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1 Audacios (c) GPL 2005
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3 Audacios Development Team (see AUTHORS)
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6 Based on:
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7 BMP - Beep Media Player.
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10 XMMS - X Multimedia System (c)1997-2001
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12 A Cross platform Multimedia Player
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14 Peter Alm, Thomas Nilsson, Olle Hallnas, Håvard Kvålen
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17 NOTE: This document is hardly maintained. Please check the Users' Guide on
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18 the BMP website.
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21 TABLE OF CONTENTS
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22 *****************
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24 1. Disclaimer
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25 2. Installation
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26 2.1 Basic Installation
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27 2.2 Border less Installation
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28 2.3 Skin Installation
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29 3. Documentation
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30 3.1 Controlling BMP
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31 3.1.1 Key bindings
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32 3.2 Playlist Editor
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33 3.3 Equalizer
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34 3.4 Menu
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35 3.5 Preferences
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36 3.5.1 Audio I/O Plugins
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37 3.5.2 Effect/General Plugins
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38 3.5.3 Visualization Plugins
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39 3.5.4 Options
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40 3.5.5 Fonts
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41 3.5.6 Title
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42 3.6 Plugins
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43 3.6.1 Input plugins
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44 3.6.1.1 Cd Audio Player
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45 3.6.1.2 MPEG Layer 1/2/3 player
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46 3.6.1.3 Ogg Vorbis player
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47 3.6.1.4 WAV player
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48 3.6.2 Output plugins
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49 3.6.2.1 OSS Driver
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50 3.6.2.2 eSound Output
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51 3.6.2.3 BSD Sun Output
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52 3.6.3 Effect plugins
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53 3.6.4 General plugins
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54 3.6.5 Visualization plugins
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55 3.6.5.1 Blur scope
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56 4. Command Line Options
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57 5. Features
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58 5.1 Supported File formats
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59 5.2 Supported Features
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60 6. Obtaining BMP
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61 7. Misc
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62 7.1 Shoutcast support
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63 7.2 Tips and tricks
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64 8. Bugs
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65 9. Contact Email
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70 1. Disclaimer
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71 -------------
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73 We are not liable for any damage caused by the use of this program.
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75 BMP is NOT a port of WinAmp (http://www.winamp.com). BMP is a fork of
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76 XMMS (http://xmms.org) which borrowed the WinAmp GUI.
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79 2. Installation
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81
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82 BMP requires the following libraries and their development
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83 packages installed:
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85 Glib 2.4
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86 (http://www.gtk.org/download/)
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87
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88 GTK+ 2.4
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89 (http://www.gtk.org/download/)
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91 libglade >= 2.3.1
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92 (http://ftp.gnome.org/pub/GNOME/sources/libglade/2.3/)
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94 The following packages are required for optional features:
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96 Vorbis input plugin:
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97 libvorbis >= 1.0
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98 (http://www.xiph.org/ogg/vorbis/download.html)
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100 ESD output plugin:
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101 esound >= 0.2.3
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102 (http://ftp.gnome.org/pub/GNOME/desktop/2.6/2.6.0/sources/)
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103
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104 ALSA output plugin:
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105 alsa-lib >= 1.0
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106 (http://www.alsa-project.org)
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108 GNOME VFS support:
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109 gnome-vfs >= 2.6.0
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110 (http://ftp.gnome.org/pub/GNOME/desktop/2.6/2.6.0/sources/)
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112 GConf support:
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113 GConf >= 2.6.0
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114 (http://ftp.gnome.org/pub/GNOME/desktop/2.6/2.6.0/sources/)
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115
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116 If you compile BMP from a fresh CVS checkout, you will also need
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117 the following tools:
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119 automake >= 1.7
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120 autoconf >= 2.5
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122 Note that these tools and libraries are bundled with major Linux
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123 distributions. Use the packages provided with them where possible. If
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124 those packages are not sufficiently new, you may need to search
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125 third-party repositories for them.
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128 2.1 Basic Installation
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131 cd bmp-0.9.7
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132 ./configure
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133 make
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134 make install
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136 This will put the binary in /usr/local/bin and plugins in
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137 /usr/local/lib/bmp/
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139 Note for packagers: The gnome-vfs option is VERY EXPERIMENTAL. We suggest you
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140 do not use it in your official distribution packages.
