CD-Runner® SL 2.0 - General Information...
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Blending Art and Music... CD Player and Database Organizer for 
Windows 95, 98 and NT 4.0

By popular demand, this new "CD Player Only" version of CD-Runner 
has been un-bundled from the complete CD-Runner CD/Multimedia Suite.

CD-Runner Features:
- Unique CD player faceplate designed to look like a real live home CD 
  unit; fully customizable 3D faceplate graphics or choice of solid color 
  motif.
- Choice of LED or LCD display windows.
- Animated, multimedia functions throughout (e.g. CD drawers open when
  CDs are ejected, buttons lit when activated, etc.).
- Audio CD Library (database) with support for the public domain CDDB 
  (CD Database) - retrieve audio CD info online w/ Internet connection.
- Audio CDs automatically identified; if no info entered, CDDB online 
  automatically searched & data retrieved if found.
- Continuous play, single play and program modes, with randomized shuffle
  features built-in.
- Windows compatible volume / balance control, with optional link to 
  a favorite mixer or the Windows volume control application.
- Popup control bar when faceplates are minimized - includes all control
  functions with pulldown volume control and mini-display window.
- Program up to 50 tracks, with auto-launch capability for stored 
  programs. Programs may be stored for later playback as desired.
- Many high-end optional features included - A<->B loop function, dropdown
  track, song titles and liner notes display, status bar with instant
  movement to any position in track being played, elapsed track time,
  remaining track time, total time toggle, much more.
- Faceplate display windows for artist, CD title, song titles, track and
  time, music calendar, etc.
- Full support for Enhanced Audio CDs (audio + video).
- Selection of CD jacket art, slideshow screen savers, different 
  graphical wallpapers (BMP, JPG, GIF, etc.).
- Click and drag faceplate with mouse to move.
- Link to preset Web sites or launch your Web Browser while playing CDs!

Miscellaneous Features:
- Setup section allows for a vast variety of custom options, fonts, colors,
  faceplate and wallpaper graphics, etc. - by FAR the most feature-rich 
  CD player application of it's kind!
- Industry standard Windows-compatible installer used for trouble-free
  installation and setup of CD-Runner.
- New JPEG, GIF and BMP graphical support for all wallpaper, 
  faceplate graphics, and more...
- New sound effects options for several CD-Runner events (e.g. CD drawer 
  opening, power buttons, running mixer...)
- Improved integration with the public domain CD Database (CDDB) 
  containing over 200,000 pre-entered audio CDs.
- Greatly improved audio CD library, now unlimited number of CDs supported,
  improved operation and speed.
- Long filenames now supported throughout.
- New Internet "Links" options, allows for custom setup of your favorite 
  Web sites to be accessed from CD-Runner.
- New Database "Save As..." options to save Audio CD, database details 
  in text (*.txt) or comma-delimited (*.csv) file format.
- New print options added to Audio CD database.
- New popup menu and favorite Internet links button added to allow access 
  directly to the Web.
- Support added for new Enhanced Audio CDs
- Improved installation program now sets CD-Runner as the default Windows
  Audio CD player.
- New Audio CD Playlist and Info windows.

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