second.
Play Back Programs
Windows 95 comes with three programs for playing multimedia
files:
CD Player is used to play an audio CD. The section "Playing
an Audio CD" on page 144 explains how to use this program.
Media Player is used to play back audio, video and animation
files.
Volume Control lets you adjust the volume.
Using Media Player
You can use Media Player to play back wave and Video for Win-
dows files in addition to playing back several other formats such
as MIDI and Quick Time for Windows files.
Part I: Getting To Know Your Computer