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143 2.2 Borderless Installation
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146 As far as I know most WM's accepts GTK decoration hints so it will
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147 not have borders. But some WM's can't handle this so you have to
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148 set in manually.
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150 AfterStep 1.0 ~/.steprc
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151 Style "XMMS_Player" NoTitle, NoHandles
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152 Style "XMMS_Playlist" NoTitle, NoHandles
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153 Style "XMMS_Equalizer" NoTitle, NoHandles
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155 AfterStep 1.4 ~/GNUstep/Library/AfterStep/database
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156 Style "XMMS_Player" NoTitle, NoHandles
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157 Style "XMMS_Playlist" NoTitle, NoHandles
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158 Style "XMMS_Equalizer" NoTitle, NoHandles
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160 Fvwm's ~/.fvwm95rc
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161 Style "XMMS_Player" NoTitle
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162 Style "XMMS_Playlist" NoTitle
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163 Style "XMMS_Equalizer" NoTitle
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165 CTWM's ~/.ctwmrc
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166 NoTitle and NoBorder sections:
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167 NoTitle {
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168 "xmms"
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169 }
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171 NoBorder {
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172 "xmms"
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173 }
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175 2.3 Skin Installation
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177
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178 BMP will create a directory called ~/.bmp/Skins/. You can unarchive
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179 the skins the same way as you do for WinAmp.
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180
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181 However, you don't need to as BMP supports archived skins. BMP
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182 currently reads the following formats: zip, wsz, tar, tar.gz and
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183 tar.bz2
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185 Just copy the archive to one of the skin path's and BMP will take care
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186 of the rest.
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188 In order to support zipped skins you will need to have unzip. Unzip
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189 is bundled with most Linux distributions.
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190
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191 BMP looks for skins in these directories (in listing order):
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192
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193 <prefix>/share/bmp/Skins
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194 ~/.bmp/Skins
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196 You can set the environment variable SKINSDIR to another location of
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197 your choice:
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199 For BASH:
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200 export SKINSDIR=/path/to/Skins:/more/paths/to/other/locations/of/Skins
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202 For CSH:
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203 setenv SKINSDIR /path/to/Skins:/more/paths/to/other/locations/of/Skins
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206 3. Documentation
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208
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209 This file or http://beepmp.sf.net
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210
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211
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212 3.1 Controlling BMP
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214
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215 When you start up BMP, you will get a console very similar to that of
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216 WinAmp.
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217
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218 - On the top is the window title bar. To the right you will see 3 buttons,
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219 Left button will minimize BMP.
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220 Middle button will make BMP only display the title bar.
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221 Right button will end the BMP session.
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222
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223 - The area in the upper left part displays the following:
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224 - Play state: Paused, Stopped, or Playing
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225 - Time elapsed in the current song or if you click on it, the reversed.
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226 - Spectrum analyzer of the sound being played. Right mouse click will
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227 bring up the Visualization menu. Left mouse button will change the
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228 analyzer to an oscilloscope and/or none.
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229
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230 - To the right of the Spectrum analyzer is the title of the file being played.
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231 This also contains the length of the song being played, as well as its
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232 position in the [unsorted] playlist. Right clicking in this window will bring
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233 up a new menu with some more options that are self explaining.
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234
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235 - In the left part of the Spectrum analyzer you'll have letters (at least if
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236 you use the default skin) O A I D V. This is known as the
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237 "clutterbar'. Left-clicking on these will open up menus or perform the
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238 listed actions.
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239 O : Options menu
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240 A : Always on top
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241 I : File info box
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242 D : Double size mode
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243 V : Visualization menu
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244
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245 - Underneath the track title are the following static informational data:
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246 - bit rate in KBps (usually 128 or 112)
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247 - Sample Rate in KHz (usually 44)
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248 - Stereo or Mono channel mixing
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249
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250 - Underneath the informational data are a few controls you can play with:
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251 - The first slider controls the volume
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252 - The second slider controls the balance between speakers
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253 - The button marked "EQ" loads up the graphic equalizer
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254 - The button marked "PL" loads up the playlist editor
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255 - The LARGE slide bar moves from left to right as the song plays. You can
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256 drag this to jump to another location in the current file.
