-----------[LED visual mp3 rip/coder v1.44b]----[README.TXT]----------------- This document contains: ======================= 1) Unpacking information 2) Some instructions/setup 3) The state of the program 4) Known bugs/misses 5) Read this! --------------------- 1) Unpacking information: --------------------- This program requires the following files to run properly: l3enc.exe (mp3 encoder) cdda.exe (CD-track rip'er) go32.exe (required by l3enc.exe) vb40032.dll (visual basic runtime library) mp3gui.exe (the mp3 rip/encoder shell) comctl32.ocx (graphix extention) readme.txt (just kiddin' :) ) You can install (unzip) the program to any path you like as long as you run the setup routine to adjust your settings afterwards. You can also put the 'L3ENC.EXE' and 'CDDA.EXE' files wherever you like, as long as you specify this in the setup program. 'L3ENC.EXE' needs the file 'GO32.EXE' to be available. Therefore the 'GO32.EXE' have to be in the same directory as 'L3ENC.EXE'. You also need to copy the file 'VB40032.DLL' to your windows directory. (usually c:\windows) Finally, put the COMCTL32.OCX in your windows system directory. --------------------- 2) Some instructions: --------------------- I think this little program should be fairly easy to use. The only thing a little bit hard to figure out if this is your first time coding MP3's is the settings in the setup box. This is what it means: Path to 'l3enc.exe' - the path where you put this file, the encoder. Registered/unreg. version - just skip this, it's not operational yet. Path to 'cdda.exe' - the path where you put cdda.exe, the CD-ripper. Reg/unreg. version - not operational this one either Default coding path - the place you usually want your mp3's to end up. Make sure this disk has a lot of free space (min. 60 MB for one MP3). Coderates: Rip. freq.: - this one is just for the registered version of CDDA and is still unavailable. (makes it possible to rip from the CD at lower frequencies than 44.1kHz Code freq.: - The quality of which to code the MP3's. Please use 128k when coding music, as the others reduce the sound quality too much. Def. Interface - Choose Scsi if your CD-ROM is a scsi-drive, Atapi for drives using winatapi for win95 and mscdex if the others don't work (but then you'll have to load your mscdex driver.) If you have more than one CD-ROM in your PC, you can choose which one to use by first enabling the 'drive select enable', then choosing the appropriate drive letter from the box below. You can also choose the right SCSI CD-ROM by it's Scsi ID, or a mix of these two. (To use my CD-ROM, I have to set Scsi-ID to 6, check the 'drive select enable' box and choose k: in the 'drive' box. *** If you don't know what to choose in this section, just leave it at atapi, this is probably the right choice if you got a rather new CD player*** MP3 Toggles - HQ= High Quality Coding Downmix = reduce from stereo to mono CRC = Checkbit (error checking) -- You have to restart the program after changing the setup using the setup-function. You'll also find the same buttons on the main screen of the program, if you press the 'MORE' button. If you change anything here, it will take effect this session only, making it possible to just rush-copy a CD to low-quality MP3's this time only. :-)) -- The main screen: Base name for all tracks: - if you write anything here, it'll appear in front of all your mp3's. this is very useful when you code a CD with only one artist or name, as you don't have to write the name on each track. Increment tracknr. - when using the base name function you'll sometimes like to put the track number after the cd-name. This function does exactly that.. Parenthesis - puts a ( ) around the basename and tracknr, making it look like this: (basename-10)- Single track name - To write anything here, you'll first have to double click in the left selection box (choose the track to be coded) then select it in the right list. You'll now get the track number in the text field. Name the track whatever you like. The combination of the base name and the single track name will appear as the filename of the MP3. After typing in the desired track name, you'll may press the tab-button or push anything else using the mouse. Doing so you will rename the track. If you press the enter button on you keyboard instead, you will rename the track AND select the next track for renaming. This makes it possible to rename all the tracks without selecting each of them manually (believe me, it's quite useful. --> - select a track for coding. <-- - deselect track Clear - clear the track-to-be-coded list. More - get the same toggles as in setup, yielding this session only. Quit - take a guess... Setup - what could it be??? Just remember to restart the program after changing the settings using this button. New Path - Choose a new path where the mp3's should end up, this session only. After pushing the 'more' button: See the description of the toggles within setup for code rate, interface and mp3 toggles. Save Bat - Saves the batchfile the encoder uses to disk for later execution and/or editing. No Delete - Leaves the wav-file created by CDDA on your hard drive. Be ware that these files often occupy more than a 50 MB of you disk... Dos Code - Shuts down windows and starts the coding from DOS. This feature is added because I had certain problems using mscdex-controlled ATAPI-drives within windows (error messages from CDDA kept popping up, making me very unhappy...) ---------------------------- 3) The State of the program: ---------------------------- For the time being, the CD-rip frequency toggles are disabled. This is due to the fact that the shareware version of CDDA won't run with these toggles enabled. Later I'll change this making it's possible to use the registered version of CDDA and thus enable the rip frequency. I also hope to add drag-and-drop from the left to the right listbox. Sadly, this is not yet implemented, but you can select multiple tracks for coding and then press the [-->] button to transfer it to the 'coding' list. One more thing about the track list: It doesn't show how many tracks there are on the CD, or check if a CD is inserted into the CD-ROM. It's only a list of tracks ranging from 1 to 99 (the maximum of tracks on a CD). Because of this, you'll have to manually check that you have selected tracks actually existing on the CD. -------------- 4) Known Bugs: -------------- Some problems with the dos-coding, the program may leave a line at the end of your dosstart.bat file if you select this mode. ------------- 5) Read this! ------------- After saying all this crap, I'll just got a few more things to say: I hope you'll find this little util as useful as I do, and keep supporting the GREAT MP3 format. Also, please pop me a mail at tysseng@stud.ntnu.no if you find the prog useful. This is just for me to see how many of you actually using this tiny prog. BTW: The newest versions can be downloaded from www.stud.ntnu.no/~tysseng ----------------------- [Zem of LED - 98/03/03] -----------------------