Help on Player

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Soritong Player consists of several types of objects you can manipulate. These objects include buttons, sliders, displays, and equalizer. Below is the description of each object in detail.

B U T T O N S

OF (Open Files) : This button opens a standard "Open dialogue box" where you can open a related file (mp3, playlist...).

MM (Music Manager) : This button opens a "Music Manager" window. Using "Music Manager", you can make playlists, edit song information (ID3 tag compatible), and so on. For details, go through help section on Music Manager.

CF (ConFiguration) : This button opens a "Configuration" window where you can change various options related to visual, audio and system.

? (Helper) : This button activates player's helper function. When this Helper is activated, function of object shows on the display box when mouse is over.

R (Repeat) : This button activates "Repeat" feature. R (Repeat) represents that this feature is off. The Circle with one arrowhead represents "single repeat", and the circle with tow arrowheads represent "repeat playlist".

S (Shuffle) : Turn on the Shuffle (Random Play) feature.

W (Window Mode) : Select from various window mode including auto-hide, popup, full-screen, and etc.

Power (Exit) : Exit Soritong.

S L I D E R S

Sliders are used to control time, volume, pan, and speed. Press TIME, VOL, PAN, and SPD buttons, and you can control each with the slider.

TIME : This controls the playing position.
VOL(VOLume) : This controls the volume. (Numbers are in percentages.)
PAN : This controls the pan. ( -100 = left, 0 = middle, +100 = right )
SPD(SPeeD) : This controls the speed of playback. (Numbers are in percentages of original speed. 50 means half the speed.)

D I S P L A Y S

Display objects display song information, various values, and wave form.

Main Display : This is used by several objects. It usually displays song information. When controlling the slider, the exact value shows up here. When the Helper is on, this is used to display the function of on-mouse-over object.
Time Display : This displays the position (time) of current song and also works as a seekbar. Click on it and move the mouse side way to go to specific time.
Value Display : This displays current volume (VOL), pan (PAN), and speed (SPD).
Wave Display (Spectrum Analyzer) : This displays the wave form of current song in real time. You can see the changes in wave form when you manipulate Equalizer or volume. This function is off when the player is started, and you have to click on it to activate.

C O N S O L E

Console provides all the controls and displays described above plus a lot of extra stuffs, including equalizer, effectors, playlist panel and lyric panel. Console window is also resizable so that you can resize the window if the playlist and lyric don't fit on the screen. The Console can be accessed from the "system popup menu."

Main Window - displays all the controls and display objects of the main player window.

Effector Window - replaces EQ windows of the previous version. Details on EQ are explained below.

Playlist Window - The current playlist is displayed and can be managed as well. Try right clicking on the playlist.

Lyrics Window - displays the lyrics of the current song. Synchronized lyrics are now supported as seen in above screenshot. Once the lyrics are synchronized, you can jump to any part of the song by simply clicking on the part of lyrics you want to jump to.

Equalizer is used to increase/decrease the sensitivity on certain ranges of frequencies.

Sliders : EQ consists of 16 sliders (Far left slider represents approximately 40HZ, and far right slider represents approximately 12000HZ). Click on any sliders and move your mouse to control the sliders.
PreAmp : You can adjust the pre-amp by right clicking on the EQ sliders and dragging up and down. Moving down the pre-amp line increases the overall volume, and moving up the pre-amp line decreases the overall volume.
Power Switch (EQ ON / EQ OFF): This button activates/deactivates the EQ function.
Reset : This button resets the EQ sliders to default values.
Presets : There are 4 presets (A,B,C,D) where you can store EQ settings. Select any of 4 presets, set the EQ values, and the setting is automatically saved on that slot.

Currently 4 sound effectors are available. Try them out see what they do.

Wide (Wide Stereo)
Vocal (Vocal Reducer)
Techno (Techno Enhancer)
Crystal (Crystalizer)

P O P U P M E N U / W I N D O W

Depending on the object you right-click, different popup menu/window pops up. These menus/windows are also available in SoriBar. Refer to SoriBar Help for details on features

	System Popup Menu Default system popup menu. You can access Music Manger, Configuration, and add-on skins from this menu. Timer is a new feature where you can set time to start/stop playback or even shutdown the system.
	Window Mode/Option Popup Menu Pops up when right-clicking on the power button or clicking on the 'W' button. Docking - Only applies to add-on window. Popup - Window disappears when clicking on other windows. Auto Hide - Window appears only when placing mouse on 4 corners of desktop. SoriBar - Only applies to skins specifically designed to be used as SoriBar. Full Screen - Only applies to skins specifically designed for full screen mode.
	Sound Control Popup menu Pops up when right-clicking on the Value Display or clicking on the sound control button.
	Song Control Popup Menu pops up when right-clicking on S or R buttons, or clicking on the song control button. Gap - defines the gap between songs. Time Limit - sets the time limit for each song. Selecting "None" plays the whole song. When other than "None" is selected, song fades out smoothly at the end of the set time and jumps to the next song.
	Playlist Popup Window When you right-click on the Main Display (Song title), this window pops up. This is the shortcut to the songs in the playlist.

M O U S E A N D H O T K E Y S

Left Button - Standard usage (move windows, press buttons, control sliders, and so on).

Right Button - Brings out popup menu/window.

HotKey- You must use Number Pad keys for the numbers and Num Lock has to be on. Hot keys are now configurable. See under "Controller" in the Configuration.

D R A G & D R O P

Using Windows Explorer, you can drag & drop files onto the Player and Music Manager. While drag & dropping onto Music Manager appends the selection to the playlist, drag & dropping onto Player replaces the current playlist with the new selection. Pressing "Shift" button while drag & dropping onto player also appends the selection to the playlist. You can also double click on a file (mp3, playlist...) to play once you configured to do so in configuration section.