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- Audio Strip GH v. 1.0
- by
- Glenn R. Howes
- ============================================================================
- What it is:
- Audio Strip GH is a collection of 6 Control Strip modules which implement
- the controls on a CD player: play, stop, eject, volume, and pause/continue
- and one module which does everything.
-
- It should work with any drive which uses Apple's CD-ROM driver (although,
- the volume control will not work with the CDSC drive).
-
- What does it cost:
- Audio Strip is free for non-commercial use. I would be happy to license
- modified copies to non-Apple drive makers, or resellers of the Control
- Strip.
-
- How to install it:
- First, you must have the Apple Control Strip loaded. At this writing, it
- comes only with new PowerBooks, but it is supposed to be part of the
- System 7.5 release. Men & Mice are distributing there own version called
- "Desktop Strip" as shareware. I've tested these modules on it and it
- seems to work.
-
- For those concerned with screen space:
- Drag CD Omni GH into the "Control Strip Modules" folder inside your
- System folder and restart.
-
- For those with plenty of screen space:
- Drag any combination of CD Volume GH, CD Play GH, CD Eject GH,
- CD Pause GH and CD Stop GH into the "Control Strip Modules" folder
- inside your System Folder and restart.
- -------------
- You don't have to install all the modules (I don't use the eject or the
- stop button)..
- Alternatively, you can use the Omni module with the other modules if
- you want. Maybe you might want the convenience of the separate volume
- module for instance.
- -------------
-
- If the modules find a valid Apple CD ROM drive on your primary SCSI chain,
- they will appear in your control strip. The modules will only work with
- the first such drive on the chain.
-
-
-
- How to use them:
- Omni module:
- Command clicking will bring up a menu with
- 1 item "Auto Play CD". When selected, the
- module will try to play an audio cd automatically
- when it is first inserted.
-
- If the cd is stopped, quickly clicking on the
- triangle icon will start playing the audio cd
- from the beginning.
-
- If the cd is paused, quickly clicking on the
- triangle icon will continue playing from the
- paused position.
-
- If the cd is playing, quickly clicking on the
- double rectangles will pause the cd.
-
- If there isn't an audio cd in the drive,
- clicking and holding will bring up a menu
- with one item (eject).
-
- If you click and hold for a half second, a
- menu will appear with a list of tracks, an
- option to eject, and maybe an option to
- pause or continue.
-
- If you click and hold with the shift key
- down, only the track you select will be
- played.
-
- If you click and hold with the control key
- down, you will be given a menu from which to
- select a new sound level. (wont work on CDSC).
-
-
- *** the omni module asks the cd player for its state every 2 seconds ***
- *** the other modules should use up virtually no background time ***
-
- Up/Down Triangles: clicking on this icon and holding will bring up a
- menu, which you can use to set the CD's sound level
- (wont work on CDSC)
-
- Triangle: clicking on this icon and holding will bring up a
- menu of the possible tracks to start playing from.
- (if you hold down the shift key while selecting
- a track, only that track will be played).
-
- Square: clicking on this icon will stop the cd's playing
-
- Triangle + Rectangle: clicking on this icon should eject the cd
- **warning: does not differentiate between audio &
- other CD's**.
-
- Verical Rectangles: clicking on this icon while a track is playing will
- put the CD into a pause state. Clicking again while
- in this state will continue playing from the original
- point.
-
-
- Warranty:
- There is none; this is free. Any damage caused by using this software is
- the responsibility & problem of the user.
-
- Report Bugs/ Feature Requests/
- Glenn R. Howes
- 726 W. Main #301
- Madison, WI 53715
-
- Internet: grhowes@students.wisc.edu
-
- Look for:
- My AppleScript Audio CD extension: AudioCDgh.
-
- Written In:
- C using the Codewarrior DR\4 release.
-
- Thanks to:
- My beta testers especially Troy Gaul who nagged me into the omni module.
-
- Martin Minow for providing the world with the controlstrip.h file, without which
- writing these modules would be somewhat iffy.
-
- The good folks of Pious the X Grade School in Billings, MT, where I went to
- 1st -> 3rd grade. I hope you are still in business.
-