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- Quintessential CD v1.22
- October 24, 1998
-
- CONTENTS:
- 1. First Time Use
- 2. New features in 1.2
- 3. The QCD Database File
- 4. QCD Contacts
- 5. Shareware Notice
- 6. Disclaimer
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- 1. FIRST TIME USE:
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- Several QCD options are disabled by default. Be sure to
- customize QCD to your liking by setting the various Preferenes
- and GUI Options. These are located under 'Options' in the
- main window menu.
- Also be sure to view the 'Help & Tips' section of the about
- dialog. It has many tips, hints and help. This section is
- under the 'QCD...' option of the main window menu.
- For help setting up the network and CDDB features of QCD,
- visit: www.quinnware.com/qcd/help.html
-
-
- 2. NEW FEATURES IN 1.2:
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- (in no certain order)
-
- *** Command Line Options
- There are several commands that can be sent to QCD. To
- use them, just create a shortcut to the QCD executable. Then add
- one or more of the commands to the end of the entry in the 'Target'
- section in the properties of the shortcut.
- The commands are as follows:
- /play - tells QCD to start playing
- /play trackX - tells QCD to start playing track X
- /play d:\trackX - tells QCD to start playing track X on CDROM d:
- /pause - pause cd (if playing)
- /stop - stop cd (if playing)
- /trkfwd - go to next track (if playing)
- /trkbwd - go back one track (if playing)
- /eject - eject (or close) cdrom
- /togglewin - toggle between full and shade mode
- /ontop - toggle 'Always On Top'
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-
- *** Caching Queries
- Hate having to logon to the Internet just to download one
- CD? Well, now you can store any amount of CD's in the QCD database
- and download the CDDB info for them at a later time - all at once!
-
-
- *** Better Windows Explorer support
- Now when you double click on an Audio CD track (*.cda) in
- your Windows Explorer, QCD will switch to the correct drive and
- start playing the track you selected. (This only applies when you
- have QCD selected as the default player - see Options->Preferences->Startup/Shutdown)
-
-
- *** Better Exporting
- Now with the plain text filter you are able to select the
- information you want to export, including the extended info. More
- filters are currently in the works, such as an html export and a
- delimited ascii export filter.
-
-
- *** Copy Track in Playlist
- Now you can have more than one of any track in the
- tracklist. Just hold shift before dragging any track (as you would
- when programming it) and a copy of the track is made instead. All
- copied tracks are marked as such, and can be removed by right
- clicking them.
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-
- *** Track Pruning
- Now you can have QCD ignore all the small useless tracks
- used to hide secret tracks. Just set the length in seconds of any
- tracks to ignore, and they won't appear in the tracklist or
- quicktrack menu.
-
-
- *** Skins Support
- Now you can have custom made skins to change the look of
- QCD. Download other's or make one yourself.
- See www.quinnware.com/qcd/skins.html for more info.
-
-
- *** Full Volume Controls
- There is now a CD volume control on the main display for
- easy access. Plus a complete mixer set (master/cd volume, bass,
- treble, balance) when you click the 'mixer' button.
-
-
- *** QCD Database Merging
- Ever have two or more QCD database from different locations
- that you wanted to combine to one? Well, now you can. Look for this
- in Options->QCDDatabase->Import
-
-
- *** Several Useability Options
-
- - data disks can be flagged as such, and you can stop them from
- being queried
- - option to open the CDROM in shared mode.
- - adjustable network timeout setting
- - option to display fuzzy matches or just choose first close match
-
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- 3. QCD DATABASE FILE:
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- The file QCD stores all download cd information, qcd.qdb,
- is a file emulating a file system. Any modifications to the file
- not made by QCD, will most likely render the database useless.
- Therefore, do not modify this file by hand!
- Aside: For the inquisitive, the database file follows the Quake
- *.pak file specs.
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- 4. CONTACT:
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- Please send any comments of joy, disgruntledness, bugs or
- requested features to: qcd@quinnware.com
- For updates and information on Quintessential CD check:
- http://www.quinnware.com/qcd
-
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- 5. SHAREWARE NOTICE:
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- Quintessential CD may be previewed for 14 days worry free.
- Continued use after such time requires that you register it.
- QCD will not give warning when the trial period ends, it is
- your responsibility to register.
- For more information visit:
- http://www.quinnware.com/qcd/registration.html
-
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- 6. DISCLAIMER:
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- The author of Quintessential CD assumes no responsibility for any
- computer mishaps that may occur from using this program.
-
- CDDB server and database software was create by Ti Kan and Steve
- Sherf. Visit www.cddb.com.
-
- Quintessential CD (c) 1998 Paul Quinn
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