PlayBoy v0.9 Documentation By Igor Divjak Feburary 1995

                        Introduction

PlayBoy is a graphical CD player for OS/2, and was created largely because I
could not find the CD player I wanted out there.  The Player that is included
with OS/2 is usable, but hardly feature-filled.  I wanted something that would
remember the song titles of my CD's, skip the songs I wish did not get
recorded, and still remain easy to use, simple, and functional rather than
flashy.

PlayBoy is all these things and more.

                        Requirements:

You need OS/2 2.1 or greater with the Multimedia extensions installed.  If you
wish to use your sound card as the output device, it must be attached to your
CD player via a special cable.   If you have analog output jacks on your CD
player, you don't need a sound card.  A CD-ROM device is of course, required
as well.

			Running PlayBoy

PlayBoy has been designed with simplicity in mind, so no special command line
parameters are required.  Simply run the executable and you are on your way.

		    Adding and Removing Albums

When a CD is in the drive, you may edit album information.  Do this by
pressing the open book button on the main window.  Here you can enter in the
name of the artist, album, and if you are registered, specify play order.

The middle button brings up the song list menu, where you can enter the names
of individual songs on the album.

There are also three checkboxes on the album dialog,  Repeat, AutoPlay, and
Shuffle Play.  Here is a brief explanation of their function:

Repeat:     The play list is repeated when it is finished.  The CD will play
            indefinitely until the program exits, the stop button is
            pressed, or this mode is shut off.

AutoPlay:   CD's will begin to play automatically when they are inserted,
            and when the program is first loaded.

Shuffle Play:	Songs are played in random order.  

                        Playing Specific Songs

You can play specific tracks on the CD by pressing the right mouse button on
top of the main window (or if in icon form, its icon).  This will bring up a
menu list of the tracks on the CD.  If you have added the album to your
database, the song names will also be on the pop-up menu.

			Keyboard Commands

The main window accepts keyboard commands as well as mouse clicks.  The
following is a list of commands and their keyboard equivalents.

Play/Pause	ALT-P
Stop		ALT-S
Forward		ALT-F
Backward	ALT-B
Settings	ALT-E

The song list dialog also accepts the following keyboard equivalents:

Add a song	ALT-A
Delete a song	ALT-D
Ok		ALT-O
Cancel		ALT-X

			    Registration

The program is quite usable in unregistered mode, but if you wish to have the
ability to specify your play lists, you must register PlayBoy.  Registration
costs $20 Canadian if you reside in Canada, and $20 US anywhere else.

Please send registrations to:
	
	Igor Divjak
	494 Park Ave
	Shelburne, ON
	L0N 1S2
	Canada

If you have an email address that is reachable from the Internet or CompuServe,
please include that as well.  That will insure the quickest possible reply,
and you will receive your registration code via email as soon as I get your
registration.

If you have any questions or comments about PlayBoy, feel free to email me at
one of:

	Internet:	igor@ramsey.cs.laurentian.ca
                75027.21@compuserve.com

	CompuServe:	75027,21

                            Credits

Special thanks to Dave Minogue and James Guitard of Sudbury, On, for their
help in testing out PlayBoy.  Users of Noel Dillabough's excellent 'CDAudio
for Windows' will note that PlayBoy looks virtually the same.  This was
intentional, as I found his program quite good and wanted something like it
for OS/2.  This was done with permission from the author of CDAudio.