MEDIATOR TV TUNER Drivers

Mediator Multimedia CD provides support for
TV tuners based on the chipsets: Bt848A,
Bt849A, Bt878A, FUSION 878A, FUSION 879A.

Here is the complete list of currently
supported models of TV cards:

ADS Technologies Channel Surfer TV
Aimslab VHX
Anubis Magic TView CPH051/061
Askey Magic TView CPH051/061
AVEC Intercapture
AVerMedia TVCapture 98
AVerMedia TVPhone
CEI Raffles Card
Chronos Video Shuttle II
Diamond DTV2000
Dynalink Magic TView
Eagle Wireless Capricorn2
Fly Video II
FlyVideo '98
FlyVideo '98/FM
GrandTec 'Grand Video Capture'
Hauppauge new (bt878)
Hauppauge old
Imagenation PXC200
Intel
Intel Create and Share PCI
iProTV
Leadtek WinFast 2000
Leadtek WinView 601
LifeView FlyKit w/o Tuner
Little OnAir TV
MATRIX-Vision MV-Delta
MATRIX-Vision MV-Delta 2
MIRO PCTV
MIRO PCTV pro
Newer Hauppauge WinCam
Phoebe Tv Master + FM
Pinnacle PCTV Studio Pro
Pinnacle PCTV Studio/Rave
Pixelview PlayTV
PixelView PlayTV pro
Sigma TVII-FM
STB
STB2
Terratec TerraTV+
Terratec TV-Boostar
TurboTV
TView99 CPH063
Typhoon Magic TView CPH051/061
Typhoon TView RDS / FM Stereo
Typhoon TView TV/FM Tuner
Vobis TV-Boostar
Zoltrix TV-Max

This software will be developed further on
and the list of supported cards will be
expanded.


MEDIATOR SOUND Drivers

The Mediator Multimedia CD offers support
for ALL the models of Sound Blaster PCI128
cards based on the chipsets: ES1371, ES1373,
CT5880, EV1938.

The enclosed sb128.audio driver supports the
following AHI modes:

SB128: 8 BIT MONO
SB128: 8 BIT STEREO
SB128: 16 BIT MONO
SB128: 16 BIT STEREO
SB128: HiFi 8 BIT MONO
SB128: HiFi 8 BIT STEREO
SB128: HiFi 16 BIT MONO
SB128: HiFi 16 BIT STEREO

SB128_1: 8 BIT MONO
SB128_1: 8 BIT STEREO
SB128_1: 16 BIT MONO
SB128_1: 16 BIT STEREO
SB128_1: HiFi 8 BIT MONO
SB128_1: HiFi 8 BIT STEREO
SB128_1: HiFi 16 BIT MONO
SB128_1: HiFi 16 BIT STEREO

The Sound Blaster PCI128 card is the first
sound card for Amiga, which has two
independent DAC chips on board. You can use
them simultaneously, as if they were two
sound cards.


MEDIATOR GRAPHIC Drivers

The Mediator Multimedia CD includes the
complete 2D support for ALL the models of
the following graphic cards:

Voodoo4 4500 32MB
Voodoo5 5500 64MB

This support covers the following graphic
modes:

8 bit     (CHUNKY)
15 bit     (R5G5B5)
15 bit PC  (R5G5B5PC)
16 bit     (R5G6B5)
16 bit PC  (R5G6B5PC)
24 bit     (B8G8R8)
32 bit     (A8R8G8B8)
32 bit PC  (B8G8R8A8)
Y4U2V2
Y4U1V1

Full hardware 2D acceleration, resolution
of up to 2048x1536x32 @ 75. 

• Fixed 2 bugs in Hitch-Hiker 5.00 removal + improved checking. Thanks to Thomas Klein for reporting the bugs.
• Removed Sinister Syndicate 1/2 and French from the bootblock recog. They were harmless. Thanks to Dirk Stöcker for telling me.

