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Welcome to the online documentation for MusicCubeOne Version 1.4.
This is intended as a quick guide through the application, showing the main features and how
to operate the player using either the mouse or the keyboard.
The main player window is the first to appear when the application is started.
That will look similar to the illustration below:
Except for the three button visible in the lower area of the window, all control of the player is done through the main popup
menu. This is accessed by clicking the right mouse button in the gray window area next to the buttons or on the edge of the
window. The main menu contains the following commands:
The playlist
Files can be added to the player in two ways: Using the "Open files" command in the popup menu or by dragging files from Windows
onto the main window. When dragging files, they will by default replace the current playlist. Press and hold the control key while
dropping the files to append the music to the current playlist instead.
All the files present in the current playlist can be viewed by switching to the playlist view using the "Playlist" command
in the menu. The window will change appearance similar to the illustration below:
The list have a number of uses, first of which is to give an detailed overview of the music opened in the player. Each item in the
list can be selected, eiter by clicking the mouse or using the arrow keys on the keyboard. Double clicking with the mouse
or pressing Enter will make the player jump to the selected track.
The playlist has its own popup menu with some commands from the main popup menu and additional commands for controlling the
appearance of the list, selecting which information to display. The playlist menu contains the following commands:
Tracks in the list can be rearranged easily using the mouse to drag the selected track up and down in the sequence. This can also
be done using the keys Ctrl+Arrow up and Ctrl+Arrow down. A more advanced rearranging is available through the sort dialog.
The selected track can be removed from the playlist by simply pressed the Delete key. To clear the entire playlist quickly, use the "Clear playlist"
command in the menu.
Controling the playback
The currently played track can of course be changed by clicking on the buttons and playlist and playback paused/resumed in the same
way. The following shortcuts are available for controlling the playback:
Preferences
Settings for MusicCubeOne Version 1.4 are available in the preferences dialog, divided into the following categories:
| General | | | Language | | Select the language used in dialogs and the menu. Currently available languages are American, English and Danish. | | | Skin | | Select the visual appearance of the player. | | | Snap to screen | | Snap the edges of the window to the borders of the screen while moving the window. | | | Default view | | Select the default view for the player at startup. The choises are "Latest view", "Player" or "Playlist" | | | Display font | | Select the font used for the main window title display. The choises are "Normal" and "Small" | | | Tray icon | | Set the tray icon appearance. Choises are "Show tray icon with hint", "Show tray icon without hint" and "Hide tray icon" | | | Media folder | | Location of folder with media files. This is used by the file browser dialog for the shortcut list item called "Media". | | | Sound | | | Output device | | If more than one device is available for playing music, this can be used to select the appropiate device. Changing this during playback will cause the player to stop briefly and start over from the top of the playlist. | | | Speaker assignment | | Controls how the speakers are assigned. The choises are "Normal" and "Left and right swapped". | | | Stereo enhancement | | Controls the stereo enhancement DSP function. Values range from 0.00 to 2.00, where 1.00 is normal resulting in no effect on the sound. A value below 1.00 narrows the stereo and values above widens the stereo. | | | Spectrum | | | Bar | | Select how the spectrum analyzer bars are drawn. The choises are "None", "Half" and "Full". | | | Peak | | Select how the spectrum analyzer peaks are drawn and animated. The choises are "None", "Delayed drop", "Step drop", "Drop" and "Disappear". | | | | | | Please note that setting both "Bar" to "None" and "Peak" to "None" will result in a blank spectrum analyzer. | | | | Livelyness | | Controls how lively the spectrum appears. The default value is 1.0, increased values will result in larger response for softer sounds. | | | Colorst | | | Display front | | Main color for text display dots. | | | Display shadow | | Border color for text display dots. | | | Display off | | Color for when text display dots are off. | | | Spectrum low | | Bottom color for spectrum bars. | | | Spectrum middle | | Middle color for spectrum bars. | | | Spectrum high | | Top color for spectrum bars. | | | | | | The spectrum bars are rendered as a gradient using the three colors above. | | | | Playlist | | | Text size | | Selects the font size for the playlist. The choises are "Small", "Medium" and "Large". | | | Freedb | | | Server | | Name of freedb server to query for CD title information. The default server is "freedb.freedb.org" | | | Proxy server | | Proxy server name if present. | | | Proxy port | | Proxy server port if present. |
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