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257
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258 - On the bottom of the console are the standard buttons you would see on a CD
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259 player: Previous track, Play, Pause, Stop, Next track, eject, shuffle
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260 and repeat.
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261
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262 - The eject button doesn't REALLY eject, of course. :) It opens up the
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263 file requester. The File Requester builds a playlist for the current
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264 BMP session. You can use it to load files, add files to the list, or
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265 load all mp3s in a directory.
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266
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267 - The shuffle button randomizes the sequence of the playlist.
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268
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269 - The repeat button when enabled makes the playlist loop when it reaches the
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270 end of the playlist.
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271
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273 3.1.1 Key bindings
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275
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276 Global: (Main, Equalizer and Playlist window)
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277
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278 z = Previous song
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279 x = Play
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280 c = Pause
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281 v = Stop
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282 b = Next song
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283 l = Play file (brings up the Load file(s) dialog)
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284 j = Jump to file (in the existing playlist)
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285 r = Toggle Repeat
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286 s = Toggle Shuffle
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287
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288 Control + h = Play location (url)
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289 Control + p = Preferences dialog
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290 Control + r = Time remaining
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291 Control + o = Always on top
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292 Control + w = Winshade mode
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293 Control + j = Jump to time
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294 Control + z = Start of list
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295 Control + n = No Playlist Advance
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296 Control + 3 = File info dialog
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297
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298 Control + Alt + w = Toggle Equalizer winshade mode
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299 Shift + Control + w = Toggle Playlist winshade mode
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300
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301 Alt + e = Toggle playlist window
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302 Alt + g = Toggle equalizer window
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303
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304 Main window:
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305
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306 Arrow key up = Volume up 2%
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307 Arrow key down = Volume down 2%
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308 Arrow key right = Skip 5 seconds forward in song
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309 Arrow key left = Skip 5 seconds back in song
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310
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311 Playlist window:
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312
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313 Arrow key up = up one step in playlist
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314 Arrow key down = Down one step in playlist
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315
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316 Delete = Remove selected songs from playlist
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317 Page Up = Move one page up
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318 Page Down = Move one page down
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319 Home = Go to the first song
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320 End = Go to the last song
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321 Enter = Play selected song
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322 Insert = Add file dialog
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323 Shift + Insert = Add directory dialog
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324 Alt + Insert = Add url dialog
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325
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326 Equalizer shade mode:
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327
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328 Arrow key up = Volume up 2%
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329 Arrow key down = Volume down 2%
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330 Arrow key right = Balance 4% to right
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331 Arrow key left = Balance 4% to left
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332
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334 3.2 Playlist editor
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336
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337 To access the Playlist editor, select the button labeled "PL" on the right
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338 side of the BMP console.
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339
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340 This will bring up the actual playlist window, here you'll find 5 buttons.
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341 All of these buttons can be held down to bring up an extra menu.
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342 From left to right:
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343
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344 file + : will add a file to current playlist, held down mode you'll have
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345 2 extra options
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346 dir : will let you pick a directory (recursive)
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347 url : will let you add an url for streaming
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348
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349 file - : will delete the highlighted file, held down mode you'll have 3
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350 more options
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351 crop : delete all files except the highlighted in the list
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352 all : delete all files in the list
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353 misc : *** NOT FUNCTIONAL ***
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354
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355 sel all : select all files in current playlist, held down mode you'll have
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356 2 extra options
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357 sel zero : select none
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358 inv sel : invert you selection
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359
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360 misc opts : held down you'll have 2 extra options
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361 fileinfo : opens the file info dialog.
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362 sort : release button on this will bring up another menu with sort options
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363
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364 load list : will let you pick a playlist to load, held down you'll have
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365 2 extra options
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366 save : will let you save your playlist
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367 new : will empty the playlist and let you create a new playlist
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368
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369 If you want to select/deselect files in the filrequester/playlist editor use
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370 CTRL for files and SHIFT key for blocks of files. You can also browse the PL
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371 using the cursor keys and enter to select song. Pressing the delete button will
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372 remove the song from the playlist. If your mouse is equipped with a mouse
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373 wheel, you can use this to scroll up and down.