• "findextentbnode: findbnode() can't find key 4711!" bug in defragmenter fixed.
• Added timeout to some requesters.
• Check for correct number of free blocks is now only done in about 1 out of 25 initdisk()s instead of each one.

• improved addressbook
• periodical maildownload
• needs the Popplaceholder Mui Custom Class

• 02.09.01 new: Dizzy - Prince of the Yolkfolk (Code Masters) done by Bored Seal
• 02.09.01 new: Trivial Pursuit (Domark) done by CFOU!
• 02.09.01 new: Castle Warrior (Delphine Software) done by CFOU!
• 02.09.01 improved: Project X - Special Edition (Team 17) supports CD³² version too, automatically load/save highscore
• 02.09.01 improved: RanX (UBI-Soft) supports french version too
• 02.09.01 new: New York Warriors (Arcania Systems) done by Wepl
• 02.09.01 improved: Battle Isle (Blue Byte) program to display/merge highscores added
• 31.08.01 new: Victory Road (SNK/Imagine) done by Bored Seal
• 31.08.01 new: Paramax (KingSoft) done by CFOU!
• 31.08.01 new: La quête de l'oiseau du temps (Infogrames) done by CFOU!
• 31.08.01 new: Extase (Cryo/Virgin Losirs) done by CFOU!

• Video layer 1/2 decoding.
• Audio layer I, II and III decoding. Now also with very fast decoder in 68k version (through mpega.library)
• AC3 Audio decoder.
• Fast video & audio playback.
• Intelligent frame skipping.
• Overlay support.
• Fast C2P for AGA.
• Direct CGFX video memory access routines.
• Asynchronous disk reading.
• Video scaling on both CGFX and AGA.
• Support for reading VideoCD disks.
• Support for PSX movies and audio.

• fixed deadlocks after seeking. (damn, seems like this bug is still there)
• optimized video decoder (up to 10%). on the other hand, there was some changes in demuxer, which causes slowdown. overall result: 0%.
• added TRACKSELECTION option (shows gui to vcd track selection, default no gui - start playing first track immediately).
• changed minimal window size. it is now calculated based on system gadget size.
• fixed bug in vcd code, which caused crash if specified device could not be opened.
• fixed problems with slider (small know size at beginning, and slider movement).
• changed mpeg-audio decoder. completly new routines, layerII is as fast as before, layerIII is 2x faster. there is no FREQDIV 4 (if specified, 1:2 division is used, ie. FREQDIV=2).
• AUDIOQUALITY works with this decoder (previous versions supported AQ only in 68k version). default is HIGH. LOW and MIDDLE are the same. This decoder fixes also some problems with LayerIII decoding.
• new ac3 decoder. faster, more reliable.
• fixed problems with multiple tracks vcds (lost of synch when starting new track). the same bug appears on movies joined with join or mpegjoin, seems to be cured also).
• If user tried to play finished movie from beginning (SPACE key) deadlock occured if audio was enabled). fixed. Hoppefully this also fixed deadlock with LOOP when audio is enabled.
• Slider size/position was wrong, when movie was on VCD/CDI media. fixed.

• caches only printer.device calls
• can cache all calls to parallel-/serial.devices
• allows to exclude certain tasks from spooling
• nice gui which works with proportional fonts
• files can be printed from inside Printmanager (uses datatypes.lib)
• works with datatypes.library v45 (v45 recommend, not required!)
• own FAST parallel.device (registered version only)
• localized
• after reset/crash unfinished printings are recovered
• delayed printing
• print count function
• allows to redirect printing to another device
• upto 10 devices can be spooled

• Supports "Copy archive bit too" option from ConfigOpus.
• Filesize column in lister has auto-calculated width.
• Fixed some display bugs in listers.
• Fixed few Enforced hits introduced in 4.16b3.
• ConfigOpus: "Copy archive bit too" option in Operation/Copy to fully control A bit.
• Dopus_Print: fixed directory printing introduced in DirOpus4.16b3.

