General

Blaze Media Pro is a powerful, all-in-one, multimedia application supporting playback of all popular media formats, audio and video playlist, audio and video conversions, audio editing/recording, and much more! Using Blaze Media Pro is easy and straight-forward without instructions; however to ensure there are no problems or misunderstandings, descriptions and/or directions are listed below.

 

Open will display a browse dialog in which you can select the media file or playlist you want Blaze Media Pro to play or open. Blaze Media Pro supports all popular multimedia formats for playback, including MPEG Layer-3 (MP3), MPEG Layer-2 (MP2), Active Streaming Format (ASF), MPEG Video (MPG, MPEG, MPE), Windows Video (AVI), Windows Media 4 (WMA, WMV), Vivo Digital Video (VIV), Apple QuickTime (MOV, QT), Windows Audio (WAV), Audio CD (CDA), Video CD (DAT), Media Playlists (ASX, WAX, M3U, WVX), MIDI, AIFF, AU, SND, and more! For video formats, advanced zooming and full-screen modes are supported. The video window is freely resizable, allowing precise zoom adjustment. Playback speed and position control are also supported.

 

Audio Editor will open another window in which you can edit your audio files. The full-featured audio editor's capabilities include Amplify, Null Amplitude, Insert/Delete Silence, Fade In/Out, Invert, Normalize, Reverse, Echo, Stretch, Merge to Stereo, Mix. Mix from File, Paste from File, Paste from Clipboard, Copy to Clipboard, Zoom, Convert, Undo, Redo, Cut, Copy, and Paste. Additional features include Audio Information, Configure, Input Source, Listen, Mute, New, Normal Size, Open, Pause, Play, Record, Repaint, Save, and Visualize Channels. Furthermore, the audio editor can be used for audio file recording from multiple input sources as well. For more detailed information see the Audio Editor topic.

 

CDDB information will retrieve the Album Name, Artist Name, and Track Information of the currently loaded audio CD from the online CD database. For more information see the CDDB information topic.

 

MP3 Tag Editor allows you to easily edit the tag of MP3 files. You can enter the Title, Artist, Album, Year, Genre, and Comments. This does not change the song’s filename. See the MP3 Tag Editor for more information.

 

The "Playback" menu contains the standard controls for accessing your media. The Play, Pause, Stop, Seek Previous, Seek Next, and Mute controls can be accessed from the buttons on the interface as well as the Playback menu. Additional controls that can be found on the interface buttons are Load New Media File and Help. Placing the mouse pointer (cursor) over the buttons on the interface will show a tooltip, which provides direct information on what task the button will perform.

 

The "Conversions" menu provides easy to use, yet very powerful features for converting one file type to another. Both audio and video formats can be converted. Supported conversions include CD to WAV, CD to MP3, CD to WMA, WAV to MP3, MP3 to WAV, WAV to WMA, WMA to WAV, WAV Codec Conversions, and two-way video conversions among MPEG, AVI, Multi-Page TIFF, and FLIC. Other items on the conversion menu include Video Constructor and Video Decompiler. The CD Converter module provides a CDDB auto-save feature, which enables track title, artist, and album information to be dynamically downloaded from the Internet CD Database and used when converting CD tracks to WAV, MP3, or WMA. This feature is fully configurable to use as much or little of the information desired in any preferred order. Of course, this feature can also be disabled from those who do not wish to be connected to the Internet while converting CD tracks.

 

The Playlist editor gives you the ability to create your own symphony of favorite songs and videos for your listening and viewing pleasure. You can combine both audio and video files within the same playlist. Since Blaze Media Pro supports all popular formats, the creation of playlist(s) is limited only by your imagination. See the Playlist Editor topic for more details.

 

Blaze Media Pro provides many options for customizing the program to suit your needs. Additional features include complete drag and drop support and a fully skinnable interface.