 CDAPL Version 1.5 for Windows

Overview

What is CDAPL

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Who is this guy

Interface

What does it look like

How to use

Playback Control

L R Channel Volume Control

Edit CD Title

Fast Track Selector

Program Mode

Continuously Play

Randomly Play

Introduction Scan

A-B Repeat Play

Track Playback Position Control

Set Autoplay Option

Set Always On Top Option

Use Application Menu

Minimize The CDAPL

Power Off

Touch Sensitive Title Display


The CDAPL allows you to play CD audio from your PC's CD-ROM drive.


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•  Nice Touch Sensitive displays.

•  Fine control of tracks playing position.

•  Left/right channel volume control, locked together or separate.

•  Repeat Mode, Random Mode, and Introscan Mode.

•  Programming Mode, easily compile your play list.

•  Easy CD collection management.

•  Easy selection of single or multiple artist(s).

•  Fast track selection.

•  Playback control even when iconized.

•  Optional autoplaying when starting or inserting a new CD.

•  Optional always staying on top.

•  A to B repeat.

•  Smooth control for fast forward and rewind.


CDAPL Control Panel


Edit CD infomation including CD title, track titles, and artist.


Show dialog

When you press the EDIT button, you get this popup dialog that allows you to modify CD title, track titles, and artist(s). There are 6 buttons on the bottom of the editing dialog:

Current, Save, Cancel, Single Artist, Search CD Title, and Delete CD Title

You can navigate your editing with TAB, highlight any item by double clicking or moving cursor to the starting position and then moving cursor to the ending position while holding SHIFT.

Note: you can only save information for the current CD.

Warning: don't use the character '#' in the titles and names.


Edit Dialog


Obtain the current CD information. This will enable SAVE and SINGLE ARTIST buttons.


Save the modified CD information.


Cancel the CD information editing session without saving.


If the CD is from a single artist, modify the artist in the first row and click this button to update all other rows.


Specify a title and search CD information. This will disable SAVE and SINGLE ARTIST buttons.


Delete CD information for the given title. This will disable SAVE and SINGLE ARTIST buttons.


Compile your own play list.


Show dialog

When you click the PROG, you get this popup dialog that allows you to make your play list. There are 6 buttons on the bottom of the program dialog:

Play, Stop, Done, Cancel, Add All, and Clear

You can put a track in the play list by double clicking it in the track list window, or remove a track from the play list by double clicking it in the play list window.

The total time window above the play list window will show the total playing time of the play list.

The play list can hold up to 99 tracks.


Program Dialog


Start playing the play list right away.


Stop playing the play list without interrupting the current track.


Save the modified play list and start playing the play list after the current track is finished.


Cancel the programming dialog and any modification to the play list.


Add all tracks in the track list to the play list.


Remove all tracks from the play list.


Access the application menu.

From the menu, you can restore, minimize, or close the application;

You can set the Autoplay and Always On Top options;

You can also display this help window or the About window.


If this option is selected, the CDAPL will start playing automatically after you bring up the program or insert a new CD. If the CD is already being played when you bring the CDAPL up, the program will not interrupt the playback.


If this option is selected, the CDAPL will stay on the top of all other windows.


Minimize CDAPL.

There is a play/pause control button on the iconized CDAPL.


Quit CDAPL without interrupting current track. The CD stops after the current track is finished if repeat mode is not set, otherwise until the whole CD is finished.


Select a track by clicking the corresponding track number. (dark numbers are tracks that have been played. highlighted track is the current track.)


Click this sign on the main display to toggle the repeat mode. Play continuously, and CD will keep playing after power off.


Click this sign on the main display to toggle the random mode. Randomly pick next track to play.


Click this sign on the main display to toggle intro-scan mode. Each track will be played for 5 seconds, starting at the 10th second and ending at the 15th second.

The intro-scan mode will be canceled automatically if you change the playback position using <<, >>, or the scroll bar.


This allows you to repeat a selected piece as many times as you want.

Click A to mark a start position and A changes to green.

You can deselect A before you select B.

Click B to mark an end position and B changes to green.

You can deselect B before you start looping.

Click the double arrow to start repeating the selected piece and the arrow changes to green.

Click the arrow again to cancel A-B Repeat and all change back to gray.

Any action other than adjusting the playback position will cancel A-B Repeat immediately.

You can forward, rewind, or drag the scrollbar to a desired position before selecting B.

Adjusting playback position after B is selected will cancel the A-B Repeat.


 Play: Play a track.

 Stop: Stop playing and enable all fast track selectors.

 Pause: Pause playing. Press again to resume.

 Eject: Open/close CD drive door.

 Previous Track: Play the previous track.

 Rewind: Rewind the current track.

 Fast Forward: Fast forward the current track.

 Next Track: Play the next track.

Note: you can use the Fast Track Selector to start playing any track immediately.


When the CD is playing, this window displays CD title, track title, and artist. Click on the display window to switch among the above three options.

When the CD is not playing, this window displays the current status such as empty, ready, paused, or no driver.


Use this scroll bar to start playing at any position on the current track.


Use these two scroll bars to adjust volume of left and/or right channel(s).

Left and right channels are locked together when the red light is on.

When locked, either one of the scroll bars can be used to adjust both channels.

Left and right channel can be adjusted separately when the red light is not on.