home *** CD-ROM | disk | FTP | other *** search
Text File | 1999-04-05 | 3.2 KB | 88 lines | [TEXT/ttxt] |
- Notes to Mpeg Realtime Audio Player 1.7b4
-
- This is a public beta version. Please report any bug/problems etc.
-
- • WARNING WARNING WARNING
- This application might crash your Macintosh at any time. Therefore use
- it with caution, especially when used in background save your foreground
- work as often as possible.
-
- • Important Notes:
- - THE PLAYER REQUIRES A POWERMACINTOSH!!!
- - The player is incompatible with Virtual Memory,
- and may play poorly with Ram Doubler
- - It probably does not work on the 5200/6200
- - On low-end PPCs, Sound Manager 3.1 is highly recommended
- - Shuffle does not work like normal CD players, it just picks a random
- songs, so a song might be picked twice in a row
- - The player requires Sound Double Buffer Hardware, if it is not
- available on your Macintosh the player won't work
- - Sound output should be set to 44Khz/16bit, else it might not play well
- - Certain applications (like ResEdit) seem to disturb the filemanager.
- If they are kept open in the background, playback may suddenly stop.
- (no crash though...)
- - Modern Memory Manager needs to be turned on
- - Time values only work correctly with 44kHz files
- - On slow machines, don't set the speed to maximum
- - MacOS 8 is recommended, the Appearance extension is required on 7.5x
-
- • Formats supported
- All Layer I, II and III formats are supported. If you have
- problems with a specific file, please contact me!
-
- • Drag&Drop
- You can drag files either into the list or directly onto the play-button
- for immediate playback. Only files of type 'MPEG' are accepted.
- If you drag files directly onto the application icon, all files are
- accepted that have an ending .mpg or .mp2.
-
- • Info Dialog
- The info dialog displays all information that are available in a MPEG
- Audio stream. You can also enter title/artist information which will
- be stored in a STR# resource within the MPEG file. If the file is
- locked or on a write-protected volume, the information won't be
- saved.
-
- • Miniview
- You can change between the big view of the Player or the mini view
- by clicking into the zoombox of the window.
-
- • Oscilloscope/Spectrum
- You can change between the oscilloscope view or the spectrum/oscilloscope
- view by clicking into the oscilloscope.
-
- • Rate / Volume sliders
- You can change the rate and the volume by moving the sliders up and down.
- The rate is reset everytime a new song starts playing. You can also reset the rate
- or volume by clicking on the labels at the bottom of the silders.
-
- • Preferences Dialog
- - Autoplay on open : Automatically starts playing when you click
- on a MPEG file (usefull when used for WWW Browers)
- - Play first item of list : Starts playing the first instead of the
- last song, when clicked on a list
- - Remeber music list : Remebers all items when you quit the Player
- - Append Lists : Lists are appended instead of overwritten
- - Remember window position
- - Zoom window : Toggles zooming effect for all windows
- - Change file types/creators
- - Report unknown file types
-
- Send bug reports to odreer@usa.net
-
- Check out the homepage for my MPEG tools:
- http://www3.pair.com/odreer
-
- April 1999 by Oliver Dreer
-
- MPEG Decoder engine
- Tom Dwyer
-
- Additional programming
- Eric M. Aldrich I
- Christoph Schaffhauser
-
-
- The Mpeg Realtime Audio Player is Freeware.
-
- Decoder copyright 1996 to 1999 Xing Technology Corp. All rights reserved.