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374
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375 3.3. Equalizer
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378 To access the Equalizer, select the button labeled "EQ" on the right
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379 side of the BMP console.
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380
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381 That will bring up the Equalizer window. It looks like an equalizer on a stereo
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382 and behaves like one as well. Press the button labeled ON to enable the use of
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383 the equalizer, once you turned it on you use it as a normal equalizer.
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384
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385 EQ presets will be saved in ~/.bmp/config when you close BMP. You can also
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386 have your own presets for different song using the "Preset" button, BMP can
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387 also import/export from WinAmp's preset files.
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388
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389 If 'Auto' is enabled, BMP will try to load equalizer presets like this:
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390
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391 1: Look for a preset file in the directory of the file we are about to play.
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392 2: Look for a directory preset file in the same directory.
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393 3: Look for a preset saved with the "auto-load" feature.
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394 4: Finally, try to load the "default" preset.
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395
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396 The 'preset' button will open up a menu with the following options:
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397
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398 Load
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399 Preset : Will open a window with all available presets.
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400 Auto-load preset : Will open a window with all available auto-load
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401 presets.
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402 Default : Will load the default preset.
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403 Zero : Will reset the equalizer to zero.
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404 From file : Will load from a .preset file
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405 From WinAMP EQF file : Will load from a WinAMP equalizer file. If you
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406 choose a library file only the first entry will
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407 be loaded.
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408 Import
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409 WinAMP presets : Imports the presets contained in an WinAMP equalizer
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410 library file (often named WINAMP.q1) and add all
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411 the entries to the Preset window.
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412 Save
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413 Preset : Let you name the current preset and save it.
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414 Auto-load preset : Saves the current settings as a preset for the song
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415 currently playing.
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416 Default : Saves the default value for the equalizer.
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417 From file : Saves the current settings in a preset file.
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418 From WinAMP EQF file : Exports the current settings to a file readable by
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419 WinAMP.
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420 Delete
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421 Preset : Let you delete a preset from the list.
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422 Auto-load preset : Let you delete a auto-load preset from the list.
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423
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424 Configure Equalizer : Change the default names of directory based
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425 preset files.
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426
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427 3.4. Menu
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428 ---------
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429
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430 There are several menu hot spots on the BMP window. One place is at the left
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431 hand side of the visual window described in sections 3.1 If you click the right
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432 mouse button in the main window, the menus will also pop up (same as clicking
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433 the button on the top left corner).
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434
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435 3.5. Preferences
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436 ----------------
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437
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438 Use the menu to open Options / Preferences or press CTRL-P to bring the
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439 preferences dialog up.
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440
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441 3.5.1. Appearance
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442 -----------------
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443
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444 Skins
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445 In the skinlist you can choose a skin. How to install skins is described above.
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446 Click on a skin in the list to change to it.
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447
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448 Fonts
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449 You can set the font in the main window by setting the 'Player' font. You can
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450 change the playlist font by setting the 'Playlist' font.
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451
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452 Miscellaneous
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453 Show track numbers in playlist - Enable/disable displaying of track numbers in
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454 the playlist.
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455 Use custom cursors - Enable/disable custom cursors set by the skin.
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456
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457
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458 3.5.2. Mouse
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459 ------------
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460
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461 Mouse wheel
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462 Change how BMP handles scroll behaviours.
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463
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464 3.5.3. Playlist
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465 ---------------
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466
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467 Filename
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468 Convert underscores to blanks - Converts '_' (underscores) to ' ' in the
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469 playlist.
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470 Convert %20 to blanks - Converts '%20' to ' ' in the
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471 playlist.
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472
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473 Metadata
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474 Load metadata from playlists and files - Loads metadata from files and
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475 playlists (e.g. ID3 tags).
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476
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477 Playback
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478 Don't advance in playlist - Don't advance to the next song in the playlist when
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479 the current song ends.
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480 Pause between songs - Set the time (in secons) to pause on songchange
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481
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482 Song display
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483 Title format - Choose the format to display the song names in the playlist.
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484 Custom string - When the above option is set to 'Custom' insert a string of
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485 substitutes here.
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486
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487 3.5.6. Plugins
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488 --------------
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489
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490 Enable/disable and configure plugins in this section.
