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Multimedia Builder MP3
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 What
OS are supported ?
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MMB and the applications you create with it works on Windows Platform. It works on Windows 95, Windows 98, ME, Windows 2000, XP and Windows NT.
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| Is
there a version for MAC? |
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No there is no version for MAC.
MMB is for Windows platform only. |
| Do
I have to pay any royalties? |
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No.
You need to just register once and you can make as many applications
as you want. |
| Can
I distribute the files I create? |
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Yes.
If you are registered user you can distribute your files free of any
royalties etc... |
| Is
there a book about MMB? |
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We
are not aware of any book about MMB. However MMB may be mentioned
in books about multimedia generally. The best place to learn MMB is
looking at a many samples on this or many others web pages dedicated
to MMB. Also Discussion Board
is a great help. |
| What
is the recommended graphic application to make my art work? |
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We
recommend CompactDraw because
it is the only program where you can make a fully functional page
with buttons and then export it to MMB. However there are other tools
you can use as a PaintShop Pro. |
| What
is autorun ? |
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When
a CD-ROM disk is inserted into the drive the Windows examines the
disk looking for file autorun.inf .The autorun.inf is a simple
ASCII text file and could be edited just with the notepad and it tells
windows what program to run and what icon to show for the drive when
it appears in the My Computer folder. |
| What
are the lines in autorun.inf ? |
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Inside the autorun.inf
file you will see lines:
[autorun]
OPEN=autorun.exe
ICON=autorun.exe,0
The autorun.inf file must be on the root of the CD. However you
can even put that file to the root of a harddrive and then your
icon of the harddrive will change.
Note: You can use for the icon directly icon file if you
want so the third line will look like: ICON=myico.ico
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How
to enable Autorun on my computer?
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Select
Start Button, then Settings > Control panel. Doubleclick on System.
Select Device Manager tab, expand the CD-ROM entry and click on
appropriate CD-ROM drive and click Properties. Select Settings tab
and finally check the "Auto insert notification" box.a
Trick:
If you as an user don't want the AutoRun application to start when
you inserting new CD, hold down the Shift key while you insert the
CD !
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f I want to make an audio CD with digital multimedia track, what is
the format and software to do it? |
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The
industry standard format is CD Extra. The good example of that
would be the Audio CD featured here.
In this format the audio tracks are recorded in the first session
and the second session are the data. You can create CD-Extra with
most of the mastering software, Adaptec Easy CD Creator for example.
There is a also an older format named Mixed Mode CD. On such
CD the audio and data are recorded in the same session where the data
are as a track 1 with following audio tracks. The disadvantage of
this is that a CD player can play a CD from track 2 skipping the track
1. |
| Why
I can't play Audio Tracks from my CD-ROM? |
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You
can't play Redbook audio (regular CD audio tracks) and read files
off the CD at the same time (for example video). Redbook audio tracks
are streamed off the CD at 1x speed. If your drive is faster than
1x, it actually slows down to play Redbook. Most programs do one of
two things:
- Copy all files to the hard disk during install. This ensures the
fastest possible loading times, brisk play, and huge installs (in
MMB - embedded files)
- Read all necessary data off the CD before starting the Redbook track.
(in MMB - only one mbd project)
Embedded data: This means your data gets unzipped to a temporary directory
each time you run. If at all possible, I would recommend not using
this option unless absolutely necessary. In case you have many mbd
projects you can embed them into the primary one. Again, not recommended.
The best would be MP3s, since they are already so nicely supported
by MMB. This sort of depends on what kind of machines you need to
run on and how CPU intensive the rest of your project is. |
| How
to Shut-Down computer from script? |
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...or
Open Sound properties or... Here is a description
file which allows you to do a lot of stuff with rundll32 command. |
| Why
my video doesn't play on other computer? |
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Welcome to the real world of video on PC. The video on PC is a complex issue so we add an extended FAQ dealing with video and video editing. |
| Why my video doesn't play using MCI commands or MCI object while it plays fine in Windows Media Player? |
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If the format is fine (previous Question) then make sure the video file has no space in its name. Since MCI internally comunicates using string, the space in the file name may be interpreted as beginning of another command.
As such My Video.mpg may be wrongly interpreted, the myvideo.mpg should work.
The best would be if you can rename the file using the simple 8.3 dos type and make sure there are no spaces or any strange characters in the name.
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| Why
the text looks different on other computers? |
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You have to remember that not every body has the same font as you have. To ensure the font will be displayed properly use standard font such Arial or Times New Roman . You can use any other font, but then you have to include the ttf file on the CD and use InstallFont("<SrcDir>\myfont.ttf") command. Be aware that generally many font's should not be distributed - they are copyrighted.
For more info about copyrights you can try FontMagic.
To ensure that the Text object will appear the same on any systems
you can just simple convert it to bitmap: Select the text object then
from Menu - Object select Convert to Bitmap. This will create
a bitmap object and hide the original text (in case you want to change
something later).
Tip: If you don't need to show/hide text during the runtime
you can simply combine all the text objects with the background to
save space and memory. Menu Arrange - Combine - Objects with background |
| What is the upgrade policy? |
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Currently the upgrades are free of charge. You simply install any new version over the previous and it should pick-up your registration.
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