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|                            Music Library                              | 
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|         Copyright © 1999-2003 WenSoftware. All rights reserved.       |
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|                   Version 1.9.806, August 6, 2003                     | 
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This software is distributed as shareware. This means you can try this
software to find out whether it provides what you need before you pay for
it. There are no limits nor is crippled in any way within the 30 days of
first installation. It is a copyrighted software program protected by U.S.,
European and international copyright laws.  If you use this software for
more than 30 days you must purchase a registration key  in order to
continue use it.    
 
Contents
1. Introduction
2. Features
3. Installation and System Requirement
3. Quick Start
4. How to order
5. Bug Report
6. Contact Information
7. Version History
8. Disclaimer
9. About CDDB


[Introduction]

Music Library - Manage your music collection has never been so easy!

Music Library is a program can help you manage and organize you music
collections such as MP3s, audio CDs or tapes, etc. Music library is not just
another playlister. It's actually multiple programs in one. For MP3s, it's
a mp3 file explorer, a mass rename utility, a mass ID3 tag editor, an audio
CD composer, a Winamp front end, a playlist maker, a cover image viewer and
a professional report creator. You will find it has almost all features in
other popular programs. That's not all, Music Library allows you to catalog
any other music collection you have, such as audio CDs, tapes. Music Library
is a CDDB-Enabled software, you can download CD in formation such as artist,
title, album, track from their huge database. There is even more. Music
Library comes with a cool stand alone CD Player! Associate it with you
database, insert a disc, it will detect and display what you are listening
to automatically!

Track every single piece of music you have with one database! With it's
powerful features, manage your music collection has never been easier.


[Features]

Some of the key features:

1)  Manage ALL your music with one database! - Music Library is the only 
full-featured MP3 and CD collection manager on the market. It can catalog any 
file or media formats, such as MP3s or audio CDs, cassettes, vinyl...

2)  MS Access database format - It's the most popular database format. Offers 
you an alternative way to edit your database. 

3)  User-friendly Explorer-style interface -  Music Library displays file folders 
just like the explorer, except it only shows the folders that contain MP3 files 
You can also sort and view entries by albums, artists, year and genres in any 
combination. It also allows you to create your own sort and select only the columns 
you want to display.  

4)  Powerful search functions - " Quick search" allows you to search a single field 
without opening the search window. "Simple search" allows you to search multiple 
fields with multiple keywords or any criteria. "Global search" allows you to search 
both MP3 and record collections. "Advanced search" can help you to create and save 
complex queries. SQL allows you to search literally anything! 

5)  Extensive  classical music collection support - Music Library offers many 
classical fields in audio database, such as composer, conductor, orchestras. 

6)  Flexible playlist generator - Creates playlists for MP3s or audio tracks. 

7)  Export - Music Library can export your database to Excel and ASCII text files. 

8)  Import - Music Library can import various database formats, MP3 or audio. 

9)  Text-based CDDB search! - Music Library offers you an unique feature - "CDDB 
Lookup". You can get ID3 tag and album information typing-free without the CDs!

10) Web search functions - With the web search function, you can get cover images 
and album information from several popular websites on the internet. 

11) Smart file management! - It can automatically move hundreds of files to their 
designated folders base on ID3 tags. It creates the folders using the ID3 tags with 
a format you selected. All you need to do is select a parent folder... 

12) One-click update - Why click through each folder to find your MP3s? Let the 
program find them for you. Music Library can scan all your hard drives and network 
drives with a mouse click. It creates an instant "MP3 image" - your database.  

13) An unique way to catalog CDRs - All CDRs go under the CD drive as individual 
discs with distinctive labels at your choice. The original folder structure 
is preserved. You can browse them just like they are in your CD drive.

14) SQL support - Music Library is the only music database program that allows you 
to manage your database with SQL! With SQL, you can make mass changes or create 
complex queries to select records. Even Visual Basic functions are supported. 

15) Associate MP3 to CD tracks - You can attach media files to audio tracks so you 
can listen to them without the CD! 

16) Audio Composer - Allows you to compose audio CD from MP3s. 

17) Support all popular industry standards - Music Library supports mpeg 1.0, mpeg 
2.0, Xing VBR. It can read/write ID3v1 and ID3v2 tags. 

18) BATCH RENAMING AND TAGGING! - Music Library's "Tag and Rename Utility" can get 
ID3 tag info from folders and filenames or vise versa - rename files with ID3 tags, 
you can even add bitrate (or any comments) to the filenames. It allows you to create 
and save "Tag to Name" or "Name to Tag" templates. 

19) Drag and drop to update Tags - Hate typing? We do too. With Music Library, you 
can update ID3 tags simply by dropping files on the folders... 

20) OLE drag and drop operation - Within the program or between applications 
(Explorer, your player...). 

