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The Mp3Play.OCX is an object for Visual Basic ( 32 Bit ) and other programming tools for Windows 95 and NT 4. In this file you will find a limited Demo, that will playback 30 sec from a MPEG Audio layer 3 ( mp3 ) file..

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( New: MP3 Encoder Ocx, Audio CD reader grabber OCX, MP3 Tagger OCX )

Software only decoder for MPEG Audio layer 3.

High compression audio files with high quality sound.

How to use in VB 5.0 !

1) Insert OCX in VB under PROJECT / COMPONENTS and a blue speaker apears in the components window

2) For the first step you can use a COMMAND button with the following two lines

Private Sub Command1_Click()
Dim err As Long
 err = Mp3Play2.Open("d:\song.mp3", "")
 ' "d:\song.mp3" is the path of the mp3 file
 Mp3Play2.Play
End Sub

3) Use another COMMAND button with the following text

Private Sub Command2_Click()
 Mp3Play1.Stop
End Sub

4) ThatÆs all ! Now you can use MPEG Audio layer 3 in your program.

5) The OCX in the root work with all Windows 95 and NT 4 version. For the ActiveX version you need a Windows update ( MFC 4.2 ).

You find a demo source for Visual Basic 5.0 SP3 in the directory VB.

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