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- EasyAIFF - Read me
- EasyAIFF is an easy-to-use application which plays AIFF- and AIFC-files.
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- Quick Start: Just try it out...
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- Playing AIFF- and AIFC-files
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- To play an AIFF file, add it to the list and select it. Then
- • Press the play button
- • Hit the return or tab key
- • Select "Play" from the "Control" menu
- • Double-click on the list entry you want to play
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- If there's an AIFF which is currently playing it will be
- stopped before playing a new one.
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- To pause the AIFF file which is currently playing or
- to resume playing after it has been paused:
- • Press the pause button
- • Hit option-space
- • Select "Pause" from the "Control" menu
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- To stop the AIFF file which is currently playing:
- • Press the stop button or
- • Hit the space key or
- • Choose stop from the "Control" menu
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- To add an AIFF file to the list:
- • Choose "Add AIFF..." from the "Control"-menu and
- select it in the standard file dialog box
- • Drop it on the icon of EasyAIFF
- • Double-click the file
- (only if it's creator is set to 'EAif')
- • Drag the file into the window of EasyAIFF
- (only if the Drag Manager is available)
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- If there is no AIFF file currently playing and only one file is
- added to the list, this file will begin to play automatically.
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- To remove the selected file from the list:
- • Hit the backspace key or
- • Choose "Remove AIFF" from the "Control" menu.
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- To change the volume:
- • Choose a new volume using the slider in the "Volume" submenu in the
- "Control" menu.
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- Get information about AIFF files
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- To get information about an AIFF file:
- • select the file from the list and choose "Get Info"/type command-I from
- "Command" menu
- • hold the shift key down and double-click on a list entry
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- AIFF lists
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- You can save the list with all the AIFF files you have added to it by
- selecting "Save" or "Save as" from the "File" menu. By choosing "New" from
- the "File" menu the entire list is cleared. You will be asked if you don't
- saved the AIFF list when you are going to quit EasyAIFF, create a new list or
- open a saved one, if you want to save your old list before.
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- There are several possibilities to open a saved AIFF list:
- • Double-click on its file or drop the file on the icon of EasyAIFF
- • Open it using the "Load" command from the "File" menu
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- Dragging the file on EasyAIFF’s window won't work because EasyAIFF will try to
- open the dropped file as an AIFF file.
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- EasyAIFF preferences
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- In order to revert to the default settings, trash away the
- "EasyAIFF Preferences" file created in the "Preferences Folder"
- of your "System Folder".
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- Allocate sound channels at startup
- If this option is checked, the sound channel which is required to play
- AIFF files is allocated at the startup from EasyAIFF.
- If it is unchecked, the sound channel is allocated immediate before
- playing an AIFF file.
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- Release sound channels after using them
- If this option is checked, the sound channel is released after it is
- used, i. e. when the playing of an AIFF file stops. In order to play
- another AIFF file, they will have to be reallocated.
- If this option is unchecked, the sound channel stays allocated till
- EasyAIFF quits.
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- Open AIFFs after adding to list
- If this option is checked, the AIFF file is opened when it
- is add to the list.
- If this option is unchecked, the AIFF file is opened immediate
- before playing it.
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- Close AIFF after playing it
- If this option is checked, the AIFF file is closed after it has been
- played, i. e., when it is stopped.
- If it is unchecked, the file is closed when it is removed from the
- list or when EasyAIFF quits.
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- Show list window in background
- If this option is checked, the main window of EasyAIFF stays open in
- the background.
- If it is unchecked, EasyAIFF hides its window when it is switched in
- the background and shows it when it is switched back.
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- Continue playing in background
- If this option is checked, EasyAIFF continues playing the current AIFF
- regardless if it is in background or in front.
- If it is unchecked, EasyAIFF pauses playing when it is switched to background
- and resumes it when switching it back.
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- History
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- 1.0
- • First release
- • Very simple:
- - no play lists
- - only one file could be opened at one time
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- 1.1
- • entirely rewritten in CodeWarrior
- • native application
- • play lists are supported
- • Drag & Drop is supported
- • several short cuts
- • correction of much bugs
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- 1.2
- • AIFF lists can be loaded/saved
- • Volume menu added
- • "Get Info" function added
- • new about-box (nice?)
-
- (Hope I dont't have forgotten too much)
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- Plans for the future
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- • Oscillogram / Sound level meter
- • "Sound format Plugs": they will enable EasyAIFF to read and play
- other sound files such as Windows .WAV-files or plain System 7 Sound Files
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- If you have any suggestions, please e-mail them to me!
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- Registering
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- EasyAIFF is freeware. That means you are allowed and expected to copy it.
- If you use it, please register by mailing me your e-mail address so that I
- can tell you when there is a new version of EasyAIFF. I will send you the most
- recent version by snail mail when you send me a self-addressed and stamped (!)
- envelope.
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- Please report any bugs and mistakes (in the spelling, too :-)) to me.
-
- Matthias Wuttke
- Hilterweg 14
- 33803 Steinhagen
- Germany
- Tel. +49 (0) 521 8502
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- e-mail: wuttke@stein.teuto.de
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- Sorry for my lousy English!