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:title.Help for Media Folder distribution 

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:h1 res=100.Media player
:p.This object is a Media folder. Drag one or more audio files into it for
playing. To reorder, ensure that :hp1.Always maintain sort order:ehp1. option on
the :hp2.Sort:ehp2. submenu is deselected, as well as any other sort options
which might affect manual ordering, and drag and drop the tracks as desired.

:p.Use the buttons to control playback. The Repeat checkbox will cause the
currently selected track to continuously replay. The Random checkbox will select
tracks arbitrarily, unless the Repeat checkbox has been set.

:p.More information and updates&colon.

:p.https&colon.//trac.netlabs.org/cwmmclasses/wiki

:nt.
A suitable MP3 MMIOProc is required in order to play MP3 files, as is a suitable
MMIOProc for Ogg (Vorbis and FLAC) files. These are included in the MMAudio Pak
2, available from&colon.

:p.http&colon.//r6.ca/MMAudioPak/

:p.(Ogg formats are supported by default in ArcaOS 5.x and above.)
:ent.

:p.:hp2.Keyboard control:ehp2.

:p.Use the following keys to control the Media folder. The buttons in the upper
part of the folder must have focus when using these keys. Use
:hp2.&lt.Tab&gt.:ehp2. to switch the focus from the container to the buttons.

:ul compact.
:li.:hp2.B:ehp2.ack
:li.:hp2.S:ehp2.top
:li.:hp2.P:ehp2.ause
:li.P:hp2.l:ehp2.ay
:li.:hp2.N:ehp2.ext
:li.:hp2.R:ehp2.epeat
:li.R:hp2.a:ehp2.ndom
:eul.

:p.:hp2.Track position slider:ehp2.

:p.To the right of the player buttons is the Track position slider. Drag the
slider forward or back to reposition the playback point of the current file.

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:h1 res=200.CD player
:p.This object is a CD player with CDDB support. Track titles and other metadata
are queried from a configured FreeDB-compatible server if an internet connection
is available.

:p.More information and updates&colon.

:p.https&colon.//trac.netlabs.org/cwmmclasses/wiki

:nt.
Most CDDB servers follow the FreeDB practice of requiring a valid email address
for access. Use the FreeDB Client configuration object in the Multimedia folder
to set this.
:ent.

:p.:hp2.Keyboard control:ehp2.

:p.Use the following keys to control the CD Player. The buttons in the upper
part of the player must have focus when using these keys. Use
:hp2.&lt.Tab&gt.:ehp2. to switch the focus from the container to the buttons.

:ul compact.
:li.:hp2.B:ehp2.ack
:li.:hp2.S:ehp2.top
:li.:hp2.P:ehp2.ause
:li.P:hp2.l:ehp2.ay
:li.:hp2.N:ehp2.ext
:li.:hp2.R:ehp2.epeat
:eul.

:p.:hp2.Track position slider:ehp2.

:p.To the right of the player buttons is the Track position slider. Drag the
slider forward or back to reposition the playback point of the current track.

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:h1 res=300.Playlist editor
:p.Use the Playlist editor to modify M3U playlists. An M3U playlist is a text
file which contains paths (URLs) to the tracks it references.

:p.M3U (Moving Picture Experts Group Audio Layer 3 Uniform Resource Locator) is
a :hp1.de facto:ehp1. standard, generally recognized by most MP3 players.

:p.To add tracks, simply drag and drop them into the editor. To reorder, ensure
that :hp1.Always maintain sort order:ehp1. option on the :hp2.Sort:ehp2. submenu
is deselected, as well as any other sort options which might affect manual
ordering, and drag and drop the tracks as desired. Save the playlist by
selecting :hp2.File | Save:ehp2. from the menu.

:p.To create a new playlist, drag the M3U playlist template from the Multimedia
Templates folder to a suitable location on the desktop.

:p.More information and updates&colon.

:p.https&colon.//trac.netlabs.org/cwmmclasses/wiki

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