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491
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492 Choose a tab to list one of the types of plugins:
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493 - Media (filetype/device support)
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494 - General (general plugins)
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495 - Visualization (visualization plugins)
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496 - Effects (effect plugins)
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497 - Output (output plugins)
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498
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499 3.6 Plugins
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500 -----------
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501 Plugins is what makes BMP work, by moving most of the code out of BMP and
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502 into a plugin architecture it's possible to change almost everything in BMP.
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503 There are today 5 different types of plugins. Only a few plugins are
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504 distributed with BMP, you can find information on more of them at:
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505
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506 http://beepmp.sf.net
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507
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508
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509 3.6.1 Input plugins
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510 -------------------
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511 The input plugins is what you use to play mp3, mod, wav and even movies with.
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512
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513
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514 3.6.1.1 Cd Audio Player
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515 -----------------------
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516 Plays audio cd's on Linux, FreeBSD and Solaris. This plugin does not pass
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517 the sound through BMP, so no visualization can be made nor will the
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518 equalizer settings have any effect.
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519
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520 Before I explain the usage we better have a look on the configuration
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521 first.
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522
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523 In the device tab you should set Device to your cdrom unit. /dev/cdrom
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524 is generally a good choice on Linux systems. Set 'Directory' to where a
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525 directory which will be used by BMP to present the available cd tracks in.
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526 Using the normal mount point for the cdrom is recommended unless the
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527 cdrom is automounted if it contains a data track.
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528
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529 Example:
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530 --------
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531 Device: /dev/cdrom (which on my system is symlinked to /dev/hdc)
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532 Directory: /mnt/cdrom
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533
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534 The next setting is used to decide what volume is to be changed, it's either
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535 the OSS Mixer for CD Audio or the actual volume on the CDROM.
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536
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537 In the CD Info tab you can choose if the plugin should try and get the
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538 track names from a Internet database server.
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539
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540 You can either use the CDDB protocol or CD Index. CDDB defaults to a free
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541 version of CDDB, but it will work with the infamous cddb servers as well.
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542
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543 Show network window will display some useful information if something goes
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544 wrong, but you'll have to close and re-open it to update the content of it.
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545
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546 If a CDDB server is too slow for your taste, you can press 'Get server list'
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547 to receive a list of alternate servers.
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548
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549 CD Index is another type of database, but works in a similar manner. If
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550 you don't have libxml installed when you compiled the plugin, this will be
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551 grayed out.
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552
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553 In the "Track names" box you can decide on how the plugin presents the
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554 tracks to you. This is normally handled by the 'Title' (section 3.5.6) setting
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555 in the main preferences, but you can choose to override them here.
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556
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557 Available variables are:
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558
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559 %p = Performer/Artist %t = Track name
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560 %a = Album %n = Track number
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561
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562 So "%n. %t / %p (%a)" would display something like:
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563
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564 1. New Life / Depeche Mode (Speak & Spell)
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565
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566 Now to add your CDROM tracks to the playlist. Insert an audio cd into the
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567 CDROM drive and press the Eject button. Go to the directory which you defined
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568 earlier ( /mnt/cdrom ) and you should see a list of tracks. They will be named
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569 Track XX.cda, select the tracks you want to play and press OK. If you had
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570 choosed an Internet database and the CD exists in it, BMP will now display
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571 the tracks you have chosen with their names according to the 'Name format'
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572 configuration.
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573
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574 Now, that wasn't hard now was it?
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575
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576 If you want BMP to identify as something else when speaking with servers, you
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577 can set the environmental variable "XMMS_CDDB_CLIENT_NAME", and BMP will use
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578 that instead.
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579
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580
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581 3.6.1.2 MPEG Layer 1/2/3 player
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582 -------------------------------
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583 The main reason why this player exists today is mp3 files, so what could be
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584 better than a plugin that plays them?.
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585
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586 It's based off the mpg123 engine and handles MPEG Layer 1/2/3 files and
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587 VBR (variable bit rate) MP3 files.
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588
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589 The first configuration tab is just like the MikMod one, and again, if you
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590 have an older soundcard and the music is going half speed, change the
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591 'Resolution' setting.
