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- Audio CD v1.13 (07-May-1995)
- © Jonathan Hunt
- csuwg@csv.warwick.ac.uk
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- Introduction
- ============
-
- !AudioCD allows you to play and control audio CDs
- using your computer and a CD-ROM drive. !AudioCD
- simulates all the normal functions of a CD player such
- as play, stop, track search, cue and review. It can
- also display extra information about the CD like the
- name of the CD and the title of each track (To do this
- the information has to be added to the CD database.
- See later for details.)
-
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- Loading
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-
- To start !AudioCD, double click on its icon in a filer
- window. Once loaded, the application's icon will
- appear on the icon bar. Clicking on the icon with
- <Select> will open the main window.
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- The Main Audio CD Window
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-
- At the bottom of the window are eight control buttons.
- From left to right these buttons are:-
-
- Previous - Move to the start of the previous
- track.
- Rewind - Step back through the CD.
- Play - Play the CD from the start of the
- current track.
- Fast forward - Step forward through the CD.
- Next - Move to the start of the next track.
- Pause - Pauses / Un-pauses the CD.
- Stop - Stops the CD and returns to the start.
- Eject - Stops the CD and ejects it.
-
- At the top of the window, information about the
- current CD is displayed. Anticlockwise from top this
- information is, CD name, unique CD identification
- number, total number of tracks, and total CD length.
-
- In the middle of the window, information about the
- current track is displayed. Anticlockwise from top
- this information is, track name, track number, track
- length, and current position.
-
- Clicking <Menu> over the main window opens the track
- list. If a track is currently playing it will have a
- tick next to it. Selecting a track from the menu will
- play that particular track.
-
-
- The CD Database
- ===============
-
- Inside the !AudioCD directory is a text file called
- 'CDs'. This file contains the names of CDs and the
- tracks on them. If you use !AudioCD with a CD that
- isn't in this file, the main window will display
- 'Unknown CD' for the CD name and 'Track 1', 'Track 2',
- 'Track 3', etc. for the track names. The file already
- contains over 60 CDs but you will probably want to add
- your own collection.
-
- If you load the file into edit, it will give you an
- idea of the format. Each CD record in the file starts
- with a '#' followed by the unique identification
- number of the CD. On the next line is the name of the
- CD, and on subsequent lines the track titles are
- listed. On the line after the last track name an '@'
- is used to mark the end of the record. When adding
- your own CDs you must make sure that you remember to
- put an '@' at the end of each record otherwise you
- may experience some strange error messages.
-
- CDs in the file can be in any order but you may want
- to put your favourite CDs at the top so that they are
- identified quickly.
-
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- Disclaimer
- ==========
-
- The author makes no warranty, implied or otherwise, of
- the fitness of this software for any particular
- purpose. In no circumstances shall the author be
- liable for any damage, loss of profits, or any
- indirect or consequential loss arising out of the use
- of this software or inability to use this software,
- even if the author has been advised of the possibility
- of such loss.