1. Welcome
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Welcome and thank you for installing the AngelPotion video codecs!


2. About
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The codec is a high-performance MPEG-4 codec, which includes the
ability to compress and decompress all the following formats:

* AngelPotion definitive format (avi files)
* DivX ;-) lows and high motion formats (avi files)
* Microsoft MPEG-4 V1, V2 and V3 formats (asf and avi files)
* SmR (nAVI) format (avi files)


3. Contact Details
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Visit us on the web at http://angelpotion.net/codecs/ or contact
us on codecs@angelpotion.net.


4. Revision History
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23 Aug 2000, version 1.00 build 702
    - Fixed the FlaskMPEG crash-exit bug that existed on some machines
    - Implemented better codec resource utilisation and cleanup
    
12 Aug 2000, version 1.00 build 663
    - Fixed a small memory leak in the codec
    - Made some speed optimisations
    - Ensured better codec removal on unload
    - InstallShield will only install the APvc Definitive format by
      default now, all other codecs installed only in custom install

10 Aug 2000, version 1.00 build 575
    - Performed code cleanup and did some minor bug-fixing. 
     
05 Aug 2000, version 1.00 build 532
    - Added extra filter and direct screen draw functions in video 
      playback, allowing for a smoother picture (less jagged, pixelated
      lines) and less dropped frames
    - Added "sticky" configurations, allowing for the storage of the 
      configuration in the codec (A bonus for the encode of different 
      files in the same session)
      
29 Jul 2000, version 1.00 build 459
    - Fixed a serious encoding bug under FlaskMPEG, only allowing 
      encoding at a bitrate of 1050Kbits/s

28 Jul 2000, Version 1.00 build 443 
    - Made some speed optimisations for faster encoding and decoding
      of all the MPEG-4 formats
	
24 Jul 2000, Version 1.00 build 433 
    - Fixed minor InstallShield problem on some PC's
	
22 Jul 2000, Version 1.00 build 433 
    - First InstallShield Release