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  MP3 library layout
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  Utilities
  Play Lists
  Themes
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ROTunes User Manual

Choices

Clicking menu over the main window will display the main menu.
Select 'Choices...' from this main menu will open the choices window. This currently provides the following choices;

Maximum TracksSets the maximum number of tracks ROTunes can cope with. In normal use you should not need to change this. However, some 'power' users, may want to extend it. If you do, you may need to increase the wimpslot value in the !Run file.
Shuffle bySong or Album will determine the order tracks are selected when 'Shuffle' (see above) is enabled.
Album will play a complete album and then randomly select a new one.
Song will choose every track at random.
N.B. The order is correctly 'shuffled' rather than chosen at random, which means each track will place once only until all tracks have been played, so you can still step back and forth through previous selections etc.
(Affects 'Skip by', see below)
Skip bySong or Album will determine whether the previous/next controls jump to the next song or album.
(Affects 'Shuffle by', see above)
Open window on loadIf on, ROTunes will automatically open the main playlist window on loading.
Allow auto-play on loadIf on, ROTunes will automatically start playing the last played track if you quit ROTunes whilst it's still playing.
Use mini-controllerIf on, ROTunes provides a miniature controller window when the main playlist window is closed.
Respect volumeIf on, ROTunes respects the existing volume control if you load it whilst AMPlayer is already playing something. Otherwise, it will reset to the volume setting stored within ROTunes.
Enable VU barsIf on, add animated VU bars to the iconbar. (bit of a gimmick!)
Enable ID3If on, ROTunes will attempt to read ID3 tags from files, resulting in improved (hopefully) track identification. However, this can slow down ROTunes slightly.
Use ID3 for displayIf on, ROTunes will read the ID3 data for the main display (and the mini controller window), but because this re-loads the data for each file it can dramatically slow the display update down. Only enable on fast machines or if you don't mind a delay whilst redrawing the main window.
Detect CallerIDIf on, ROTunes automatically switches the volume to 'low' when the phone rings, and then back to 'high' when the phone hang up.
Auto save choicesIf on, the choices will be saved automatically whenever a new song is played. This will ensure that the currently playing track doesn't jump back in time if you reset the computer without cleanly quitting ROTunes (if 'Save choices on quit' is enabled).
Save choices on quitIf on, the choices will be saved automatically when you quit !ROTunes, thus saving the current play state and window position etc.
Stop on QuitIf on, ROTunes will stop playback when you quit.
MyMusicIf on, use RComp's MusicMan !MyMusic directory as the main library.
Strip numbers in TrackIf on, any leading numbers at the beginning of track names will be suppressed. This is to avoid filenames that start with the track number from messing up the display - but I realise that some people may want to disable this feature.
Enable toolbar clockIf on, a small digital clock will be displayed in the bottom toolbar. This in turn will allow you to access ROTune's alarm functions.
Enable debug modeIf on, an extra icon will appear in the top toolbar. This can display useful diagnostic data which may help me identify problems, now that the code is getting quite complex.
ThemesOn the left side of the choices window you can select from different themes, which affect the look and feel of !ROTunes. (see below for technical info)
Where to store choicesThis determines where ROTunes will store all it's choices data. By default it will store it within !ROTunes, but some people may prefer to store it inside the main Boot:Choices directory. If so, you can choose a profile for the data, to cater for more than one user having different settings.
CancelCancel any changes done since opening the choices window.
OKAccept any changes and save for future use.

Utilities

Clicking MENU over a ROTunes window opens the main menu. Move right from the 'Utilities' option to see the Utilities sub-menu. At present, this consists of four options;

Reset columnsResets the columns to their default values (useful if you've moved them around and get them all muddled up!)
Reset Library pathRe-open library setup path so that you can manually reset the path (be careful!)
Rescan LibraryRescan the tracks within the Library path.
Handy if you've added some additional tracks and want ROTunes to re-index your collection. This will reset the 'last played' time though, because rescanning the library resets the internal tune database.
Rescan ID3 dataWill scan the entire library updating the track time and genre for each track.
Warning: This will take a long time if you have many 1000s of tracks. However, to avoid locking up the machine, it will rescan the data in the background.
Re-Shuffle tracksRe-shuffle the playlist order.

© Paul Vigay