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                         MP3 Explorer 2.1

                        Author Pierre LEVY

                  Copyright (c) 1998-1999 Pierre LEVY
                         All rights reserved.
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last updated 02/02/1999


Table of contents
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1. Licensing
2. Registration
3. Change log (updated)
4. Known problems or limitations
5. Updates
6. FAQ
7. Link to MP3 Explorer homepage

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1. Licensing

This software has been deposed and is protected by copyright laws and
international copyright treaties, as well as other intellectual property
laws and treaties.

MP3 Explorer is a shareware :

You are hereby licensed to make as many copies of this software as you wish;
give exact copies of the original shareware version to anyone; and distribute
the software in its unmodified form via electronic means.  There is no
charge for any of the above.

This software may be used for personal use only for free for up to 14 days. 
Thereafter, in order to continue personal use, you must pay at least US$10 
per user and register the software.

You are specifically prohibited from charging, or requesting donations, for
any such copies, however made; and from distributing the software with other
products (commercial or otherwise) without prior written permission. 

To the maximum extent permitted by law, the author disclaim all warranties 
regarding this software, express or implied, including but not limited to 
warranties of merchantability and fitness for a particular purpose.  
In no event will the author be liable for consequential, special, incidental 
or indirect damages arising out of the use or inability to use this software 
even if I'm aware of the possibility of such damages or a known defect.


By using this software, you are agreeing to the above terms.


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2. Registration

Please, send to the following address : 

Pierre LEVY
57, rue Claude DECAEN
75012 PARIS
FRANCE

a fulfilled printout of the register.txt file with the payment of your license
in only travaller check or cash.
Your email address should be absolutely correct.

For further or more recent information, or for online registration see :
http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/pierre_levy/register.htm


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3. Change log

2.1
	- Two new advanced options :
	1 - You can now define the correct shell command to use with
		your player. Default values are defined for Winamp, and works
		with Sonique or K-Jofol, but they can be changed for NAD or
		Soritong.
	2 - A maximum of row displayed. If you had tried to display more than 1400
		files, the program crashed (due to a limit of the listview control).
		So the default value is 1000. If you want to speed up the lauching you
		can decrease this value.
		Whatever, you can continue to encode, or download with no fear !
	- 2 or 3 tiny bugs.

2.0.2
	- Great sorting improvment that couldn't wait for 2.1.
	  (VC++ profiler does a good job, to find my bad job !).
	- A bug in ID3 tag saving introduced in 2.0.1 has been quickly fixed.

2.0.1
   - I could not understand the problem that appeared 
	  on some configuration at startup, so no more use of the registry,
	  back to a good old INI file located in Windows directory.
	- Better exception handling.
	- Tab order modified in property box.
	- Enqueue improvement with multiple selection files.
	- and other tiny bugs fixed.


2.0	
	- Display now MPEG information :
	  time, bitrate, sample frequency, MPEG version, layer number
	- New options for managing columns display (show/hide, order, alignment)
	- New menu command and toolbar button to display all information or a 
          predefined set of columns (related to options above).
	- New organization by Album/Artist (new toolbar button too)
	- Multiple drives scanning can be handled now with a new variable called
          'My favorite addresses'. You can search all paths defined in this 
          variable by typing * in the address bar. 
	- Secondary sorting (the previous sort order) is now saved.
	- Registration management.
	- Many user interface enhancements : credits review, icons, status bar, ...
	- Many code optimization. The previous version was quite fast, the new 
	  one goes really faster.
	- New command Select All (Ctrl+A) to select all files.
	

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1.5 	
	- Enter and Tab keys are now handled
	- New list options are available to :
		- define the Enter and Double-Click action 
		- select item from any column of the row
		- left justify or center columns text
	- Redraw and sorting have been optimized
	- The sorted column is now saved between two sessions
	  
1.4.1
	- Copy feature includes now the PC/DOS new line for standard text editor. 
	- All WinAmp genres are now supported and some mismatch in old genres 
	  have also been fixed. (Some changes may occur in your categories ! Sorry about that)
	- Window's last position is now saved
1.4 
	- New Copy feature. Be aware, this function copy only informations in text format
      and not files themself. You can now copy file informations into Word, Excel or whatever.  
	- If your MP3 files are write-protected, you've got now a message box to indicate you
	  that the operation failed.
	- Directories color changed (yellow was no such good idea)

1.3	
	- User options are now preserved between two sessions : View (Artist/Genre)
	- The five last address are saved between two sessions
	- Columns sorting order is now ascendant or descendant (Wow!)
	- Shell command problems are now reported by message boxes.
	- Few status bar enhancements
	- Directories are now represented by a folder icon (What for ? ...to put some yellow!)
	- This release has been compiled with the last C++ Service Pack
	  from Microsoft - This may correct some rare and odd problems.
	
1.2	
	- Titles sorting by columns now available
	- Multiple selection works now with other players that WinAMP 
	  (but not Enqueue).
	- New Status bar

1.1.1	
	- A bug due to new winamp2's genre was corrected.

1.1	- New Address bar
	- New Toolbar with hot/cold buttons  

1.0	- First release


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4. Known issues

- !!! Important !!! On some platform, the address bar does not appear and 
  the wonderful animate icon is on the left side of the window. It's a known 
  problem reported by Microsoft due to an outdated version of the comctl32.dll.
  The version of this DLL should be 4.71 or upper.
  To get an updated version go to :
  http://support.microsoft.com/download/support/mslfiles/Com32upd.exe

- Because players remove the ID3 tag during the play, information concerning 
  the currently playing tune at scan time, is wrong.
  
- The command Enqueue works only with player that support the feature 
  at the shell level. With some player as Sonique for example the Play command
  do the same as Enqueue if you select the 'Append to playlist' option.

- (With 2.0.0 and older releases) 
  On some platform in very rare cases, the program is crashing (Visual C++ 
  runtime Error - abnormal program termination) at load time. Deleting all 
  MP3 Explorer entries in the registry works in most cases.
  Entries are located at : HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Bepo Softs
  Using regedit.exe, you can remove the entire 'Bepo Softs' directory, but 
  don't touch anything else in the registry !!

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5. Updates

All updated releases can be downloaded at :
http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/pierre_levy/


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6. FAQ

Q1. Problem playing MP3 files.

A1. The software don't play himself MP3, it must be associated with a player like
    WinAMP or Sonique.
    The MP3 files are sent to the player using Shell commands 'Play' or
    'Enqueue'  (some players don't support 'Enqueue' eg: Sonique). If you have a
    player, see if it is associated with MP3 files and look if command 'Play'
    exists (first command in the right-click menu of an MP3 file).


Q2. Problem with multiple selections play.

A2. Multiple selections are handle with a temporaly playlist file named '~playlst.m3u' 
    in the TEMP directory. Verify 'm3u' is correctly associated to your player in the Shell. 



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7. Create a link to MP3 Explorer homepage

That's a great idea I will really appreciate !

To link to MP3 Explorer homepage, insert the following code in your page :
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<A HREF="http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/pierre_levy/">
	<IMG SRC="http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/pierre_levy/explorer.gif"
		WIDTH="83" HEIGHT="31" BORDER=0	>
</A> 
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