MPXPLAY Audio player v1.60 for DOS and Windows by PDSoft (Attila Padar, Hungary)

(currently DOS and Windows versions have common docs)

Supported filetypes (decoders,demuxers):

AAC     (Advanced Audio Coding from http://www.audiocoding.com (in RAW/ADTS/ADIF fileformats))
AC3     (Dolby AC3 from http://a52lib.sourceforge.net)
AIF     (a wav-like container, only uncompressed pcm data is supported)
APE     (Monkey's Audio from http://www.monkeysaudio.com)
AVI     (with AAC,AC3,DTS,MP2,MP3,PCM,WMA audio)
CDW     (Audio-CD 'ripp and play' on the fly)
FLAC    (Free Lossless Audio Codec by http://flac.sourceforge.net and http://ffmpeg.sourceforge.net)
FLV     (Flash container with AAC,MP3,PCM audio)
MKV/WEBM(Matroska container with AAC,AC3,DTS,FLAC,MP2,MP3,PCM,WMA,Vorbis audio by http://www.matroska.com)
MP2,MP3 (Audio MPEG Layer II/III from http://www.mpg123.de)
MP4/MOV (MPEG4 and Quicktime containers with AAC,AC3,ALAC,MP2,MP3,PCM audio)
MPC     (MPEGPlus/MusePack from http://www.musepack.net)
MPG/VOB (MPEG Program Stream containers)
OGG     (Ogg container with FLAC,Opus,Speex,Vorbis audio by http://www.xiph.org)
TS      (MPEG Transport Stream container with AAC,AC3,DTS,MP2,MP3,PCM audio)
WAV/W64 (Wave32 and Wave64 with AAC,AC3,DTS,MP2,MP3,WMA or uncompressed PCM audio in 8,16,24,32 integer or 32,64 float formats)
WMA/WMV (ASF container with WMA (7.0,8.0) and with AAC,AC3,DTS,MP2,MP3,PCM audio)
WV      (WavPack hybrid lossless audio from http://www.wavpack.com)

With additional/external plugins (DLLs):
DTS     (Digital Theatre Systems from http://www.videolan.org/dtsdec.html)
MOD     (Module playing based on LibModPlug from http://modplug-xmms.sourceforge.net)
OPUS    (Opus decoder from http://www.opus-codec.org)
SPX     (Speex decoder from http://www.xiph.org)

Playlists:

CUE,FPL,M3U/M3U8,MXU,PLS


Send suggestions and error reports to

 mpxplay@freemail.hu   (please don't public this email address (ie: don't put it on your web page))

important notes and requests before you send me mail:
 - write MPXPLAY in the subject line !!!
 - before You ask something from me or you would like to send me a bug report,
   please read README.TXT (this), MOREINFO.TXT and FAQ.TXT files!
 - you can find a lot of extra infos in the MPXPLAY.INI file too
   (keyboard mapping, LCD, joystick and serial port (infra receiver) configuration)
 - some infos are in the source files only (mpxs158.zip)(ie: hardware description of LCD types in display\lcd.c)
 - don't send attachments (only if I ask for it)
 - sorry, I can't answer to everybody, but I read your requests/problems
   and I try to implement/modify them, if it's possible

Visit my homepage(s) for the latest Mpxplay versions:

   http://mpxplay.sourceforge.net
   http://www.sf.net/projects/mpxplay  (older Mpxplay versions, newer forum)
   http://www.facebook.com/mpxplay

And visit the Mpxplay forums for extra informations (linked on my homepages too).

   http://www.sf.net/projects/mpxplay
   http://forum.supergamez.hu/forum.php3?azonosito=mpxplay (not active, just keeped for information database)


Mpxplay system requirements (mainly for DOS):

- Minimum CPU for playing 44.1khz, stereo, (128kbit/s) files (with '-f0 -sl 0 -bl -bn8' options):

  AAC : Intel Pentium 66    (LC object type)
  AC3 : Intel 80486 DX4-120 (48khz,2.0ch,192kbit)
  APE : Intel Pentium 166 MMX (fast-mode encoded files work without MMX too)
  DTS : Intel PII-300 (48kHz,5.1ch,768kbit)
  FLAC: Intel Pentium 66  (depending on the compression ratio too)
  MP2 : Intel 80486 DX2-66
  MP3 : Intel 80486 DX4-100
  MPC : Intel 80486 DX4-100
  OGG : Intel 80486 DX4-133
  WMA : Intel Pentium 90
  WV  : Intel Pentium 166
  (note: demuxing from containers (ASF,AVI,MKV,MP4,OGG,TS) requires extra time if it contains more than one stream (video or audio))

