TITLE: Altiris CE (Media Player 9 Add-On)

VERSION: 9.0.33 Rev. A
DESCRIPTION:
This is an Altiris package that installs Media Player 9 on the listed thin 
client models and operating systems 

PURPOSE: Routine
SOFTPAQ NUMBER: SP34536
SUPERSEDES: None
EFFECTIVE DATE: January 29, 2007
CATEGORY: Software - Solutions
SSM SUPPORTED: No

PRODUCT TYPE(S):
Thin Clients

HARDWARE PRODUCT MODEL(S):
HP Compaq t5530 Thin Client: All Models
HP t5520: All Models

SOFTWARE PRODUCT(S):
None

OPERATING SYSTEM(S): 
Microsoft Windows CE 5.0

LANGUAGE(S): 
US English

ENHANCEMENTS: 
N/A

FIXES: 
- Fixes the issue described in Microsoft Knowledge Base Article 920271, "The 
Overlay Mixer filter in Windows CE 5.0 does not honor time stamps for video 
playback."

- Fixes the issue described in Microsoft Knowledge Base Article 924605, "You 
may experience poor performance when you try to use Windows Media Player on a 
Windows CE 5.0-based computer that uses Microsoft DirectShow."

- Fixes the issue described in Microsoft Knowledge Base Article 923828, 
"Windows Media Player may not play a .wmv file on a Windows CE 5.0-based 
device.

- Fixes the issue described in Microsoft Knowledge Base Article 919289, 
"Windows Media Player may display an incorrect value for the clip length of a 
Windows Media Video (MWV) file on a Windows CE 5.0-based device.

- Fixes the issue described in Microsoft Knowledge Base Article 919891, 
"Playback quality of a video from a multicast stream starts to decrease after 
approximately 20 seconds in Windows Media Player on a Windows CE 5.0-based 
device.

PREREQUISITES: 
- Altiris Deployment Server 5.6 SP1 (or later) must be installed.
- Microsoft Windows CE 5.0 only - installs on the NK.BIN Kernel version 80 
(image ver 5.00.527) (or later).

INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS: 
1. Download the SoftPaq .EXE file to a directory on your hard drive.

2. Execute the downloaded file to extract files to the Altiris deployment 
share. By default, this path is "C:\Program Files\Altiris\eXpress\Deployment 
Server".

3. For more information about deploying this component, see the enclosed 
AddOn_CE_MediaPlayer9_9.0.33_A01.txt document in the "C:\Program 
Files\Altiris\eXpress\Deployment Server\HP Thin Client CE.NET Documents" 
folder.


Copyright (c) 2007 Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.