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592
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593 If you have mp3 files named something else than .mp3, you might want to enable
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594 'Detect files by content' so BMP will know that they are supported. Although
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595 I'd recommend that you rename the files (or just beat the person who burned his
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596 high-school bands music with in proper file extensions into giving you a new
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597 cd) since this is rather slow.
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598
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599 In the streaming tab you can choose a 'Buffer size' in kilobytes which BMP
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600 will keep while streaming. This ranges from 4 -> 4096kb (which should be
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601 sufficient for most people. The 'Pre-buffer' value is how much of the buffer
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602 BMP should fill before starting to play the stream. (0%-90%)
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603
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604 I'll let Chad Armstrong describe the two following options.
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605
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606 "As streaming becomes more popular, there is rising demand for better
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607 information about the current track being played. This 'Now Playing'
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608 information (also known as 'Title Streaming') allows for more information to be
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609 passed back to the listener. In the past, there was a method started by the
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610 Shoutcast group, which embedded this information in the stream itself. The mp3
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611 standard was never designed to allow for text information to be interleaved
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612 with audio data, and it is this design which can cause errors in playback. The
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613 Icecast Team has taken this data completely out of the mp3 data, and has
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614 provided it in a side channel (via UDP)."
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615
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616 - Chad Armstrong (icemonk)
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617
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618 You're better off having both these options enabled. :)
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619
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620 In the 'Title' tab you can change the way BMP presents the mp3 files to the
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621 playlist.
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622
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623 ID3 is data stored in the mp3 file and can include Artist, Album etc. If you
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624 uncheck 'Use ID3 tags' BMP will display the filename instead of the ID3
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625 information.
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626
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627 ID3V2 allows for a lot of extra data to be stored in the mp3 file, and don't
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628 suffer from the limitations of ID3V1, BMP supports the same data that are
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629 available in ID3V1 but not the extra data. If a mp3 file contains both ID3V1
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630 and ID3V2 tags, you might see something different that the 'file info' editor
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631 displays. If this happens, you might want to turn on 'Disable ID3V2 tags'.
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632
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633 'Override generic titles' is used if you do not want to use the generic titles
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634 defined in the preferences. See section 3.5.6.
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635
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636 The 'ID3 format:' box allows you to alter in which order the information about
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637 the current song is displayed.
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638
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639 Example: %p - %t (%a) [%y]
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640 will display something like "Laibach - Alle Gegen Alle (Nato) [1994]"
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641
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642 available fields are:
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643
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644 %p - Artist (ex: Laibach)
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645 %a - Album (ex: Nato)
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646 %f - File name (ex: laibach-allegegenalle)
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647 %F - File path (ex: /home/thomas/mp3)
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648 %e - File extension (ex: mp3)
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649
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650 %t - Track name (ex: Alle Gegen Alle)
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651 %n - Track number (ex: 6)
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652 %y - Year (ex: 1994)
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653 %g - Genre (ex: Electronic)
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654 %c - Comment (ex: Cover of D.A.F)
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655
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656
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657 3.6.1.3 Ogg Vorbis Player
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658 -------------------------
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659
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660 Plays OGG Vorbis encoded files, see http://www.xiph.org/ogg/vorbis/index.html
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661 for more information.
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662
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663
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664 3.6.1.4 WAV player
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665 -------------------
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666 This plugin plays as suggested, wave files. It supports 16bit and 8bit PCM wave
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667 files.
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668
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669
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670 3.6.2 Output plugins
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671 --------------------
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672 This type of plugins is what is used to send the audio data to your soundcard
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673 or alternative devices.
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674
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675
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676 3.6.2.1 OSS Driver
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677 ------------------
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678 This plugin is probably what most of you will use if your system is equipped
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679 with the OpenSoundSystem (www.opensound.com) drivers or compatible.
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680 Compatible drivers are ALSA with their OSS emulation, and Linux kernel sound
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681 drivers.
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682
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683 In the 'Devices' tab you can change the soundcard which BMP is going to use.
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684 If your driver have more than one dsp, you can change the one BMP uses by
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685 enabling 'Use alternate device' and changing the '/dev/dsp' to suit your needs.
