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- --------------Player
- -----version 1.00---
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- Welcome to Digital Music Player v1.00!
-
- --WHAT IS IT?------------------------------------------------------------------
-
- Digital Music Player is a MOD format music module player. DMPlayer is also a
- multimedia player. You can mix .WAV, .MID, and even .AVI files in with your
- .MOD files for an all-in-one player! It is packed with features and will work
- with any audio adapter supported by MMPM/2. It allows you to create SongLists
- of your favorite modules by drag and drop or conventional means. These lists
- can be saved, loaded, and edited. DMPlayer supports the playback of
- single-file archived modules as well. So, now you can go and compress that 100
- megs of .MOD files with gzip (or zip, zoo, etc.) and save yourself about 30
- megs of HD space!
-
- --INSTALLATION-----------------------------------------------------------------
-
- Digital Music Player needs no special setup. Simply copy the program file
- 'DMPlayer.EXE' into a directory and create a program object if you desire. You
- should copy the help file 'DMPlayer.HLP' into a directory that is in your help
- path. DMPlayer can be placed anywhere. It will search for, or create any
- files that it needs in the directory where the executable is. This will allow
- DMPlayer to be run from the command line without cluttering your file system
- with DMPlayer.INI files.
-
- When you register you will receive the keyfile 'DMPlayer.KEY'. This file
- should be placed in the same directory as 'DMPlayer.EXE'.
-
- --REGISTRATION-----------------------------------------------------------------
-
- Digital Music Player is ARIAWARE. This means that you have the opportunity to
- use the program for 30 days free of charge. This time is provided to you for
- the sole purpose of determining whether to purchase DMPlayer or not. After
- this initial trial period, you must remove DMPlayer from your system if you
- have not registered.
-
- Registration costs $25 (US). This small fee will provide you with a key file
- that will enable you to use the current, and all subsequent, versions of
- DMPlayer. In other words, FREE UPGRADES FOR LIFE! Yes, this is a good deal as
- DMPlayer will continue to evolve as long as people register.
-
- Please see the online documentation for more information and the registration
- form. Follow these instructions to find the information:
-
- 1. Start DMPlayer.
- 2. Press F1 at any window.
- 3. Select 'Contents' from the Options menu of the help window.
- (or press Ctrl-C)
- 4. Double-click on 'Ariaware' and follow the instructions.
- 5. Take this time to browse the rest of the online documentation for lots
- of useful information.
-
- --CONTACTING THE AUTHOR--------------------------------------------------------
-
- Keith Murray, of Aria, can be reached via the internet at:
-
- dodger@kira.csos.orst.edu
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- --FEATURES---------------------------------------------------------------------
-
- DMPlayer was designed from the ground up to take full advantage of OS/2's
- advanced features:
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- o Multithreading ( uses several 'threads' to distribute the work )
- o Dynamic priority adjustment ( works well with other applications )
- o Drag/Drop support
- o WPS aware
-
- DMPlayer plays a wide variety of music (and other media) formats:
-
- o .MOD 4 track, 31 and 15 instrument Protracker/Noisetracker modules
- o .MOD 4 and 8 track Startrekker modules
- o .MOD 6 and 8 track Fasttracker modules
- o .WAV audio sample files.
- o .MID MIDI song files.
- o .AVI Audio Video Interleave video animation files.
- o Any other format supported by MMPM/2 now or in the future.
-
- All of these files can be present in the same SongList providing an wide
- variety of playback options.
-
- DMPlayer works very well with the WPS. Simply associate all of your .MOD files
- with Digital Music Player and they will be a double-click away from your ears.
- If DMPlayer is running, then you can add songs to the SongList in several
- different ways:
-
- 1. Selecting 'Add Songs' (or pressing INS) from the menu. You can then
- select songs from the standard file dialog.
- 2. Dragging song files from the file system and dropping them on the
- SongList.
- 3. Selecting one or more song files from a folder and selecting 'Open' from
- their menu.
- 4. Typing 'dmplayer [list of filenames including wildcards]' from the
- command line.
-
- There is full online help, so simply press 'F1' for specific help.
-
- Registration information is available online. Simply print out the
- registration form (from the online help) and follow the instructions.
-
- Thank you for trying out Digital Music Player.
-
- +---------------------------+
- | Keith Murray |
- | Aria |
- | PO Box 1889 |
- | Corvallis, OR 97339-1889 |
- | |
- | dodger@kira.csos.orst.edu |
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- Digital Music Player is copyright (c) 1994 Aria. All rights reserved.
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