- Supported soundcards in DOS version (see sndcards.txt for more infos):
 -PCI cards (use in DOS only):
  - SB Live, Audigy 1,2,4, Live 24, Audigy LS, X-Fi Xtreme Audio
  - CMI 8338/8738
  - Ensoniq ES1371/1373 (SB PCI 16/64/128)
  - Intel ICH(0-7), NForce(1-3)
  - Intel HDA compatible chips (AD19xx,ATI,CMI9880,Realtek,VIA170x)
  - VIA VT686/8233/8235/8237
 -ISA cards (or emulation):
  - SB16 or compatible (DSP 4.x):
    - SB16 (ISA not PCI!)
    - SB AWE-32/64
    - SB PCI 128,512(?),Live,Audigy 1 (with SB16 emulation)
    - CMI-8330
  - WSS compatible: 
    - Crystal Sound (CS423x)(ie:Turtle Beach Malibu)
    - Yamaha OPL3
    - SB PCI 64, Ensoniqe (?)
    - some OPTI cards (?)
    - some CMI cards (?)
    - some ESS cards (?)
  - ESS 688,1688,1868,1869,1878,1879,1887,1888 chips (?)
  - GUS (GUS MAX, GUS PnP (AMD Interwave)(?))
  - SB Pro or compatible (DSP 1.5, 2.x, 3.x)(a lot of cards)
   ((?) means: not tested, maybe it doesn't work properly)

- Supported sound outputs in the Windows version:
 - DirectSound (WDS) (default/primary)
 - Wave Mapper (WIN)

- Memory (not exact calculations):
 - 300k kbyte conventional
 - 8Mb XMS (+size_of_file at -bl)

- Display: VGA (or EGA)

- OS: 
 - MS-DOS 5.0 or above, FreeDOS,DR-DOS, Windows 95/98 (dos box), Linux & OS/2 dos emu (?)
 - Windows (Win2000,WinXP,Vista,Win7)

Command line option examples:

 MPXPLAY.EXE [option(s)] file [file2] [file3] [...] ('file' can be an audiofile (mp3,wav,etc.), playlist (m3u,pls,fpl,cue,mxu) or dir-scan (d:\subd*.*\file*.*)) (multiply input files don't work at WAV output (-o))
 MPXPLAY.EXE [option(s)] -ds cde [filemask]  (scan c: d: e: drives [for 'filemask' files (ie: -ds cde *.mp3)])
 MPXPLAY.EXE [option(s)] d:\*.cdw            (play all audio CD tracks)
 MPXPLAY.EXE -o -sl 0 infile.mp3 outfile.wav (decode mp3 to a wav file)
 MPXPLAY.EXE -o -sl 0 playlist.m3u           (decode all audio files (from the playlist) to wav files (into the current dir))
 MPXPLAY.EXE -o -sl 0 *.mp3 d:\outdir        (decode all audio files (*.mp3) to wav files (into the d:\outdir directory)
 MPXPLAY.EXE -o -obs *.mp4                   (demux aac audio from mp4 container)
 MPXPLAY.EXE -o -sl 0 d:\1.cdw 1.wav         (copy the 1. audio CD track into a wav file (ripp))
 MPXPLAY.EXE -o -sl 0 d:\*.cdw [d:\outdir]   (copy all audio CD tracks into wav files (into the current or into a specified dir))

for slow computers (486DX4-100 or bellow)(-bl requires 7-10Mb RAM (3Mb + filesize)):
 MPXPLAY.EXE -irl -sl 0 -ddma -f0 -v -bl -bn8 playlist.m3u
 MPXPLAY.EXE -irl -sl 0 -ddma -f0 -v -bs playlist.m3u

List of all command line options:

Playlist:
 -@  PLAYLIST : load a playlist (not really needed, Mpxplay can detect the playlist filetypes (M3U,CUE,etc.))
 -@i          : load/read playlist from stdin (m3u style)(ie: dir /b *.mp3 | mpxplay.exe -@i)
 -@d PLAYLIST : jukebox mode (load playlist to the left side)
 -@s PLAYLIST.M3U  : save playlist from editor into PLAYLIST file on exit (default:MPXPLAY.M3U)
 -@sw PLAYLIST.M3U : save playlist in EXTM3U format (like Winamp)
 -@sx PLAYLIST.MXU : save playlist in (own) extended format (playlist with file infos)
 -@sc PLAYLIST.CUE : save playlist in CUE format (indexed files)
 -ds DRIVES : multiple drive scan (-ds cde -> scans c: d: e: drives)(-ds cde *.wav -> search wav files only)
 -dd : enable jukebox mode (load files to the left side)(for dir-scan (*.*) drive scan (-ds) and directory browser)