• adom.lha
• adom_68020.lha
• adom_68040.lha
• adom_ppc.lha

• New Script (Arexx Box): Carve,Coral, OilPaint, FastPaint, OldMosaic, PatchWork, Pointillisme.
• New Arexx command
• At least PfPaint is Localised, Include the french catalog (98% made)
• Can be found in the Catalogs drawer
  • PerfectPaint.cd
  • PerfectPaint.ct
  • PerfectPaint_Start.cd
  • PerfectPaint_Start.ct
  • New catalogs are welcome.
• Change the name of the Xen.font to PfPaint.font (Many users ask me for that) this font is now in Perfectpaint:FONTS, add a new size '7', for the progress indicator. You have to copy this font in your Workbench:FONTS directory.
• Zoom Window now have Realtime scrolling when you use scrollbar.
• Improve gradient effect with Wheel and linear options.
• New Keyboard shortcuts
  • F6 - Pointer can be changed with Precise pointer (Prefs/Cursors or F6) Precise pointer never show current brush or pen.
  • F7 - Will open prefs of the current effect.
  • F10 - Will close the toolbox window.
• Progress indicator for arexx script
• Improve control animation window:
  • Asynchron
  • New gui
  • New option: Direct disc (PfPaint try to playback animation directly from the disc, if you choose to store your animation on disc)
  • Fast tools button.
• Improve buffers requester
  • Always open at startup
  • Color indication of the current buffer.
• When PfPaint Quit, it will save on disc some prefs like position of some windows, current save format, state of the buffer window...
• New Painting effect: Median, Maximum, Minimum.
• Improve Brushes requester: Add color indication of the current brush.
• Move opaque window is much faster.
• Improve 'clone anim': mush faster.
• New 'Brush Tools': Convert to Picture, Reset Transparency.
• New Picture effect: Clone Picture, Scroll, Convert to Brush, Polar Coordinates
• New Color effect: Scroll RGB, Swap RGB.
• Improve some window.
• Improve Window detection (again)
• New processing tools option: Fade (RMB on icon).
• Improve gradient editor: Add Opacity, Increase number of gradient color to 10

• Minimum 68030 + FPU
• Minimum OS 3.0
• Graphics card (Cybergraphx min cgxv41 r71 or Picasso96)
• Render.library
• Jpeg.library
• XPKmaster.library
• AsyncIO.library

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• Improved the Hitch-Hiker 5.00 Link virus. Should be able to detect 99.9% of this virus now... Thanks to Jan Andersen and Treveur BRETAUDIERE for the files
• Fixed bug in recog for Bastard Installer 1 File virus
• Added recog for 'EICAR STANDARD AV-TEST FILE'. This is not a virus, but a testfile that can be found on http://www.eicar.org/anti_virus_test_file.htm. The purpose of this test file is to check that your favourite anti virus program really finds it! Deep inside arhcives etc... PS! This is a data file, so you might turn on the 'data file checking' in your virus killer. Thanks to Sami Rautiainen for telling me about this file.

• 28.08.01 new: Advantage Tennis (Infogrames) done by Jeff (ReadMe)
• 28.08.01 improved: Obliterator (Psygnosis) various changes (ReadMe)
• 28.08.01 updated: Deuteros (Ian Bird) uses kickemu now (ReadMe)
• 27.08.01 new: Biplane Duel (Peter Mason) done by Codetapper (ReadMe)
• 26.08.01 improved: Project X (Team 17) supports another version (ReadMe)
• 26.08.01 new: Phobia (Mirrorsoft/Imageworks) done by Codetapper (ReadMe)
• 23.08.01 improved: Uridium 2 (Graftgold) misc improvements (ReadMe)
• 23.08.01 improved: Star Wars (Lucasfilm/Domark) better installation process (ReadMe)
• 23.08.01 improved: Rockstar Ate My Hamster! (Colin Jones/Codemasters) supports another version (ReadMe)
• 23.08.01 new: No Excuses (Arcana) done by John Girvin (ReadMe)
• 23.08.01 new: International 3D Tennis (Sensible Software/Palace) done by Codetapper (ReadMe)

