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Dialog cleanup Tickets 7 & 8

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5:title.Help
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7:h1 res=010.MP3 audio file
8:p.
9This file is an MP3 audio file. It may be played using MMOS/2
10after installing of MMIOMP3 a free multimedia IO procedure.
11MP3 files contain compressed audio data.
12The compression is not lossless.
13:p.
14Get the IO procedure from
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16
17https&colon.//hobbes.nmsu.edu/download/pub/os2/apps/mmedia/codec/MMeCS-MP3_1-2.zip
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19:h1 res=011.ID3 Tag
20:p.
21Use this page for the editing of ID3 tags.
22If the entry fields
23are empty this file does not have any tag yet.
24The new information is only saved after pressing the :hp2.Save:ehp2.
25button.
26
27:p.
28The following information may be specified:
29:ul.
30:li.:hp2.Name:ehp2.
31.br
32The name of the track. The length is restricted to 30 characters.
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34:li.:hp2.Artist:ehp2.
35.br
36The name of the Artist. The length is restricted to 30 characters.
37
38:li.:hp2.Album:ehp2.
39.br
40The album containing this track. The length is restricted to 30 characters.
41
42:li.:hp2.Comment:ehp2.
43.br
44An arbitrary comment. The length is restricted to 30 characters.
45
46:li.:hp2.Year:ehp2.
47.br
48The year the album was published.
49
50:li.:hp2.Genre:ehp2.
51.br
52The Genre of this track.
53
54:eul.
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56:h1 res=013.ID3 Tag
57:p.
58This page displays the ID3 tags of the MP3 file. ID3 is a standard to add information
59to an MP3 file like the title of the track or the tracks artist.
60:p.
61If the entry fields are empty this file does not have any tag yet.
62
63:p.
64:ul.
65:li.:hp2.Name:ehp2.
66.br
67The name of the track. The length is restricted to 30 characters.
68
69:li.:hp2.Artist:ehp2.
70.br
71The name of the Artist. The length is restricted to 30 characters.
72
73:li.:hp2.Album:ehp2.
74.br
75The album containing this track. The length is restricted to 30 characters.
76
77:li.:hp2.Comment:ehp2.
78.br
79An arbitrary comment. The length is restricted to 30 characters.
80
81:li.:hp2.Year:ehp2.
82.br
83The year the album was published.
84
85:li.:hp2.Genre:ehp2.
86.br
87The Genre of this track.
88
89:eul.
90
91:h1 res=012.Track meta data
92:p.
93Use this page for the editing of track information. The contents of the fields will be saved
94in the extended attributes of the file.
95The new information will be only saved after pressing the :hp2.Save:ehp2.
96button.
97:nt.
98Extended attributes are only supported with OS/2 and they're not stored on CD. So
99if you copy the files to CD or another operating system they will be lost.
100:ent.
101:p.
102The following information may be specified. The length of each field is restricted to 256 characters.
103:ul.
104:li.:hp2.Name&colon.:ehp2.
105:p.The name of the track.
106
107:li.:hp2.Artist&colon.:ehp2.
108:p.The name of the Artist.
109
110:li.:hp2.Album&colon.:ehp2.
111:p.The album containing this track.
112
113:li.:hp2.Comment&colon.:ehp2.
114:p.An arbitrary comment.
115
116:li.:hp2.Year&colon.:ehp2.
117:p.The year the album was published.
118
119:li.:hp2.Genre&colon.:ehp2.
120:p.The Genre of this track.
121
122:eul.
123
124:h1 res=020.Help for Ogg audio file
125:p.
126This file is an Ogg audio file. It may be played using MMOS/2
127after installing of MMIOVORB a free multimedia IO procedure.
128Ogg files contain comressed audio data similar to MP3 files.
129The compression is not lossless.
130:p.
131Get the IO procedure from
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133:link reftype=launch
134object='netscape.exe'
135data='http://www.math.berkeley.edu/~roconnor/'.
136http&colon.//www.math.berkeley.edu/~roconnor/:elink.
137
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139:h1 res=030.Help for CD track
140:p.
141This object is a CD audio track. Track names and other info is
142queried from a FreeDB server if an internet connection is available.
143You have to specify your email address to use FreeDB. Use the configuration
144object to do so.
145:p.
146The user information is stored in the cddb.ini file in the installation directory.
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149:h1 res=040.Help for M3U playlist
150:p.
151This object is a M3U playlist. An M3U playlist is a text file which contains
152paths to the tracks to be played. These playlists are used e.g. by portable
153MP3 players. An editor is available to modify M3U files using the mouse (drag and drop).
154
155:h1 res=050.Help for Audio stream
156:p.
157This object plays a stream from a streaming server on the internet.
158The URL for the server can be specified using the properties notebook.
159
160:nt.
161Only Icecast server are supported. Servers using the shoutcast protocol won't work.
162:ent.
163
164:euserdoc.
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