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- --------------- MEDPlayer V3.11 / OctaMEDPlayer V1.00 instructions
- --------------- Teijo Kinnunen 07.05.1991
-
- MEDPlayer is a program, which you can use to play MED songs without MED.
- You can use it from Workbench or CLI.
-
- MEDPlayer V3.11 can load MED V2.10/V3.00/V3.1x sng+samples-format and
- MMD0-modules. It can't load MED songs or files created with previous
- versions of MED. Why?? Because I think it is more important that MEDPlayer
- is as compact and quick as possible instead of the ability to load millions
- of file formats. You can convert older files by loading them to MED V3.1x
- and saving them back again. Please note that there may be problems with
- playing speed when loading modules saved with MED V2.10. In that case, load
- the module in MED V3.1x, correct the tempo2 (change to 6) and save it back.
- Also, a bug in module save routine in MED 3.00 causes some modules to crash
- when played. You can fix the modules by loading the to MED 3.1x/OctaMED and
- saving the file back.
-
- There's only one version of MEDPlayer, that can play both MIDI and non-MIDI
- songs (and a gadget to toggle the mode). OctaMEDPlayer (distributed with
- OctaMED) can also play 8-channel songs made using OctaMED.
-
- MEDPlayer V3.11 has a "2.0-look" and, works fine under 2.0 (as well as 1.3,
- of course).
-
- And now, the usage:
-
- CLI:
- medplayer <song>
-
- <song> is optional. If not specified, MEDPlayer window
- appears and waits for your interaction. If <song> is
- present, then the song is loaded. If it loaded OK,
- then the playing will start. Press Ctrl-C to quit.
-
- WB:
- Double-click the icon. You can also set the "Default tool"-field
- of the .info file (default is "MEDPlayer"). MEDPlayer opens in
- the interactive mode when started from WB.
-
- The window:
- If you started MEDPlayer in the interactive mode, the window
- appears. Type in the name of the song/module. Then press
- Return to load it. "Play" starts playing, "Cont" continues it,
- "Stop" stops. Quit with the close gadget. You can load another
- song by entering a new name to the string gadget.
- The MIDI-gadget allows you to allocate/free serial hardware at
- any moment. When it reads: MIDI:Y, you can play MIDI-songs.
-