Audio/Data-CD-Creator V0.52     30.Jul.2002
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I consider this release as a beta. There may be
bugs so be warned. Don't blame the author.
All flames will be routed into dev/nul!

See the file COPYING for the licence.
See the file COPYING.mpg123 for the licence of mpg123

       USE AT YOUR OWN RISK!!!!

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!!! READ THIS !!! READ THIS !!! READ THIS !!! READ THIS !!!

1.     To use the grab status you have to go to the grabber
        settings page and check your settings. If you did an
        upgrade installation this is necessary so the settings are
        updated.

2.      If you use z! for MP3 decoding upgrade to the version
        23Feb2001 or above. Otherwise the MP3 format checking
        will fail.

3.      If you use mkisofs from a cdrecord release newer than
        V1.9a02 enter -graft-points into the mkisofs-options
        field of the main settings notebook. The cdrtools-xx
	distribution with cdrecord2.exe etc. is not supported.

4.      Only cdrecord releases downloadable from the homepage:

     http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/Sector/5785/index.html
       
        are known to work with this release. Other distributions may
        or may not work.

5.      Use the help and the tutorial!

6.      Use the help and the tutorial!

7.      Use the help and the tutorial! Hope you got it ;-).
	
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Starting with V0.33 Data- and Audio-CD-Creator 
share the same version number.


Overview
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This package contains new folder classes helping you
creating CDs with CDRecord/2 and mkisofs. Since these
classes are childs of the normal folder class all WPS
features are available including context menus, drag and drop
and so on.

Highlights:

-Fully integrated into the WPS
-Shields you from the cmd-line syntax of mkisofs and
 cdrecord/2.
-All settings are specified in the settings notebook
-Singlesession and multisession support.
-Support for audio CDs (TAO and DAO)
-Support for any textmode CD grabber like leech or cdda2wav
-Online help. Use right mouse button
-Support for shadows
-Support for MP3 writing
-Preliminary boot CD support
-Preliminary cover creation support. You need Photo>Graphics PRO
 to use this feature. Get it from http://hobbes.nmsu.edu (tspg202s.zip)
 and the key from http://www.truespectra.com

Installation
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!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Deinstall any version of Audio/Data-CD-Creator before
installing this package.

UPDATE INSTALLATION IS NOT SUPPORTED!

Begin the installation by starting install.exe.
Read the file Readme.1st!!

!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Remark:
If you're using Warp 3 the installation does not
work as intended. Warp 3 does not support JPGs
as folder backgrounds. So you wont have them after
the installation.

If you've got an earlier version installed:

Uninstall the version by calling uninstall.cmd. Do
not use uninstall.cmd from this release! Restart the WPS.
This is important to unlock aucdfldr.dll, progfldr.dll
and aucdfldr.hlp which will be replaced with new
versions. Delete the mentioned files.

Put all the files into a directory of your choice.

Make sure the EMX runtime libraries 0.9d fix 4 are
in your libpath.

The command emxrev should give you the following:

EMX : revision = 61
EMXIO : revision = 60
EMXLIBC : revision = 63
EMXLIBCM : revision = 64
EMXLIBCS : revision = 64
EMXWRAP : revision = 60

If the numbers on your system are smaller you don't have
installed the fix. Higher numbers are ok.

Run 'Install.exe'. That's all.

After installation you'll find a folder on your desktop
which includes a program object for CDRTools and
shadows of the Audio-CD-Creator and the
Data-CD-Creator template. These templates
are located in the templates folder of your system.
Enter the path to CDRecord/2, mkisofs and optional
cdrdao/2 and your grabber into the settings notebook.
You may use the 'scan' button to find your writer.
If this doesn't work enter your device id into the
entry field e.g. 0,3,0.
When opening the settings notebook the first time
the path to CDRecord/2 isn't provided. Scanning needs
CDRecord/2 so the button only works after entering
the path, closing the notebook and reopening it.
A tutorial is avaiable. If there're any questions
read it first! Use the help button avaiable in most
dialogs!

