Copyright: David Polberger 1996


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The Multimedia Player is an easy-to-use multimedia player and jukebox. Although its main purpose is to quickly play and organize MIDI music files (*.MID, *.RMI) it can also play (and organize) wave files (*.WAV) and movie files (*.AVI, *.MOV, *.MPG, *.FLI). This program relies on the Media Control Interface (MCI) to play media files.

The Multimedia Player is distributed under the ShareWare concept that means that you may try this software for 30 days. If you would like to use it beyond that period you must register.

NOTE: The Multimedia Player was designed to be easy to use. Therefore, this helpfile is not very comprehensive. If you do not understand how to use a specific button, please rest the mouse pointer on it a few seconds to get help by ToolTips.

Using the Multimedia Player

Albums

Window anatomy

Main window

Preferences dialog

Menus

File menu

Audio menu

Album menu

Help menu

Miscellaneous

Uninstalling The Multimedia Player

Disclaimer

Registering The Multimedia Player

The Multimedia Player on the World Wide Web

Contacting the author


Albums

This feature is designed to let you easily organize your favorite multimedia files into different albums. You can then start playing an album, minimize the program and then listen to your favorite multimedia files while you do other things.

You can add multimedia files to an album in two ways:

•	Drag and drop files on the Multimedia Player window from, for example, the Windows 3.x File Manager or from the Windows 95 Explorer.

•	Use the filelist together with the Add, Add All, Remove and Remove All buttons.

You could, for example, go into one of your directories containing mulitimedia files, mark the files to be included in the album and then press the Add button. Then you can repeat this procedure in other directories. If you would like to remove some of the files in an album, mark the files to be removed and press Remove. The Remove and Remove All buttons does not delete the files from your hard drive, only from the album.

You can control how the Multimedia Player plays your files in a variety of ways. Please go into the Preferences dialog and rest the mouse pointer a few seconds on an active topic in the Playlist section to find out more about this.


Main window

The main window consists of two main parts: The playlist to the left and the filelist to the right. The filelist to the right is designed to let you quickly browse your directories containing multimedia files and play them. The playlist to the left is designed to let you organize your favorite multimedia files into albums. You can then start playing an album, minimize the program and then listen to your favorite multimedia files while you do other things.

At the bottom of the window is a status bar which tells you the length of the current file, the position in it, how much time is remaining and the name of the current album. At the top is a toolbar which provides quick mouse access to the items found in the menus. Finally, a scrollbar is located in the toolbar that gives visual feedback of the current position and also lets you easily change it.


Preferences dialog

The preferences dialog consists of two tabs. The General tab contains all the options related to running the program. This is the only tab that you have to worry about if you are happy with the appearance of the Multimedia Player. The Appearance tab contains the options regarding the appearance of the Multimedia Player, such as the background.

NOTE: Please rest the mouse pointer a few seconds on an active topic to find out more about it.


File menu

 Preferences...

Brings up the Preferences dialog

Exit

Ends your Multimedia Player session


Audio menu

 Play file from filelist

Plays the selected file in the filelist

 Play file from playlist

Plays the selected file in the playlist

 Pause

Pauses / unpauses the current file

 Stop

Stops playing the current file

 Rewind

Plays the current file from the beginning

 Next

Plays the next file or the next randomly selected file

 Previous

Plays the previous file or the next randomly selected file

Loop

Continuously plays the current file

 Mixer

Starts the mixer application specified in the Preferences dialog


Album menu

 New

Creates a new album. The program warns you if you have unsaved changes in a previous album

 Open

Brings up an open dialog box which enables you to open a Multimedia Player album file

 Save

Saves the current file

Save As...

Saves the current file under a new name

 Delete...

Deletes the current album

Sort Alphabetically

Sorts the current album in alphabetical order

 Move Up

Moves the selected file in the playlist one step up

 Move Down

Moves the selected file in the playlist one step down


Help menu

 Contents...

Brings up this help file

About...

Brings up a dialog box where you among other things can find the version number and copyright information


Uninstalling The Multimedia Player

The Multimedia Player is very easy to uninstall. Simply remove all the files in your Multimedia Player directory. This program stores its setup information in a private .INI file, located in The Multimedia Player directory. This program does not overwrite any system DLLs or change your registry (if you are a Windows 95 user).


Disclaimer

The Multimedia Player is distributed as ShareWare.  No warranty exists, either expressed or implied.  No liability is assumed for any damage or loss resulting from the use of this program.


Registering The Multimedia Player

The Multimedia Player is distributed under the ShareWare concept. This means that you may try this software before you buy it. You may evaluate this program for 30 days. If you would like to use The Multimedia Player beyond that time, you MUST register.

You will receive a registration code (based on your name) by regular mail or by e-mail upon registering. This code will "unlock" the program, which will enable you to enter the program without having to wait 20 seconds. This registration code that you will receive will work with ALL future versions of the Multimedia Player.

The registration fee is 10 US dollars. Please print out and fill out this form completely and send it in a sealed envelope, along with ten (10) US dollars, to:

David Polberger

Bärnstensvägen 7

239 42 Falsterbo

SWEDEN

Go to registration form


Form
Registration Form

Name:	_____________________________________________

Please type both your first and last name. I need at least 10 characters (including space

between words) to generate your registration code.

Address:	______________________________________________

Zip Code:	______________________________________________

E-mail:	______________________________________________

City:	______________________________________________

State / Province:	______________________________________________

Country:	______________________________________________

Would you like me to send the registration information by e-mail if you have an e-mail address?

Yes _____ No _____

Please fill out the following information as well:

Are there any features that you would like to be implemented in future versions?

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Did you encounter any bugs?

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Thank you for registering the Multimedia Player.


The Multimedia Player on the World Wide Web

The Multimedia Player has got a homepage at the following URL: http://mmplayer.home.ml.org

If this address doesn't work, try http://home2.swipnet.se/~w-25992/


Contacting the author

If you have any comments, suggestions for improvements or bug reports please feel free to contact me. My e-mail adress can be found below.

E-mail address

staffan.polberger@mailbox.swipnet.se