Twinplayer : multimedia everywhere ! To easily collect your multimedia files (photos, videos, sounds, texts, html pages...) and distribute your creations on the internet, on cd-rom, by email, screen saver, on a television (vcd,svcd or dvd)...
New : no player needed for internet, variables, MAC version ...
Personalize very simply each media : position, appearance, disappearance, transparency, timing, action , action (to a click, to mouse movement, to going, printing, starting, opening, internet...).
For a distribution on cd-rom or by email, all your medias are automatically gathered in a single executable fashion, autonomous, not necessitating prior installation.
For an internet site, TwinPlayer creates the html pages (html, js and css files) and distributes them all on your site. NEW : No player needed to view your presentation on the web. Internet Explorer 5.5 or sup is simply required for perfect playing.
Pages are also readable with IE 5, Firefox 1.0, Netscape 7 or sup (no effects...).
NEW: Internet pages generated are readable with Mac.
NEW: With the pro version, optimize automatically your web site for the search engines.
NEW : If necessary, modify the html source code generated (open source).
For distribution on vcd, svcd or dvd, encode the mpeg file generated. Your application is then playable on your television with a dvd player.
Individual or business, quickly realize with Twinplayer your multimedia presentations :
- ecard, ebook, ecatalogue, ejournal, einformation
- interactive web animations
- slide show, multimedia album
- promotional cd-rom
- photo book
- projections
- virtual visits
- product catalogue or presentation
- technical tutorial
- animated internet summary
- ...
A- If you select the file TwinPlayer: INSTTWPUS.exe.
Simply start the program and follow the instructions (Assistant Installshield).
B- If you select the file TwinPlayer: twpus200.zip :
1. Create a temporary directory for the installation (ex: c:\temp).
2. Unzip the contents of the zip in the temporary directory which you have created.
3. Start setup.exe and follow the instructions displayed on the screen.
4. Delete the temporary directory and its contents as well as twpus200.zip
Some examples are provided with the software in the directory examples.
The installation directory by default is: C:\Program Files\Twinplayer4.
The program group by default is: TwinPlayer 4
Various shortcuts are created on the desktop for easy loading.
TO UNINSTALL:
On the desktop, double-click on the icon allowing software uninstallation.
OR
Follow the steps:
1- Close all the programs
2- On the configuration panel, select "Add/delete programs"
3- Select TwinPlayer 4 in the list of programs
4- Then click on "Add/delete".
The program and all its components will be destroyed.
What is new in version 4.06 (december 2005) ?
4.06 : december 2005
* bug corrections when positioning
* bugs corrections when exporting with videos or html pages
4.04 : october 2005
* First version 4 in english.
4.00 : may 2005
* Web : no more player needed
* Player entirely rewritten (html, javascript, dhtml, xml...)
* Only needs Internet Explorer 5.5 or sup, Firefox or Netscape 7 or sup
* Web : html, js and css : codes availables. You may change it as you want.
* Cd-rom : still no installation required
* Web : animated contents readable by search engine (unlike Flash)
* Web - pro version : optimize automatically your web pages for search engines
* Web - pro version : with your files names and page descriptions, the software optimize your pages by adding alt tags and managing the status bar.
* Web - pro version : get control on the optimization with the black-list.
* Variables - pro version : New line: Interact with your users !
* Variables - pro version : create form, questions with final evaluation, calculate with users infos, ask then display user first name...
* MAC compatible with the web output
* Effects : entirely changed - Using DirectX effects included in Internet Explorer 5.5 or later
* Effect "broken line" : move image, text, video as you want on the screen
* Video : can appear with effects
* Video : new management, rely on your web parameters
* Video : You can add text or image on a video
* Video : You can play various videos simultaneously
* Video : You can insert Flash animation on the video line.
* Video : Action when clicking on video.
* Sound : can play simultaneously various sounds
* Sound : better management (rely on your web parameters)
* Sound : can not be played from one page to another
* Medias loading : entirely changed, done by your web navigator, faster
* Appearance modes : Entirely changed - some new modes availables (mirror, x ray, red frame...), some disappear. Faster.
* Effects : various new effects (fade, circles...), some disappear. Faster
* Effetcs : manage precisely your effects durations (1/100 second)
* Animations : can cross animations now
* Animations : new animations modes (rebound, broken line...)
* Animations : "acceleration", "deceleration" modes.
* Animations : manage precisely your animation durations
* Animations : create little game : "catch character" mode
* Character : line entirely changed
* Character : Move your image "character" : drag and drop or with the keyboard arrows
* Character : create little games : Move your character to an arrival point
* Panorama : change : act like a marquee, various options availables.
* Actions : new actions (send email, previous page, next page...). Some actions disappear.
* Gifs preview when choosing an image
* Corrected bug : save your colors
* cd-rom : exe are smaller.
* cd-rom : external files managament improved
* Text : "underlined" text are possibles
* Text : fonts managment improved
* Motor : Preview effects with the positionning mode : no more possible
* Motor : Preview modes with the positionning mode : no more possible
* Grid : manage precisely (1/100ème second) your appearances and disappearances
* Grid : No more needs to repeat cells with actions when changing column.
* Grid : No more needs to insert empty column for giving rythm to the presentation
* Grid : 50 columns (before 20)
* cd-rom : can create presentations in 1024 by 768 or sup
* Grid : no more limitations with images or texts with actions
* Page : insert description, keywords, copyright, email on every page
* Background : some changes : only colors or patterns are kept from one page to another.
* Long text : insert external html code to personnalize even more your presentation
* Long text : integrated in your presentation design, arrows to read all the text
* Mmx files format changed
* Player : right clic : can replay, go to the first page, go to the previous page, zoom in, zoom out...)
* Web : "protect" your images with Internet Explorer (right click redirected, save bar hidden).
* Netscape 7 and Firefox compatible : Media appear at the right position, effects, appearance modes, animations are non visibles.
* MAC : use the web output to distribute your application for Mac.
* Web : automatically change your files names for compatibility with web servers.
* cd-rom : automatically change your application name for autorun function works.
To see a complete list of the changes since the start, consult the file history.txt.
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