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- DirectAudio Player Installation Instructions
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- Installation Instructions
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- - Create a new directory and Download the DirAudio.Zip file.
- - Unzip the file in the created directory.
- - Run the INSTALL.EXE utility
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- OR
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- - Move (not copy) the ctl3dv2.dll file in your system's \windows\system directory after having
- made sure that you are not replacing an earlier version of it. (In the case you had an
- earlier version of ctl3dv2.dll, keep this one, delete the one shipped with DAP)
- - Move BWCC.DLL to you \Windows directory.
- - Move the TCP4W.DLL to your system's \windows directory
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- File Manager
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- To have the file manager launch DAP when selecting a WAV, AU and GSM file:
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- - Open Window's file manager.
- - Select File|Associate
- - File With Extension: WAV
- - Associate with: [path]\DirAudio.EXE
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- - Do the same operations for AU and GSM extensions.
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- WWW Browser
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- To have your internet browser launch DirAudio after a link to a GSM, GSD, WAV or AU
- file has been selected:
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- - Add a new MIME Type definition for GSM6.10 in your WWW browser: audio/x-gsm
- - Set file extension for this type as gsm
- - Select DirAudio.EXE as the application launched when receiving audio/x-gsm media type.
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- For Netscape:
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- - Select Options|General Preferences|Helpers
- - Click on the "Create New Type" button.
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- MIME TYPE: audio
- MIME SUBTYPE: x-gsm
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- -Set File Extension as: gsm,gsd
- - Select the "Launch Application" radio button.
- - Enter the pathname of DirAudio.EXE Example: c:\diraudio\diraudio.exe
- - Press the "OK" button.
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- Repeat the same procedure for WAV
- Edit existing audio/x-wav type or Click on the "Create New Type" button.
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- MIME TYPE: audio
- MIME SUBTYPE: x-wav
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- Set File Extension as: wav
- Same as step 5 and 6 above.
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- Repeat the same procedure for .AU
- Edit existing audio/basic type or Click on the "Create New Type" button.
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- MIME TYPE: audio
- MIME SUBTYPE: basic
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- Set File Extension as: au,snd
- Same as step 5 and 6 above.
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- Note: The helper application definition for audio/basic is usually occupied by Netscape's audio player app.
- NAPLAYER.EXE. In this case all you need to do is to edit that entry.
- Just select the "Browse" button and select DirAudio.EXE.
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- Adding GSM file support on a WWW server.
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- The HTTP (WWW) server must be set up to accept the GSM file type (Extension: .GSM).
- This is done by adding a new MIME type definition to the server (usually in a configuration
- file). The new MIME type to add is:
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- TYPE/SUB-TYPE EXTENSION
- audio/x-gsm gsm, gsd
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- The procedure to add a new MIME type varies from one server to another but is quite
- straightforward and should not cause any major headaches to your server maintenance
- peoples or your service provider. If you are using the services of a provider and in
- the unlikely event that he would refuse to do it (doubtfull) you will have find
- another server to put your sound files or find a more cooperative service provider.
- The .gsd extension is used for the real time streaming audio description files.
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- Listening to real time Audio
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- There are two methods of accessing a GSM file from a HTTP (WWW) server:
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- First, by selecting the File|Open Location option on the main menu and
- entering the full URL of the file you wish to fetch. For instance:
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- http://www.cam.org/~noelbou/ex1.gsm will fetch the example from my WWW
- site on my service provider's WWW server. (you can use your browser's
- Copy Location function (Right click on the link) and then paste it
- in DAP Open Location's dialog box by using <SHIFT-INS>).
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- Second, by clicking on a link to a "description file" on a WWW page. For
- instance:
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- EX1.GSD
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- will fetch the description file named ex1.GSD on my WWW site. IAP will be
- spawned by your WWW browser and the file will instruct the player on which
- GSM file to fetch from the net.
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- Publishing streaming Audio on a WWW server
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- Publishing your audio files on the net is very simple. Here's the procedure.
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- -Record you audio file or convert it to the proper format.
- You must start from a 8000 Hz 16 bits file or from an 8000 Hz 8bits "Mu-Law"
- encoded file (.AU) (Sun/Next).
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- - Create you GSM file by using the Compress function of IAP.
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- - Create a "Description File" with extension .GSD . This is a simple ASCII
- text file which contains a reference to the .GSM file that you want to give
- access to.
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- This file should have the following form:
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- GSM_URL|protocol://host[:port]/path/filename
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- Where:
- protocol is for now fixed to: http
- host is the host where the file is located.
- path is the path to the file on the given host
- filename is the GSM file name (with extension .GSM)
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- For instance:
- GSM_URL|http://www.cam.org/~noelbou/ex1.gsm
- or
- GSM_URL|http://itre.ncsu.edu/gsm/garotos.gsm
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- Note that the referenced (.GSM) file may reside on any WWW server on the
- Internet.
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- Check at:
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- http://www.cam.org/~noelbou/gsm_wine.html and
- http://www.cam.org/~noelbou/gsmlinks.html
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- for other explanations and examples.
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- Notes:
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- I included a few .GSD file to let you try the Streaming GSM6.10
- features of DAP.
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- These link were valid as of 6 June 1996 ...
- Some are in my WWW site, some others from
- the Internet Multicating Service etc ...
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- You can play these by:
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- - Open Windows file manager and drop the selected GSD file onto DAP
- window. (That is click on a GSD file and HOLD the mouse button and
- "drag" the selected file over DIA window).
- Setting the "Always on Top" option on is usefull here...
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- - Uploading them to your WWW site and creating links to the GSD files
- on an HTML page that you create in your WWW site.
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- - Use a text editor to cut and paste the URL in DAP's
- File | OpenLocation Input Box.
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- Check our GSM links page at
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- http://www.cam.org/~noelbou/gsmlinks.html
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