21) Explorer-free file operations - Music Library supports almost all file operations 
that windows explorer does. Move, copy, delete, rename files or folders can be as 
easy as drag and drop... 

22) Super fast duplicates finding - Music Library can determine duplicates by 
comparing filename, file size or ID3 tags... 

23) CDDB support! - Retrieve/submit disc information from/to CDDB2 database. Offers 
a full auto mode and a batch mode. 

24) Supports removable disks - such as CDR, tape drive and Zip disk. 

25) Professional style report generator - Music Library can generate reports in 
ASCII text and HTML formats. Multiple, linked pages for long HTML reports. ASCII 
sample here and HTML sample here 

26) Cover art, lyrics, track rating, play counter, mood, tempo, occasion, custom 
fields and more... 

27) Color-coded file status display - File status is color-coded in the main file 
list, you always know whether the file is available or on CD. 

28) External MP3 player support - Music Library comes with an Internal MP3 player. 
It's also a full-featured  Winamp front-end control. You can also use any other 
players as long as they support ".mp3" and ".m3u". 

29) Library features for record collectors - Such as loan tracking, insurance, 
location, reference No, cost, value ... 

30) External CD player - It can display detail track info, lyrics, cover image and 
ratings... 


[Installation and System Requirement]

To install Music Library you must uninstall any previous version on your
computer, then unzip "mlsetup.zip" file to a temp directory. Then run
"Setup.exe" and follow instructions. 

To uninstall Music Library, go to Windows' Control Panel, select Add/Remove
Programs. Select Music Library and follow instructions. Or from the Start
menu, select Start -> Music Library -> Uninstall Music Library.


[System Requirement]

Operating system: Win95/Win98/NT/2000/XP
CPU: Pentium or better
Memory: 32 MB recommended.
Hard drive: 30 MB for program files and database.
Screen Resolution: 800X600, high color or better.
Other: Modem, sound card.


[How to order]

Online registration service available on our website. Please follow the
link below for details:

http://www.wensoftware.com/MusicLibrary/order.html


[Bug Report]

If you discover bugs, please send bug report to support@wensoftware.com

Suggestions, criticisms and bug reports are always welcome. When submit bug
reports, please at least include the following information:

System configuration (CPU, RAM, CD ROM, etc.).
Operating system (win98, NT, etc.).
Detail description of what happened.

Please include as much info as possible to help us to reproduce the
problem. If we can not reproduce the problem, we can't help you.


[Contact Information]

Visit our web site at: http://www.wensoftware.com
or send email to support@wensoftware.com


[Version History]

Please see the "History.txt" for details.
Version 1.9.806 (08/06/2003)
Version 1.9.801 (04/15/2003)
Version 1.9.745 (11/25/2002)
Version 1.9.730 (10/31/2002)
Version 1.8.685 (04/12/2002)
Version 1.8.682 (04/09/2002)
Version 1.7.662 (03/27/2002)
Version 1.7.658 (03/01/2002)
Version 1.7.652 (02/15/2002)
Version 1.6.632 (10/17/2001)
Version 1.6.630 (10/05/2001)
Version 1.6.601 (7/19/2001)
Version 1.5.570 (6/09/2001)
Version 1.4.475 (1/25/2001)
Version 1.4.472 (1/18/2001)
Version 1.4.470 (1/15/2001)
Version 1.4 (1/12/2001)
Version 1.3 (10/01/2000)
Version 1.2 (7/30/2000)
Version 1.1 (5/21/2000)
Version 1.0 (4/11/2000)


[Disclaimer]

THIS SOFTWARE AND DOCUMENTATION ARE PROVIDED "AS IS" AND WITHOUT WARRANTIES
AS TO PERFORMANCE, USEFULNESS, ENTERTAINMENT VALUE OR ANY OTHER WARRANTIES
WHETHER EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED. NO WARRANTY OF FITNESS IS OFFERED.

ALTHOUGH THIS PROGRAM HAS BEEN TESTED VERY THOROUGHLY, THE USER ASSUMES ALL
RISKS OF USING THE PROGRAM. THE AUTHOR ASSUMES NO RESPONSIBILITY FOR LOSS
OF DATA, PHYSICAL DAMAGE TO EQUIPMENT OR ANY OTHER DAMAGE THAT MAY OR MAY
NOT OCCUR DURING THE USE OF THIS PROGRAM.

THERE IS NO REFUND ON SHAREWARE PRODUCTS.


[About CDDB]

CD-related data through the Internet from the CDDB Music CD Database, 
Copyright 1999, 2000 CDDB, Inc. CDDB Client Software, Copyright 1999, 2000
CDDB, Inc. CDDB-Enabled, CDDB, CDDB2 and the CDDB Logo are trademarks of
CDDB, Inc. Disc Recognition Service and DRS are service marks of CDDB, Inc.