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686
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687 If you have changed your Audio Device to another soundcard (if you for some
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688 reason have two cards) don't forget to change the 'Mixer device' setting to the
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689 soundcard you want to use.
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690
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691 In the 'Buffering' tab you can change how much data the OSS plugin will buffer.
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692 The 'Buffer size' ranges from 200 - 10000ms. If you want the plugin to wait for
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693 the buffer to be filled before it starts playing the music change the 'Pre-
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694 buffer' value, this ranges from 0% - 90% of the 'Buffer size' value.
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695
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696 In the 'Mixer' tab you can change which volume setting BMP should change when
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697 you alter the volume from BMP. Enable 'Volume controls Master not PCM' if you
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698 want BMP to change the volume of all sounds instead of only PCM/wave sound.
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699
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700
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701 3.6.2.2 eSound Output
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702 ---------------------
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703 The 'ESD' plugin will use the 'Enlightened Sound Daemon' to playback the audio.
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704 It's useful if you want to be able to have sound effects in your programs and
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705 still be able to listen to music with BMP.
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706
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707 In the 'Server' tab of the configuration, you can tell the plugin where to send
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708 the audio data. Enable 'Use remote host' and enter the name/ip of the server
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709 and port to send to. This is probably only useful in a LAN environment, since
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710 the audio data is sent uncompressed to the remote ESD.
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711
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712 The 'Buffering' tab works just like the 'OSS Driver' one.
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713
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714
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715 3.6.2.3 BSD Sun Output
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716 ----------------------
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717 The 'Sun' output plugin will use the native audio(4) interface provided
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718 by OpenBSD and NetBSD for playback and mixing.
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719
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720 The $AUDIODEVICE and $MIXERDEVICE environment variables will override the
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721 current configuration settings. Defaults are /dev/audio and /dev/mixer.
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722
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723 In the 'Devices' tab you can change the audio, audioctl and mixer devices
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724 BMP is going to use. The audioctl device is used for ioctl(2) calls
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725 independent of audio data I/O.
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726
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727 In the 'Buffering' tab you can change how much data the Sun plugin will
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728 buffer. The 'Buffer size' ranges from 200 - 10000ms. If you want the plugin
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729 to wait for the buffer to be filled before it starts playing the music,
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730 change the 'Pre-buffer' value, this ranges from 0% - 90% of the 'Buffer size'
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731 value.
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732
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733 In the 'Mixer' tab you can select the volume device to be affected when you
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734 alter the volume from BMP. `BMP uses mixer exclusively' causes BMP to
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735 keep the mixer device open instead of re-opening it for each operation.
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736
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737 There may also be some more options depending on what your audio mixer
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738 device supports (eg. loudness, spatial, surround, preamp).
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739
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740 In the 'Status' tab you can see audio device information and real-time
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741 playback status.
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742
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743
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744 3.6.3 Effect plugins
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745 --------------------
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746 Effect plugins can alter the sound of the music you are listening to.
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747
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748
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749 3.6.4 General plugins
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750 ---------------------
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751 Mostly used for controlling BMP and passing data to other programs.
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752
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753
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754 3.6.5 Visualization plugins
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756 Eye candy plugins.
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757
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758
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759 3.6.5.1 Blur scope
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760 -------------------
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761 A simple blurring oscilloscope, in the configuration you can change the color
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762 with the standard GTK color dialog.
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763
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764
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765 4. Command Line Options
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766 -----------------------
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767
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768 beep-media-player --help will produce:
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769
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770 Usage: beep-media-player [options] [files] ...
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771
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772 Options:
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773 --------
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774
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775 -h, --help Display this text and exit.
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776 -n, --session Select BMP/XMMS session (Default: 0)
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777 -r, --rew Skip backwards in playlist
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778 -p, --play Start playing current playlist
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779 -u, --pause Pause current song
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780 -s, --stop Stop current song
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781 -t, --play-pause Pause if playing, play otherwise
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782 -f, --fwd Skip forward in playlist
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783 -e, --enqueue Don't clear the playlist
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784 -m, --show-main-window Show the main window
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785 -v, --version Print version number and exit.
