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								XingSound 
					 Redistributable MPEG Audio Player                      

						   Copyright (c) 1992-1995                                                                                                  
						 Xing Technology Corporation                      
						  1540 West Branch Street                         
						  Arroyo Grande, CA  93420                        
																		  
				  There is no telephone support for this
						   version of our player.

					For information about the complete
			  version of XingSound, or for information about
				any of our other products, send e-mail to
			   info@xingtech.com or FAX us at (805)473-0147              
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The file MPGAUDIO.EXE contains Xing Technology's XingSound Redistributable
MPEG Audio Player for IBM 386/486 PC compatibles. This entire self-extracting
(PKZIP 2.04g) archive may be freely distributed under the following
conditions:
1. You may distribute copies of the entire original archive file as
   archived by Xing Technology with its authorized authentication code;
2. You may change the file extension to .ZIP or .EXE as desired.

This README file introduces Xing Technology and its products and gives
instructions for:
- installing the XingSound MPEG Audio Player;
- starting the XingSound MPEG Audio Player.

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INTRODUCING XING TECHNOLOGY

Xing Technology Corporation is an active participant in the international
committee that established and defined the JPEG and MPEG standards. Xing
develops, licenses, and applies data compression technology to multimedia
communications solutions. The company's products enable OEMs, developers
and end-users to integrate words, sound, still and moving pictures into
cost-effective PC-based business, education, and training tools.  Current 
products include:
- XingMPEG - coming soon, mpeg compliant audio-video decoder for Windows;
- XingCD - a full quality MPEG audio and video encoder;
- XingSound - real-time MPEG audio recorder, software encoder, and audio file 
  player for Windows;
- Picture Prowler - a fast JPEG imagebase manager for Windows;
- Picture Prowler Access Kit - library for accesing Prowler's fast image 
  display capabilities;

Contact Xing or your Xing reseller for more information about these
products.

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INSTALLING THE XINGSOUND MPEG AUDIO PLAYER

The MPGAUDIO.EXE file is a self extracting ZIP file that contains the 
XingSound MPEG Audio Player. To install the XingSound player:
1. Create a new directory on your hard drive and copy into it the 
   MPGAUDIO.EXE file.
2. Run the MPGAUDIO.EXE program from a DOS command line or from within
   Windows:
   - to run it from a DOS command line, change to the directory that
	 contains the MPGAUDIO.EXE program and type "MPGAUDIO";
   - to run it from within Windows, choose "Run" from the Program Manager's
	 "File" menu; the "Run" dialog appears; enter in the "Command Line" 
	 field the full pathname of the MPGAUDIO.EXE program and click the 
	 "OK" button.

When the MPGAUDIO.EXE program is finished, the installation directory
should contain the following files:
	XING_PLY.EXE      XingSound MPEG Audio Player program for Windows
	MSND_MP2.DLL      MPEG Sound Driver
	MSND_WAV.DLL      WAV Sound Driver
	MAUD.LST          Configuration file for the XingSound MPEG Audio Player
	XINGSND.HLP       Complete XingSound Help file - Please Use it!
	GREETING.MP2      A sample MPEG audio file
	README.TXT        The file you are reading!

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STARTING THE XINGSOUND MPEG AUDIO PLAYER

The XingSound MPEG Audio Player includes a Windows program "XING_PLY.EXE".
As with any Windows program, you can start the XING_PLY.EXE program in a
number of ways, e.g, from the File Manager or with the "Run" command in
the Program Manager's "File" menu. It is easiest to create a new Program
Manager item for the XING_PLY.EXE program:
1. Start Windows and open the Program Manager window;
2. Choose "New" from the Program Manager's "File" menu; the "New Program
   Object" window appears;
3. Select the "Program Item" radio button and click the "OK" button; the
   "Program Item Properties" window appears;
4. Enter "XingSound MPEG Audio Player" in the "Description" field, enter the
   full pathname of the XING_PLY.EXE program in the "Command Line" field,
   enter the pathname of the directory that contains the XING_PLY.EXE
   program in the "Working Directory" field, and click the OK button;
   A new program item "XingSound MPEG Audio Player" appears.

   NOTE:    In Windows, an audio file can be played directly by giving the 
			audio filename as a command line option.  A command line 
			parameter set having the audio filename only will cause the 
			player to play one time and then close.  A command line 
			parameter set having the filename, followed by a -s will 
			cause the player to play one time and then stay open, leaving
			the audio file loaded.

5. Double-click the "XingSound MPEG Audio Player" icon to start the program.
   The XingSound MPEG Audio Player appears.

You can now use the XingSound MPEG Audio Player as described in the
program's on-line help.

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IMPORTANT NOTE REGARDING PLAYBACK QUALITY

This freely-distributable version of the XingSound MPEG Audio Player
uses a lower-precision, software-only MPEG decoder; i.e., MPEG data is
decoded by the XingSound software and sent to your PC's audio board via
your Windows audio driver. This process achieves only lower-quality,
monaural audio playback.

To achieve high-quality, stereo playback, you will require the retail 
version of XingSound.

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