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- How to use version 2.1 of MP3Play:
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- MAIN CONTROLS:
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- On the main screen you have the usual set of playback icons, with a few additions.
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- EQ - This brings up the equalizer screen.
- Playlist Info - Brings up the playlist information screen (when one is loaded).
- File Info - Brings up information on the currently loaded MP3 file.
- Digital Effects - (Speaker Icon) Enables or Disables DE for the current session. This
- does not change the permanent settings found under Options->Settings.
- Playback Mode - (Arrow(s) Icon) Selects the mode of playback (normal, repeat current,
- repeat list, and shuffle).
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- NOTE: You can edit and update ID3 tags for non-read-only files (i.e. generally ones not on a
- CD-ROM) on-the-fly during playback.
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- (You may also right-click on any non-control surface on the player to bring up a popup
- menu of options.)
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- In addition to this, you are also presented with some information about what's going on with
- the player on the main screen. Across the bottom of the screen are several panels: status,
- ID3 information alarm, playlist position, and current playback time.
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- TASKBAR CONTROLS:
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- The taskbar icon allows you to perform every option allowed off the main player except
- turning DE on/off. Left-clicking on the icon will bring up menu options, while right-
- clicking will bring up player options. The taskbar icon will change to show the current
- status of the song during playback.
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- SETTINGS:
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- General Settings:
- * Enable Drag-n-Drop Playlists - Selects whether or not files dragged onto the player are
- added into a playlist, or are just played as is, without generating a playlist.
- * Auto-Load EQ Settings by Genre - You can have the player automatically load EQ settings
- when loading a file with ID3 information. The settings are determined by you in the EQ
- screen and you can edit these settings independently of the the currently loaded file's
- genre.
- * Auto-Start Files - Automatically begins playing the file back after loading.
- * Check for Multiple Instances - Enforces if you only want 1 copy of MP3Play95 active at
- any point in time. This can be overridden when the duplicate player attempts to start
- without having to change this setting permanently.
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- Playback Settings:
- * Stereo Mode - Obvious.
- * Digital Surround Enhancement (DE)- Selects if DE will be active by default. You can toggle
- this on a session-by-session basis from the main screen without changing the default
- permanently. The current format for version 2.1 DE is different from v1.9 and previous.
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- Preamplification - How much you want MP3Play95 to preamplify your sound output before it
- gets to the main volume controls for Windows.
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- Register Types - Automatically registers your MP3 and MPL file types to MP3Play95.
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- Buffering Settings:
- * Advanced Buffering System - Allows for more inter-buffer delay in which other applications
- are allowed processor time. This is dependent on how CPU-intensive the song is currently
- being during decoding and varies from granule to granule.
- * High Inter-buffer Delay - Inserts a hard delay between buffers for other processes to
- grab CPU time. This is a set amount and does not vary on what the decoder is doing.
- * Priority - This selects the priority that the decoder should receive from the system
- scheduler. Adjust this to meet the needs of your system.
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- PLAYLISTS:
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- You have several options available to you in a playlist.
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- @ - Sets the collection name string in the main player window.
- ! - Causes a popup box to appear when loading the playlist displaying the text that follows.
- # - Comment.
- $ - Set playback mode. Valid options are: $NONE, $LIST, $SHUFFLE.
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- The files in the playlist are specified by the path to each MP3.
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- Sample ("Sample.mpl"):
- !M3Play95 Collection
- #Generated by m3play95
- @Sample Collection
- $List
- E:\FTP\root\incoming\one.mp3
- E:\FTP\root\incoming\two.mp3
- E:\FTP\root\incoming\three.mp3
- E:\FTP\root\incoming\four.mp3
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- You can automatically generate your own playlists by dragging files into the player and
- having "Enable Drag-n-Drop Playlists" selected. A good way to merge two or more playlists
- is to simply load them into the player in the order you want them played, and then save the
- whole listing to a new .mpl file. You will have to fix-up your comments and playback mode
- selection.
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