PowerPlay version 1.50

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Thank you for trying out PowerPlay, the free audio CD player for
Windows 95/98/NT4/2000.

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Some features of PowerPlay:

 - Windows 95/98/NT/2000
 - Full CDDB support for retrieving track titles from web
 - Direct weblinks to online shops and information databases
 - Custom exporting of all data
 - Support for multiple drives
 - Album statistics
 - Logging of inserted discs
 - Autorun support
 - Database Xplorer
 - Configurable layouts
 - Introplay mode
 - Traybar controls
 - Full configuration of all features
 - Mixer controls
 - Easy uninstall
 - Support for extended characters
 - Completely free!

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Revision history:

1.50
 - Fixed: Bug with pause
 - Fixed: Abort button was not disabled when CDDB connection was over
 - Fixed: Database loading, if the file is already open
 - Fixed: Access violation if CDDB autoquery didn't find a disc from CDDB
 - Changed: Changed the CDDB to FreeDB (CDDB too commercial)
 - Changed: Data CDs are now detected correctly
 - Changed: Database loading made a little bit faster
 - Added: Database Xplorer shows the amount of all albums
 - Added: Track length is displayed in the hint
 - Added: Any disc can be edited from the Database Xplorer
 - Added: Layouts can have custom height and width
 - Added: Tiny layout
 - Added: New tags that can be used in export templates
 - Added: A backup of the database is made automatically
 - Added: Label width and height can be defined in the layout
 - Added: Possibility to add a FreeDB server manually 

1.31b
 - Fixed: Bug with autorun
 - Fixed: PowerPlay treated one track CDs as data CDs
 - Added: Two new layouts by Thomas Speer

1.31
  - Fixed: Disc elapsed and remaining display now function correctly
  - Fixed: CDDB error 500 bug
  - Changed: CDDB error reporting more informative
  - Changed: Disc detection routines modified
  - Added: One slightly modified layout by Mathew Collins

1.30
  - Fixed: Volume control now effects the correct audio line
  - Fixed: Main window position was not saved
  - Fixed: Repeat now works as it should
  - Fixed: Lots of little cosmetic bugs
  - Added: Proxy authorisation
  - Added: Export templates (CDPLAYER.INI exporting finally!)
  - Added: Option to keep the tray icon visible all the time
  - Added: Left click on the name to pop up the track selection menu
  - Added: Left click on time display to pop up slider to skip to any position on the track
  - Added: Track numbers to the track selection menu
  - Added: Play button icon changes when playback is paused
  - Added: One slightly modified layout by Peik Aschan
  - Changed: CDDB support fully with HTTP (SMTP and CDDBP no longer supported)
  - Removed: Lyrics support, since the International Lyrics Server was shut down

1.12
  - Fixed: Access violation when clicking apply twice in album properties
  - Fixed: Album category was not saved

1.11
  - Fixed: Access violation in settings form in some cases
  - Fixed: Bug with layouts
  - Fixed: Bug with new discs
  - Fixed: Bug in database explorer

1.10
  - Fixed: Start minimized didn't work correctly
  - Fixed: Names containing '&' sign now OK
  - Fixed: Added tick to repeat option
  - Fixed: Lyrics font size not changed always
  - Fixed: Access violation when program is run first time in some conditions
  - Fixed: Access violation in NT when using CDDBP protocol
  - Fixed: Bug with NTFS disks and database saving
  - Fixed: Some valid e-mail addresses were considered invalid
  - Added: -STOP, -PLAY and -EJECT command line parameters
  - Added: Hotkeys
  - Added: Database Xplorer
  - Added: Submit or query any CD in database (not just the one in drive)
  - Added: VolumeSlider hint shows current volume
  - Added: Option to activate playlist when new disc is inserted
  - Added: Layouts
  - Added: Playlist playing time visible when editing playlist
  - Changed: Menu design

1.00
  - First public release

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Author:   Olli Salonen
E-mail:   olli@chicoweb.com
Homepage: http://powerplay.cjb.net
or        http://cow.chicoweb.com/powerplay