 -prn  : random play
 -prn2 : randomize playlist at start
 -pre  : replay/repeat playlist
 -pre1 : replay/repeat only 1 song (rewind to the begin of file)

 -psu NUM  : startup-type (StartupEnabled) override (0,3,7,11,19,27) (see mpxplay.ini)
 -pss NUM  : start play at NUM. song  (PlayStartSong) (without NUM, it just starts the playing at the first (or last played) song)
 -pst TIME : start song at TIME pos.  (PlayStartTime) (TIME format is HOURS:MINUTES:SECONDS.HUNDREDTHS (HH:MM:SS.NN or MM:SS.NN or SSS.NN or SSS) format (ie: 3:17 or 197.25))
 -psf NUM  : start song at NUM. frame (PlayStartFrame)
 -psp NUM  : start song at NUM-16%    (PlayStartPercent)(16% is the begin of the song (116% is the end))
 -pcs NUM  : exit after NUM song      (PlayCountSong)
 -pct TIME : play duration (in 1 song)(PlayCountTime) (TIME format is like at -pst)
 -pcf NUM  : play NUM frames only     (PlayCountFrame)
 -pcp NUM  : play NUM% from the song  (PlayCountPercent) (1-100)
 -pet TIME : finish playing at TIME pos   (PlayEndTime) (TIME format is like at -pst,-pct) (-pc# options have higher priority than this)
 -pef NUM  : finish playing at NUM. frame (PlayEndFrame)(PlayFrameCount=PlayEndFrame-PlayStartFrame)(doesn't work with -psp)
 -pslf NUM : use/load NUM. fastlist (PlayStartList)(NUM. list in [fastlist] config)(without NUM, it loads the last used list and restores the list/song position from the [startup])
 -phs      : hi-lite scan, play only 10 seconds from every songs (1m00s-1m10s)(configurable with -pst,-pct,-pet options)
 -ppa      : pause at each (all) songs
 -ppn      : pause at first (next) song (only)

Display:
 -f0  : no screen output (some warning/error messages are not displayed in this mode (ie: serial-control and LCD errors))
 -ff  : only framepos and current filename are displayed
 -fl  : one line display output
 -v   : verbose mode (mpeg info,id3tag info for -f0,-ff,-fl options)(use -fl -v order, not -v -fl)
 -fe  : full screen playlist-editor (without spectrum-analyser & browser)
 -fs  : single lines mode (disable 50 lines mode change at start)
 -db  : disable directory browser in playlist editor (left side)(use -xel option to exit after the last song) (it has higher priority than -db2)
 -db2 : use directory browser on both sides (with a single file argument it opens the dir-of-file and plays the file in dir, with playlist argument it opens the list like a sub-list (ie: mpxplay.exe -db2 d:\subdir\song.mp3))
 -ebs NUM : editor border size (1-64)(def:64)

Visual plugins (only at DOS4G version):
 -vps NAME : visual plugin selected name (else pick up all visual DLLs and skip after user-request (keyboard or mouse))
 -vpt SECS : visual plugin start time (start visualization after SECS seconds)(default: 0, visual plugins will not start without this option)

Input (file) buffer:
 -bp  : large prebuffer (32*32k=1024k) (decoder runs on INT08) (default mode)
 -bpn : -bp + preload next song before the end of current one (for better gapless playing)
 -bpm NUM : prebuffer size in megabytes (for -bp,-bs) (def: 1 (at the default -bp mode)) (1Mb = 1048576 bytes)
 -bpb NUM : prebuffer size in blocks (for -bp,-bs)(1 block=32kbytes)(use: 8 - 64 (MP3-WAV))
 -bb  : back (rewind) buffer (useful for slow drives, like cd,flash,ftp) (without -bbm option: size_of_backbuffer = size_of_prebuffer)
 -bbm NUM : use backbuffer with NUM megabytes
 -bl  : fullbuffer (it loads the (whole) file into memory before playing (depends on the free memory and the used extender too))
 -bs  : small prebuffer (4*32k=128k) (without INT08 decoding) (use this only if you have problems with the default -bp mode)
 -bni : disable interrupt decoding (for -bl)
 -bn8 : disable all INT08 functions (interrupt decoding,dma monitor)
 -bn  : no input buffer (not recommended, for testing only)
 (note for -bp/-bb: the complete size of the file (ring) buffer will be: size_of_backbuffer + size_of_prebuffer, the prebuffer-size sets that how many bytes are pre-readed from the file)

