EASY LIST & PLAY OPERATING
INSTRUCTIONS
( Version
1.1 )
EASY LIST&PLAY program easily allows you to build Playlists of various sound files
(*.mp3, *.wav, *.wma, *.asx, *.mid), and pay
them.
Each
Playlist can be arranged on the fly and played at that moment, but can also be
saved and then recalled and played at a different time. The peculiarity is the
possibility to restart such Playlist just from the first not-fully played song.
Building a new Playlist
You can look for your audio files
opening their folders: click the Open button or the corresponding choice from the File
menu. In the dialog window that appears, select the folder and then the first
of its files you want to be traced in the program window.
The
program will copy those names in the current Folder file list. At the moment they are just Candidates
for being included in your Playlist.
The
number on le left of the file names, starting with 01-,
is a progressive reference to their folders. On top of the list
you can see the name of the current source folder and the amount of its
Candidate files.
The program offers the possibility
to add quickly a Group of
Candidate files to the under construction Playlist. Click on the first
desired Candidate in the Candidate file list so its position will appear in the from n. box (here is 190); then write the Group
amount in the for n. box
(here 10). As an alternative to the number of files you may define the whole Group
play duration in minutes using the for min. box. Press the Enter key and click the Add Group button, so the selected Group of
Candidates will be copied below in the current Playlist frame.
You can repeat these actions as many
times you want, changing or not the folders, to enrich the Playlist at your
pleasure.
To add
a single file: double click on it in the Candidate file list.
To remove
a file from the Playlist: click on it and then use the Cancel key.
On
top of the Playlist frame you will always see the number of the included
files and the overall play duration. The duration calculus uses the data
that Windows stores as Folder details; when Windows doesnt provide this
information a +x is added
beside the duration amount (that happens for mid, wav, and asx file types).
Using the current Playlist
When a Playlist is shown, the play
command toolbar is enabled. As often happens in audio players the left
button is Play and it filps-flops with Pause. The
Pause temporarily halts the playing that can be resumed at that point clicking
Play again.
The
playing file appears highlighted in the Playlist and its name is
repeated below the Playlist space; information about the Artist and the Year
is also displayed there, if available.
To change on-fly the playing file:
double click on it in the Playlist.
You
can modify the current sequence of a Playlist: select a file and click
the Move
up/dw buttons.
The Stop button halts the file but carries
back to the file beginning.
The FastForward and FastBackward buttons allow skipping
The NextFile and PreviousFile buttons move to the corresponding
file in the Playlist, if any; and, if clicked when in play state, start that
playing at once.
The ClearPlaylist button does just this action,
stopping the playing if present; the same function can be issued from the File
menu.
A Progress bar indicates the playing status
graphically and numerically; in this case the duration is captured from the
file string with the MCI command.
On the right of the Playlist frame you can act
on the slider of the internal Volume controller.
Saving and loading Playlists - Options
From the File menu you find the necessary command for saving and
re-opening a saved Playlist.
Remember that the standard Save Option is to keep trace of the current
file as the first one to play when you will reload that list.
Similarly at that Playlist recalling, two
standard Reload
Options confirm the
starting from the above mentioned file and allow to preserve
the present Playlist, if any is running already.
But you can modify the choices.