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 Tracks | Sets 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 by | Song 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 by | Song or Album will determine whether the previous/next controls jump to the next song or album. (Affects 'Shuffle by', see above) |
Open window on load | If on, ROTunes will automatically open the main playlist window on loading. |
Allow auto-play on load | If on, ROTunes will automatically start playing the last played track if you quit ROTunes whilst it's still playing. |
Use mini-controller | If on, ROTunes provides a miniature controller window when the main playlist window is closed. |
Respect volume | If 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 bars | If on, add animated VU bars to the iconbar. (bit of a gimmick!) |
Enable ID3 | If 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 display | If 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 CallerID | If on, ROTunes automatically switches the volume to 'low' when the phone rings, and then back to 'high' when the phone hang up. |
Auto save choices | If 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 quit | If on, the choices will be saved automatically when you quit !ROTunes, thus saving the current play state and window position etc. |
Stop on Quit | If on, ROTunes will stop playback when you quit. |
MyMusic | If on, use RComp's MusicMan !MyMusic directory as the main library. |
Strip numbers in Track | If 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 clock | If 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 mode | If 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. |
Themes | On 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 choices | This 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. |
Cancel | Cancel any changes done since opening the choices window. |
OK | Accept any changes and save for future use. |
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;