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ReadMe File for MIDI Genie 1.0 Shareware release
Copyright (c) 1997 by Jonathan Hsiao-Liang Yen
An EarsNest Soft Production
Purpose of MIDI Genie 1.0
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MIDI Genie 1.0 is a program for playing mid, rmi, avi and wav files on Windows 95 and
Windows NT 4.0 environment. Its purpose is to replace the plain multimedia file player
in Windows system with advanced features and easier controls.
Features of MIDI Genie 1.0
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ò CD player like Control playing buttons
ò Digital Counter in two modes: Remaining Time or Elapsed Time
ò A Track Bar to adjust the playing position accurately
ò Drag and drop files to compose a play list and rearrange the order of files in
the play list
ò Five Playing modes: Auto, Loop, Repeat, Random and Shuffle
ò Save play list to MIDI Genie Play List File (.mpl) for user to retrieve thereafter
ò Load the recent 15 opened play lists with the Recent List menu command
ò Rename and Delete files, save play list file automatically according to the changes
ò Move files in the play list to other directory, create new directory
ò Register file types to enable playing up to 5 types of files by double click on
file icons
ò Flexible display: show Main Panel fully or partly, or Stay on top of other windows
ò Shrink main panel to a small Tray icon, so you can concentrate on your works
ò The width of file box and directory box is now adjustable, and a horizontal scroll bar
in play list box make you see long file names clearly
ò Adjustable Waiting Time between files and Skipping Time when forward and reverse
ò Auto Load options for loading the last play list and playing the last file in previous
session
ò Automatically Reset MIDI in 3 modes: GM, GS and XG. Manually reset MIDI device to
stop sound distortion and hanging notes
ò Full help file is now available
System Requirement
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Windows 95 or Window NT 4.0 (Service Pack 3 recommended)
A Pentium equivalent or better CPU
A soundcard (Wavetable card is recommended)
List of Files
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These files are in the pack of MIDIG100.zip
MIDI_Genie.exe The main executable program file of MIDI Genie 1.0
setup.exe The setup - installation and uninstallation program
Mgenie.hlp The on-line help file for MIDI Genie 1.0
ReaMe.txt This readme document file
File_id.diz The program description file for MIDI Genie 1.0
Gm_reset.mid MIDI reset file for GM compatible device
Gs_reset.mid MIDI reset file for GS compatible device
Xg_reset.mid MIDI reset file for XG compatible device
There are two Sample MIDI files, "A_Walk_to_Seashore.mid" and
"The Waiter and The Reaper.mid", composer Jonathan H.L. Yen, all rights reserved
Installation
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Unzip 'MIDIG100.zip', then run 'setup.exe'. After installation, don't delete the zip file
yet, at least keep 'setup.exe' so you may remove MIDI Genie from your system if you wish.
Before the installation of ver1.0, users of previous version of MIDI Genie should use
the uninstalled program in that vsion to remove previous version of MIDI Genie from
their computer systems.
Expiration
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Certain features of MIDI Genie will expire in 30 days. The program will still be useable
at that time, but the user shouldn't violate the law by using it without registration.
Registration
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Run MIDI Genie 1.0 Help File to see details of sharware license, benefit of registration and
other information.
Contact Information
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mailto:jyen@tig.com.au
WEB Page: http://homepages.tig.com.au/~jyen/
Postal address
Jonathan Hsiao-Liang Yen
EarsNest Soft
PO Box 230 Kensington
NSW 2033
Australia
Help
----
A help file is now available. You can press F1 at any time to trigger this help file when you
run MIDI Genie. You can also run it independently from MIDI Genie program group.
Hint:
* You may keep the mouse pointer over the same position for a while, then
you'll see some hint text.
* Double click on any part of the digital counter now will switch the counter
mode from one to another.
* Try to drag file from file box to play list box. You can drag multiple files
if you shift-click or Ctrl-click some files before you drag.
* Try to drag file in the play list box to change their orders.
* Drag a file from play list to directory box make the file move to the dropping
directory.
* You can remove items in the play list box very quickly by pressing 'delete'
key on the keyboard. If you feel confused about this with the 'Kill this
file!!!' command, don't worry, whenever it's really deleting a file forever,
there will always be a warning message for the protection of your files.
Disclaimer
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This program is provided as it is without any warranty.
The author and EarsNest Soft is not responsible for any degree of damage
to any life forms or objects caused by any version of MIDI Genie.
If you do not agree with this statement, please remove MIDI Genie from your computer.
All trademarks, brand names and product names mentioned in this ReadMe file and help
file of MIDI Genie belong to their respective owners and manufacturers.
Acknowledgment
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Thanks to all the people on Borland C++ Builder Newsgroup.
Thanks to Alan Garny for his Threaded Timer component.
E-mail address of Alan Garny is at <alan.garny@physiol.ox.ac.uk>.
Thanks to Ylian Saint-Hilaire for his free sharing of Digitbox component.
Thanks to Rauf Gereyhanov for his free sharing of Taskicon component.
Thanks to Chris Monson for his free sharing of Splitter Wand component.
Thanks to the beta testers: Ian Campbell, Alan Guo and Steven Hu.
Also many thanks to all the people who have given feedback and encouraged me in developing
this program.