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786
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787 You can specify files on the command line, e.g:
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788
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789 beep-media-player file1.mp3 file2.mp3 file3.mp3
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790 beep-media-player *.mp3
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791 beep-media-player playlist.m3u (note: playlists must be named .m3u)
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792
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793 If you do this while BMP is running the current playlist
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794 will be cleared and the files/playlist specified on the command
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795 line will be used instead.
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796
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797 To keep the current playlist intact use the -e option.
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798
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799
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800 5. Features
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801 -----------
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802
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803 5.1 Supported File formats
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804 -------------------------
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805
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806 OGG Vorbis
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807 MP2 and MP3 streams
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808 WAV/AU samples
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809
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810 Others:
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811
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812 CD audio
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813 Shout/Icecast
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814
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815
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816 5.2 Supported Features
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817 ----------------------
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818
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819 Seeking in files
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820 Volume/Balance
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821 Shuffle play
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822 Repeat play
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823 Playlist editor
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824 Spectrum Analyzer
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825 One Line mode al'a WinShade in WinAmp
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826 Oscilloscope
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827 Timer Elapsed/Timer Remaining
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828 Plug-in system Output/Input/Effect/General/Visualization
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829 Equalizer
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830 Double Size option
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831 WinAmp 2.0 skin support (can use wsz files)
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832 GTK Requesters (with theme support)
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833 Streaming/Shoutcast(1.0/1.1)/Icecast support
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834 Auto remove borders if the WM has support for it
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835 Fast jump in playlist
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836 Scroll wheel support
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837 Saves HTTP streams to HD
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838 HTTP authentication
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839 Plays MPEG layer 1/2/3, WAV, Ogg Vorbis
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840 Compiles and works on other Unixes
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841 Proxy authentication support
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842
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843
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844 6. Obtaining BMP
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845 -------------------
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846
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847 Currently, we only provide source tarballs at:
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848
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849 http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=95272
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850
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851 The CVS snapshots listed are not regularly updated. We encourage you
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852 to download BMP straight from CVS:
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853
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854 cvs -z3 -d:pserver:anonymous@cvs.sf.net:/cvsroot/beepmp login
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855 cvs -z3 -d:pserver:anonymous@cvs.sf.net:/cvsroot/beepmp co bmp
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856
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857
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858
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859 FIXME: add links to user made packages
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860
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861
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862 6.1 Obtaining Skins
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863 -------------------
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864
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865 You can find BMP/XMMS skins made by BMP/XMMS users at:
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866
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867 http://www.xmms.org/skins.html
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868 http://themes.org/skins/xmms
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869
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870
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871 7. Misc
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873
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874 7.1. Tips and Tricks
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875 -------------------
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876
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877 If you have a windows partition with WinAmp installed, a good idea would be to
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878 set the SKINSDIR variable to that dir.
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879
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880 BMP features some command line options like next/previous songs, those
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881 things can be binded to a key. I use AfterStep and the useless window keys
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882 for this. Here is an example from my .steprc:
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883
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884 Key Meta_R A N Exec "bmp" beep-media-player -r
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885 Key Menu A N Exec "bmp" beep-media-player -f
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886
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887 If you want all your mp3's in one playlist an easy way is:
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888 locate .mp3 > /path/to/playlistname
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889
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890 (considering you have a fairly recent updatedb, don't blame us if locate don't
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891 find the file you downloaded 3 minutes ago)
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892
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893
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894 8. Bugs
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896
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897 BMP is under heavy development and as such, has quite a number of
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898 bugs. Our bug tracker page is maintained at:
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899
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900 http://www.sosdg.org/~larne/bugs/
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901
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902 It will continue to have bugs as we fix and introduce new ones through
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903 rewriting and enhancement. Help us along by reporting new bugs, and
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904 verifying existing ones.
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905
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906 If you have a fix for any of the bugs, please let us know using the
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907 tracker or posting to our development mailing list at:
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908
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909 beepmp-devel@lists.sourceforge.net
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910
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911
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912 9. Contact Email's
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913 ------------------
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914
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915 Project Admins:
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916
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917 Milosz Derezynski email: mderezynski at users sourceforge net
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918 Chong Kai Xiong email: descender at phreaker net
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919
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920 You can more information about the BMP team from this page:
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921
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922 http://sourceforge.net/project/memberlist.php?group_id=95272