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 MP3Sound Control Version 1.3.00 (VB6 SP3)
 32 bit ActiveX Control (OCX) for Visual Basic, VC++ and Delphi


 file date: 8.2.2000
 file size: 244 kb

 *** Changes from previous versions ***
 1.2.00
- new methods added: 	MP3SetAlbum
			MP3SetInterpret
			MP3SetTitle
			MP3SetYear
			MP3SetComment
 1.2.01
- minor bug fixes
- new methods added: 	MP3SetTrack
			MP3Track
			MP3SetGenre
			MP3Genre
			MP3GetTagID

 1.3.00
- new methods added: 	MP3GetVolumeLeft (VU-meter left channel)
			MP3GetVolumeRight (VU-meter right channel)

 1. Introduction

 MP3Sound Control OCX - a simple way to incorporate a MP3 player with extended functions
 to your application.

 All you need is the OCX - no Real Audio Player, no Windows Media Player, no external
 Dll's are required. All you have to distribute with your application for MP3
 functionality is - the OCX!
  
 Regarding functions, methods and properties - see help file and demo project source code
 - it's very simple. All methods, properties and events are shown in demo project.

 In addition to MP3 functions (Open, Play, Pause, Stop, Seek ...)you have the ability to
 set the volume of the wave mapper (both stereo channels separately), the volume of speakers
 (if soundcard supports this feature) with this control and the VU - meter for wave mapper
 is up to you (now separate for both stereo chanels and average).
 Beside the common informations about MP3 files (length, stereo mode, bitrate, frequency...
 the control can retrieve and edit "tagged" information from MP3 files (interpret, song, album ..).

 With MP3GetAllFiles function you can search all drives (or a given directory incl.
 subdirectories) for MP3 files. Maybe you'll find it useful for coding a MP3 player.


 2. Installation

 By running Setup.exe the OCX was installed to your Windows\System directory.
 A VB6 sample project is installed to C:\Programs\MP3Sound by default. Register.exe incl. help,
 the help file for MP3Sound Control and this ReadMe are copied to the same directory.
 
 How to play MP3 files with this control?
 Run the demo project - or - place the control into your project and:

 	1. Load a MP3 file by MP3Open ( full path to file required )
 	2. Call MP3Play
 	3. The first call of MP3Pause will pause playing, the next call of MP3Pause will resume playing ...
 	4. Call MP3Stop (this will stop playing the file, but not unload it from codec), or
    	   call MP3Close (this will stop playing the file and unload it from codec)

	Before opening a new song (playlists etc.) you should have to close the codec by calling
	MP3Close !

 3. Register
 
 For registering call REGISTER.EXE from controls About-dialog, follow the instructions on screen
 and send the filled form by E-mail to www.kagi.com. If something fails please contact the author
 by E-mail.
 Price: 25.00 US$


 4. Help

 A full commented help is available at http://www.the-clock.de


 5. Credits

 The C- part of the control is based on the free distributed Maplay 1.2+ source code by Jeff Tsay
 and was ported to Visual Basic by author. Thanks Jeff - keep on this good work!

 A VB5 version is also available - ask author by E-mail.
 Comments and suggestions are welcome.


 Enjoy !


 Copyright Frank Wallwitz 1999-2000
 E-mail: FrankWallwitz@cs.com
 Internet: http://www.the-clock.de

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