museArc 4.8.98.2 BETA (last update 02-14-1998)

The MPEG audio player for Windows 95 / Windows NT
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!!!  This BETA version will expire on 08-01-1998.						  !!!
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The new features since version 4.6 are:

	- Continuos playback 
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	  Play track after track without pausing between each of them. So you
	  can now sample the tracks of a CD as single tracks, but can hear them
	  played as one track.

	- Command line options
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	  museArc now supports some command line options.

	  museArc [-play|-close|-random|-endless] [file name]

	  Where:
		- play
		  If a valid file name is given, begin playback after program start.

		- close
		  After all playback is done exit museArc.

		- random
		  Start museArc with the random playback mode enabled.

		- endless
		  Start museArc with the endless playback mode enabled.

	- Dialog handling improvements
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	  The dialog will now remember its last position, size and playback settings.

	- Playlist editor improvements (not all included in the BETA version!)
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	  The playlist editor has some new features like:

		- resizeable editor window

	 	- Sorting and double checking

		- 'Set to top' and 'set to bottom' functions

		- Track specific settings:

			- ID3 tags
			  You can enter a new name for a track in a playlist. This
			  name will be stored in the playlist and used for track 
			  identification.
			  You can also enter much more information about a track
			  like album name etc.

			- Volume preset
			  Set a different volume for each track to adjust their output
			  levels to each other in a playlist.

			- Duration preset
			  Set the maximum time a track will play. Usefull to skip 
			  silence at the end of a track.

	- Faster decoding (only the registered version!)
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	  This version uses about 10% less CPU time on a 100MHz Pentium system.

	- Support of the WAVE-Mapper device of Windows
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	  Now you can play as many MPEG stream at the same time as your system is able
	  to handle.


Bug & questions etc.:
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        Please send any bug reports / suggestions to:

                support@codearts.com

        (Remember to report the system components you are using!)


Support:
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        For the latest version of museArc look at our homepage:

                http://www.codearts.com