Sound card and file (wav/bitstream) output:
 -scs CARD : manual soundcard select (force) (CARD can be: in DOS version: CMI,ENS,ICH,IHD,SBA,VIA,S16,ESS,WSS,GUS,SBP,WAV,NUL, in Win version: WDS,WIN,WAV,NUL)
 -scd NUM  : select sub-device number (for WIN and WDS only) (use -sct to display device numbers (0,1,2))
 -scc NUM  : soundcard sub-config (for WDS and IHD only)
             (WDS: +1 use primary buffer, +2: loc-hardware; default=1, value 3 can give the best sound quality, but it doesn't work in every cases)
             (IHD: +1: use pc-speaker output, else headphone/lineout, +2: use fixed stream address (old v1.59 method, if the new one doesn't work))
 -sct CARD : soundcard test (without CARD argument it tests and displays all detected cards)
 -scv NUM : set sound card volume (master & pcm together)(0-100(%))(at some soundcards under Win9x use 100% (ie: SB16 emu of SB Live/Audigy))
 -ddma    : double dma (soundcard buffer) (16-bit output: 32k->64k; 24-bit: 48k->96k; 32-bit: 64k->128k) (recommended to use if outfreq>48000)
 -o       : write pcm data to a wav file (instead of soundcard)(rather use this than -scs WAV)
 -of  NUM : set output frequency (constant soundcard freq or freq conversion at wav output)
 -oc  NUM : set output channels (WDS: 2-8, wav-file: 1-8)
 -ob  NUM : set output bits (Audigy 2/4,Live24,ICH4,IHD,WIN,WDS,wav-file)
 -obf     : write 32-bit floating-point pcm data (id=0x0003) (WDS and wav-file)
 -obs     : bitstream mode output (no decoding)(currently for file-out (-o) and with AAC,AC3,DTS,MP2,MP3 (AVI,ASF,MKV,MP4,MPG,TS) input/output only)(ie: mpxplay.exe -o -obs infile.mp3 outfile.mp3 -pst 1:00 -pct 0:30)
 -oni     : create output filename from the id3-info (at -o,-obs)(nn. artist - title.wav)(works only if LFN is supported (with DOSLFN or under Windows))
 -oat     : automatically copy tags from input to output file (at encoders: FLAC,LAME,OGGV)
 -t       : testmode (no sound output, only decoding)
 Separated soundcard mixer channel settings (most of the cards have master and pcm mixchan only):
  -scvom NUM : output master volume (0-100)
  -scvop NUM : output pcm volume
  -scvoh NUM : output headphone volume
  -scvos NUM : output spdif volume
  -scvim NUM : input mic volume
  -scvil NUM : input line volume
  -scvic NUM : input cd volume
  -scvia NUM : input aux volume

Sound mixing and output modifying:
 -sv   NUM : software volume setting (amplifying)(0-700)(def.: 100 (%))(volume is increased manually, decreased by limiter (latter has no desktop effect))
 -sva      : enable auto volume correction (slow)
 -sr   NUM : surround/stereo expander (def.:100 (%) = no surround, 10=mono, 150=wide stereo)
 -sp   NUM : playing speed (freq) control (50-990)(def.: 100) (or 500-9999 (def. 1000) if you set MixerControl=5)
 -sctr NUM : set tone-treble (1-100) (SB16,AWE32/64: hardware; otherwise (or with MixerControl=3): software)
 -scbs NUM : set tone-bass   (1-100) (def.: 50 = no tone change)
 -sl   NUM : soundlimit (playlimit)(0-200)(def.:20)(finishes the playing of the song if the sound volume is under the limit)
 -mxlo NUM : volume limiter overflow value in dB (0-18) (def.:0) (you can get a little more sound volume with distortion)
 -mxmd NUM : mute volume divisor (1-999) (def: 8)

 -csa NUM : select audio stream (in ASF,AVI,MKV,MP4,MPG,OGG,TS containers, if it contains more than one audio stream) (0 means the first/primary stream)

 -cl : decode left channel only (1.9x/1.4x faster decoding at MP3/OGG files (only))
 -cm : downmix channels (stereo to mono)(ca. 1.7x faster decoding at MP3 files only)

