FrontBlade v0.6.20
Copyright (C) 1998 by SoftechSoftware
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This version supports BladeEncoder v0.63

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Contact addresses

SoftechSoftware E-Mail:
davide_calabro@yahoo.com
SoftechSoftware homepage:
http://members.tripod.com/~SoftechSoftware/index.html
FrontBlade homepage:
http://members.tripod.com/~SoftechSoftware/frontblade.html
BladeEncoder E-Mail:
tord.jansson@swipnet.se
BladeEncoder homepage:
http://home8.swipnet.se/~w-82625


Description

FrontBlade is simply a front-end for a "WAV to MP3" encoder.
This program is distributed as FREEWARE so no warranty of any type is given for its use.
The encoder is from a great guy called Tord Jansson and is called BladeEncoder.

Do you want the source code of FrontBlade? Contact SoftechSotware!


Installation

No installation is required for FrontBlade, just unzip it in a directory.
It's obvious that you must have BladeEncoder to fully use this front-end. To get your copy of the encoder visit one of the sites listed at the top of this page. You may unzip the encoder in whatever directory you want, but remember to configure FrontBlade for it (using the Settings button).


Use

Double click on FrontBlade.exe to start the front-end.

Main window

The interface is as user-friendly as possible.
With the Add button you can choose the .WAV files to encode (you can also just drag & drop files directly into the file list), while with the Remove and Clear buttons you can remove one o more files from the file list. Using the ID3 Tags button you can assign a description at any file you want. This descriptions will be written at the end of the encoding process.

ID3 window

So select the files and press the Encode! button. The encoder will start iconized and a progress bar displayed. For informations about the encoder options please refer to the BladeEncoder documentation.
You can set your favorite options by pressing the Settings button. If you want FrontBlade to run BladeEncoder hidden (not iconized) just check the Hide BladeEncoder while encoding option.

Settings window

If you want to save these options just press the Save button.
Remember to set the directory where BladeEncoder is; to do this use the BladeEncoder directory button.
If you want to stop the process before its time you have two choices:

  1. Maximize the encoder (click on its icon on the task bar) and then press the ESC key.
  2. Press the 'Abort' button. If you use this way and you don't run under Windows NT it's suggested that you restart the system.

About the version number

v0.6.20 means: FrontBlade v2.0 that supports BladeEncoder v0.63


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