DOCUMENT:Q109252 27-FEB-2002 [homemm] TITLE :Cinemania 1994: MMPERF.TMP Diagnostics File PRODUCT :Microsoft Home Multimedia Titles PROD/VER::1994 editions OPER/SYS: KEYWORDS: ====================================================================== ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The information in this article applies to: - Microsoft Cinemania 1994 editions ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SUMMARY ======= The Setup program for Microsoft Cinemania 1994 automatically generates a file named MMPERF.TMP in the root directory of the installed drive. This file provides multimedia personal computer performance diagnostic information. This is a text formatted file, and can be opened and read with any text editor to provide system related information for troubleshooting purposes. For detailed information about the multimedia PC specification, query on the following words in the Microsoft Knowledge Base: Multimedia and PC and Specifications NOTE: The MMPERF.TMP file is created during setup. There is no way to generate this file outside of setup. SUMMARY OF MMPERF.TMP DIAGNOSTIC MEASUREMENTS --------------------------------------------- Item Possible Values Desired Values ----------------------- --------------- -------------- Windows major version: 3 3 Windows minor version: 10, 11*, 95 10, 11*, 95 Number of wave audio devices hooked up: 0-3 1 or greater Number of MIDI devices hooked up: 0-3 1 or greater Physical memory: 0-65500 n/a (0-655K, last digit is truncated) Virtual memory: 0 or above 200000 or greater (last digit is truncated) VGA: 0,1 1 256 colors: 0,1 1 CD TEST: 0,1 1 CPU load: 0-100 40 or less XFER rate: n/a 150,000 or greater MORE INFORMATION ================ The following is a description of the elements tested and included in the MMPERF.TMP file. Windows Major Version/Windows Minor Version ------------------------------------------- This is the version of Windows reported by the system. For example, Windows 3.1 will report a major version of 3 and a minor version of 1. Multimedia PC compatibility requires Windows version 3.1 or later. Windows 95 will report a major version of 3 and a minor version of 95. Number of Wave Audio Devices Hooked Up -------------------------------------- This reports the number of Wave audio device drivers installed in the Drivers section of Control Panel but does not include the Microsoft Audio Compression Manager driver. Multimedia PC compatibility requires at least 1 valid Wave audio device and driver. Number of MIDI Devices Hooked Up -------------------------------- This reports the number of MIDI audio device drivers installed in the Drivers section of Control Panel, including standard MIDI support and any Stereo FM MIDI device drivers. Multimedia PC compatibility requires at least 1 valid MIDI audio device and driver. Physical Memory --------------- Measured in kilobytes (last zero not shown), this reports the free conventional memory available to the system. Virtual Memory -------------- Measured in kilobytes (last zero not shown), this reports the free virtual memory available to the system. Low virtual memory (less than 2 megabytes) can result in the inability of Cinemania to play .AVI files (movie clips), display images, or play sounds (music scores or movie still audio) correctly. VGA --- This reports whether the video card used on the system is at least VGA compatible, which is the minimum allowable by the multimedia PC specification. A value of 1 indicates a card capable of VGA or better display; a value of 0 indicates a card that is not capable of at least a VGA display. 256 Colors ---------- This reports whether the video card used on the system is at least 256-color capable, which is recommended (not required) by the multimedia PC specification. A value of 1 indicates a card capable of displaying 256 colors; a value of 0 indicates a card that is not capable of 256-color display. Cinemania 1994 will use a grayscale palette if only a 16 color display is available. CD-ROM Test ----------- This reports whether the seek time achieved on the CD-ROM drive is less than or equal to 1 second. Multimedia PC specification requires a maximum of 1 second seek time (data access) from the CD-ROM. A value of 1 indicates 1 second or less seek time; a value of zero indicates greater than 1 second seek time. CPU Load -------- This reports the percentage of CPU bandwidth used to read from the CD-ROM drive at the current performance levels (transfer rate and seek time). Multimedia PC specification requires that no greater than 40 percent of CPU bandwidth be required to achieve 150K per second transfer rate. A reported value greater than 40 indicates that sound problems, jerky video, and slow performance may be witnessed on the system. XFER Rate --------- Measured in kilobytes, this reports the actual kilobyte per second data transfer being achieved by the machine. Multimedia PC specification requires no less than 150K per second transfer speed. A reported value less than 150,000 bytes (150K) indicates that sound problems, jerky video, and slow performance may be witnessed on the system. Sample MMPERF.TMP File Output: ------------------------------ Windows major version: 3 Windows minor version: 10 Number of wave audio devices hooked up: 1 Number of MIDI devices hooked up: 2 Physical memory: 56066 Virtual memory: 1073762 VGA: 1 256 colors: 1 CD TEST 1 CPU load: 36 XFER rate: 151634 Additional query words: kbhowto 1994 multi media multimedia multi-media mpc hiccups ====================================================================== Keywords : Technology : kbHomeProdSearch kbHomeMMsearch kbCineManiaSearch kbCinemania1994 Version : :1994 editions ============================================================================= THE INFORMATION PROVIDED IN THE MICROSOFT KNOWLEDGE BASE IS PROVIDED "AS IS" WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND. MICROSOFT DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. 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