• added possibility to change name of safe on installation. It was necessary - new viruses like HH50 and SMEG2b refuse to infect Safe file. This trend will surely remain, so now Safe gives the user the easy way avoid that. Big thanks for Antonio Noguera, who did this improvement! This is piece of good work - even better I expected!
• removed some outdated info from html documentation Note that the most useful information is here and in NewShit.guide. Thanks to Michael Hendren for paying attention.
• removed SMEG2/PENETRATOR removals as xvs.library recognizes them now
• added analyze of HitchHiker5.00 the most advanced polymorphic bastard in the Amiga universe

• Self-identification method in files:
  - via unused bits visible in dos flags
• Self-identification method in memory:
  - checks for 'HH5' process
• System infection:
  - A new process entitled 'HH5' will be created and this is the only visible change in the system. That process infects files using the known Smeg code, but the way of getting targets is new.
  - The virus patches return address from Wait() call of device's tasks. This is very clever idea which lets the virus patch devices which's code is placed even in ROM. The LOCATE_OBJECT and EXAMINE_NEXT packets will be stolen.
• Infection preconditions:
  - HUNK_CODE is found
  - device is validated
  - at least 6 free blocks
  - filename does not start with "vir" and "saf"
  (case independant check)
  - file is bigger than 4190 bytes
  - file is smaller than 100377 bytes

• The infection is based on the packet handling of AMIGA OS. Every started or listed file can be infected.

• all DOS-devices

• None

• Permanent damage: - none
• Transient damage: - none

• Permanent damage: - none
• Transient damage: - none

• Uses slow polymorphism! Only this little fact mislooked by Jan Erik Olausen (and Jan Andersen) made filedetection in xvs.library the biggest AV joke seen for Amiga computers ever! At the moment xvs.library detects 3 variants of virus from several millions possible!
• The stack patches are done very clever and the code is flexible enough to handle differences between OS versions (including newer than 3.1). Most of code is equal to first SMEG virus. If the accessed file starts with the string "VIR" or "SAF" (case independant), the file will be not infected.

• It could be seen as third kind of SMEG2, but the polyengine made it one of the most advanced viruses for Amiga.

• None. The virus does not put infected file length like BOBEK viruses to ExNext's FIB, so it is likely that under controll of virus user will cut files. Salvage will be never possible as it was for HH4.11 which's files several times appeared in truncated form due to it's stealth... :-)

• Uses so called HAVOC polyengine. This is the best such engine in Amiga virus at the moment. The decoders are placed after the decoder block, and the loop could contain very much logical stuff. The decoders are made metamorphically and are built of various jumps backward and forward.
  Such decoders can be detected only in alghorythmic way. Detection of this virus is impossible with technics like breaking the cryptings (lot of stuff) and tracing (entry point!).
  The decoder is generated on virus startup, so after reboot files are infected always with new decoders.

• The virus contains text: HAVOC

• "quick traceroute": Sends a series of packet in quick succession to get a route overview very fast, then does accurate timings for the individual hops
• "ping": Sends a sequence of ICMP ECHO packets to a host to measure network latency and stability.
• graphical display of hop min/last/max timings
• integrated smart WHOIS function: double-click on a IP, Host or Network column to automatically receive WHOIS information for the given object. NetInfo determines the WHOIS host to query.
• automatically retrieves WHOIS network information for hosts
• automatically scans destination host for Web (HTTP) and FTP server versions
• history for all queried hosts
• integrated FINGER client
• integrated "classical" WHOIS client with on-disk cache
• ARexx port