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This document contains:
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 1) Unpacking information
 2) Some instructions/setup
 3) The state of the program
 4) Known bugs/misses
 5) Read this!


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1) Unpacking information:
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This program requires the following files to run properly:

 l3enc.exe      (mp3 encoder)
 cdda.exe       (CD-track rip'er)
 go32.exe       (required by l3enc.exe)
 vb40032.dll    (visual basic runtime library)
 mp3gui.exe     (the mp3 rip/encoder shell)
 comctl32.ocx   (graphix extention)
 readme.txt     (just kiddin' :) )

You can install (unzip) the program to any path you like as long as you 
run the setup routine to adjust your settings afterwards. 

You can also put the 'L3ENC.EXE' and 'CDDA.EXE' files wherever you like, as
long as you specify this in the setup program. 

'L3ENC.EXE' needs the file 'GO32.EXE' to be available. Therefore the
'GO32.EXE' have to be in the same directory as 'L3ENC.EXE'.

You also need to copy the file 'VB40032.DLL' to your windows directory.
(usually c:\windows)

Finally, put the COMCTL32.OCX in your windows system directory.

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2) Some instructions:
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I think this little program should be fairly easy to use. The only thing a 
little bit hard to figure out if this is your first time coding MP3's is
the settings in the setup box. This is what it means:

Path to 'l3enc.exe'	 	- the path where you put this file, the
                                  encoder.

Registered/unreg. version	- just skip this, it's not operational yet.

Path to 'cdda.exe'		- the path where you put cdda.exe, the
                                  CD-ripper.

Reg/unreg. version		- not operational this one either

Default coding path		- the place you usually want your mp3's to
				  end up. Make sure this disk has a lot of
				  free space (min. 60 MB for one MP3).

Coderates:			
	Rip. freq.:		- this one is just for the registered version
				  of CDDA and is still unavailable. (makes it
                                  possible to rip from the CD at lower
                                  frequencies than 44.1kHz
	
	Code freq.:		- The quality of which to code the
				  MP3's. Please use 128k when coding music,
                                  as the others reduce the sound quality
				  too much.

Def. Interface			- Choose Scsi if your CD-ROM is a scsi-drive,
				  Atapi for drives using winatapi for win95
				  and mscdex if the others don't work (but
				  then you'll have to load your mscdex driver.)

				  If you have more than one CD-ROM in your 
				  PC, you can choose which one to use by
                                  first enabling the 'drive select enable',
                                  then choosing the appropriate drive letter
                                  from the box below. You can also choose the
                                  right SCSI CD-ROM by it's Scsi ID, or a mix
                                  of these two.

				  (To use my CD-ROM, I have to set Scsi-ID
                                  to 6, check the 'drive select enable' box
                                  and choose k: in the 'drive' box.

				  *** If you don't know what to choose in
                                  this section, just leave it at atapi, this
                                  is probably the right choice if you got a
                                  rather new CD player***

MP3 Toggles		- HQ= High Quality Coding
				  Downmix = reduce from stereo to mono
				  CRC = Checkbit (error checking)

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You have to restart the program after changing the setup using the
setup-function.

You'll also find the same buttons on the main screen of the program, if you
press the 'MORE' button. If you change anything here, it will take effect
this session only, making it possible to just rush-copy a CD to low-quality
MP3's this time only. :-)) 

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The main screen:

Base name for all tracks:    - if you write anything here, it'll 
			       appear in front of all your mp3's. 
			       this is very useful when you code a CD with
                               only one artist or name, as you don't have to
                               write the name on each track. 

Increment tracknr.	     - when using the base name function you'll
                               sometimes like to put the track number after
                               the cd-name. This function does exactly that..

Parenthesis		     - puts a ( ) around the basename and tracknr,
                               making it look like this: (basename-10)-

Single track name	     - To write anything here, you'll first have to
                               double click in the left selection box (choose
                               the track to be coded) then select it in the
                               right list. You'll now get the track number in
                               the text field. Name the track whatever you
                               like. The combination of the base name and the
			       single track name will appear as the filename
                               of the MP3.

                               After typing in the desired track name, you'll
                               may press the tab-button or push anything else
                               using the mouse. Doing so you will rename the
                               track. If you press the enter button on you
                               keyboard instead, you will rename the track AND
                               select the next track for renaming. This makes
                               it possible to rename all the tracks without
			       selecting each of them manually (believe me,
                               it's quite useful.

-->			     - select a track for coding.

<--			     - deselect track

Clear			     - clear the track-to-be-coded list.

More			     - get the same toggles as in setup, yielding
                               this session only.

Quit			     - take a guess...

Setup			     - what could it be??? Just remember to restart
                               the program after changing the settings using
                               this button.

New Path		     - Choose a new path where the mp3's should end
                               up, this session only.

After pushing the 'more' button:

See the description of the toggles within setup for code rate, interface and
mp3 toggles.

Save Bat		     - Saves the batchfile the encoder uses to disk
                               for later execution and/or editing. 

No Delete		     - Leaves the wav-file created by CDDA on your
                               hard drive. Be ware that these files often
                               occupy more than a 50 MB of you disk...

Dos Code		     - Shuts down windows and starts the coding from
                               DOS. This feature is added because I had
                               certain problems using mscdex-controlled
                               ATAPI-drives within windows (error messages
                               from CDDA kept popping up, making me very
                               unhappy...)


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3) The State of the program:
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For the time being, the CD-rip frequency toggles are disabled. This is due to
the fact that the shareware version of CDDA won't run with these toggles
enabled. Later I'll change this making it's possible to use the registered
version of CDDA and thus enable the rip frequency.

I also hope to add drag-and-drop from the left to the right listbox. Sadly,
this is not yet implemented, but you can select multiple tracks for coding
and then press the [-->] button to transfer it to the 'coding' list.

One more thing about the track list: It doesn't show how many tracks there
are on the CD, or check if a CD is inserted into the CD-ROM. It's only a list
of tracks ranging from 1 to 99 (the maximum of tracks on a CD). Because of
this, you'll have to manually check that you have selected tracks actually
existing on the CD.


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4) Known Bugs:
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Some problems with the dos-coding, the program may leave a line at the end of
your dosstart.bat file if you select this mode.

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5) Read this!
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After saying all this crap, I'll just got a few more things to say:
I hope you'll find this little util as useful as I do, and keep supporting
the GREAT MP3 format. Also, please pop me a mail at

 tysseng@stud.ntnu.no

if you find the prog useful. This is just for me to see how many of you
actually using this tiny prog.

BTW: The newest versions can be downloaded from

  www.stud.ntnu.no/~tysseng

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[Zem of LED - 98/03/03]
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