The new object 1:1 CD-Copy is a fast hack for direct
CD copies with cdrdao.
On-the-fly copying isn't supported. An intermediate
imagefile will be created in the root of the choosen
drive.

Deinstallation
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Use the installer to remove the package from your
system.

How to use
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First go to the settings notebook of the template and
fill in the path for every helper program. Select the device
number of your writer and the speed.
A more decent description may be found in the tutorial.

Data-CD-Creator:

Drop the template of Data-CD-Creator somewhere in
your filesystem to create a project. Beside any filesystem
object you can also put shadows into the project folder
to create a virtual tree of files. When building the image
the linked to files and folders are searched. Only one level
of linkage is supported. That means shadows in
shadow-folders or normal folders are ignored.
You may choose to create only the CD image or write 
directly on the CD. It's also possible to write an already
created image on a CD using the folder GUI.


Audio-CD-Creator:

For burning an Audio-CD you have to create an Audio-CD
folder. Just drag the template to the location where you
want to create the folder. Put wave files or shadows of
wave files into the folder and order them, then press
'Write'. A tracklist window pops up for confirmation then
CDRecord/2 is called with the right flags.
If you've configured a grabber Audio-CD-Creator can use
it to grab tracks directly into the folder. So it's also
useful as a grabber frontend.  

A special version of mpg123 ((c) M. Hipp) is included
with this release. It allows you to write MP3s like wave files.
Be sure to have enough space for the decoded MP3 in
your Audio folder. Only one file will be decoded at time.
At the moment only 44100 Hz stereo MP3s are supported.
See the file COPYING.mpg123 for copyright of mpg123.
If you only hear some noise on your CD check the
'Swap bytes" check button on the mpg123 page of the
settings notebook.
With V0.41 and above there's support for dink's z! mp3 player.
Thanks to dink for the special option! Use a version newer than
17. June 2000. Get it from http://dink.org.
With V0.46 and above z! is used for format query of MP3 when
installed. You have to upgrade to the version 23.Feb2001 or above.

There's now support for cover creation. If you select the
menu item a REXX script will be created (back.cwx) which
builds a P>G PRO project when launched. P>G Pro must
be properly installed (Get it from http://hobbes.nmsu.edu
(tspg202s.zip) and the key from http://www.truespectra.com).
You may modify the base script back.cwx in the 'bin'
directory which contains all the draw commands to fit your
needs.

You can put arbitrary objects into the Audio-CD folder, too.
All these objects and files are ignored when calling
CDRecord/2.
The functionality of CDRTools is included into Audio-CD-
Creator. There is a menu entry for calling the function.
The CDRecord/2 setup and the grabber setup are done in the
settings notebook. See the help for information.


To do
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- check audio-discs for preemphasis
- CDDB-support with proxies
- NLS
- ...


How to get the source
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Get the source from

http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/Sector/5785/index.html


Credits
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Thanks to

-Klaus Staedtler for the icons, the improvement of
 the tutorial and helpfile and fearless beta testing.
-Arjen Meijer for creating the background pictures
-M. Hipp for mpg123
-Samuel Audet for his nice OS/2 port of mpg123. I only changed
 a few lines to fix some problems with stdout, so all the credit belongs to him.
-Christian Hennecke for several bugfixes to the install script
-Alexander Wittig for some patches correcting problems with spaces and
 the author name, preparer etc.
-dink for adding some special options to z! (visit http://dink.org for more)
-Christoph Kloeters for improvements to the P>G Pro cover scripts
-Ron Gemeinhardt. I took the book icon from his Free-D Warp icons package (can be found on Hobbes).
-all the users who sent in bug reports and feature requests.


Licence
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This Program is released under the
Gnu Public Licence (GPL).
See the file COPYING for further
information.


Author
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Chris Wohlgemuth

chris [dot] wohlgemuth [at] cityweb [dot] de 

http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/Sector/5785/index.html