 -cf      : enable crossfade
 -cft NUM : crossfadetype   (def. 1) (0.bit (+1) :fade-out, 1.bit (+2) :fade-in)(-cft 3 : fade out + fade-in)
 -cfo NUM : fade-out length (def. 250)
 -cfp NUM : crossfade point (def. 120)(start crossfade at num. frame, relative to begining of fade-out)
 -cfi NUM : fade-in length  (def. 200)
 -cfl NUM : crossfade limit (def. 0) (start crossfade, when volume less than num (don't use crossfade point))
 (crossfade only: -cfo 150 -cfp 0 -cfi 150 , fade-out & fade-in only: -cfo 150 -cfp 150 -cfi 100 )

ID3-info, file-info loading:
 -inl : don't preload (load at skip only) file informations (header,id3tag) (but MXU/EXTM3U works (has effect))
 -irl : load infos at program start (start playing only if all fileinfos are loaded)
 -ipl : load (all) infos paralell with playing
 -idl : load infos of displayed files only (displayed in playlist editor window)
 -ihl : load infos of highlighted file only (at cursor move (up/down arrows))
 -in  : don't load/display id3tag infos (only filename and time-length)
 -inf : don't load id3tag infos from files (but use LFN and EXTM3U/MXU/CUE infos) (equal to LoadID3Tag=5 in mpxplay.ini)
 -if KEYWORD : tag-filter (keep files which have KEYWORD in their id3tag(s) (or in filename(s) if there's no id3tag), delete the others)(restrictions: works properly with -irl option only; KEYWORD may not contain space(s); very slow at large playlists)

ID3-tag write/update in audio files (at aac,ac3,ape,asf,dts,flac,mp2,mp3,mp4,mpc,ogg,wv files) (APETag,ID3v1,ID3v2,ASF,Flac,MP4,Ogg):
 -iw  : enable id3-tag writing
 -ita "artist"  : set artist tag (these options work without -iw option too)
 -itt "title"   : set title tag  (you also can use a listfile (-il) to set artist:title infos)
 -itl "album"   : set album tag
 -ity "year"    : set year tag
 -itc "comment" : set comment tag
 -itg "genre"   : set genre tag  (note: ID3v1 has standard (static) genre-types only (see id3genres[] in in_mp3.c))
 -itn "tracknum": set tracknum tag (note: ID3v1.1 (MP2,MP3) can store a number between 0 and 255 (ie: -itn "63") only)
 (note: if the audio file already has id3-tag and you don't set new tag(s)
        then the program keeps the original tags of the file
        you can use "" to clear a tag (ie: -itl ""))

Character (codepage) conversion (from audio files to Mpxplay and back):
 DOS only:
 -8   : convert characters in id3tags (configured by WinChars/DosChars in mpxplay.ini) (options priority: -8w < -8ucp/-8ccp < -8)
 -8f  : convert characters in filenames too (not recomended) (use it with -8)(-8u has no effect on filenames, -8ua converts filenames in M3U8,FPL and on display)(if a char conversion is wrong, remove it from the WinChars/DosChars)
 -8u  : enable UTF-8 text decoding in tags (in every tags/filetypes) (not recomended)
 -8ua : enable auto UTF-8 and UTF-16 decoding (where it's required)(APEv2,ASF,FLAC,ID3v2,Ogg,FPL,M3U8)(enabled by default, you can disable it in mpxplay.ini (Conv852437))
 -8uv : validate (use only) WinChars at UTF-8 decoding (above ascii 128)(to avoid wrong/false decoding at non-utf8 texts)
 -8b  : convert back chars (for -iw)(from Mpxplay to audio files, from DOSchars to WINchars only)(because -8 converts in both direction)
 -8ucp CPNAME : source codepage (for UTF decoding and for codepage conversion) (default: ISO-8859-2) (see moreinfo.txt for more CPNAMEs)
 -8ccp CPNAME : target codepage for codepage conversion (def: CP437)
 (For convertable codepages like CP1250/CP852 you can use the -8ucp/-8ccp options, but for the non-convertable ones like CP1250/CP437 you have to use the manual configuration of WinChars/DosChars with the -8 option)

 WIN: basically the single-char to unicode (and back) conversions depend on the locale setting of your Windows (LOCALE_USER)
 -8ucp option is still exist, but it's needed only if the source texts/id3tags are in different codepage than your Windows
 -8ccp option is only to set the codepage of the fullscreen console desktop (the default/initial setting is CP437) (in windowed mode all (most) unicode chars are displayed correctly)
  (the desktop of Mpxplay has built in CP437, some drawing chars are missing in other codepages)

Playlist sort (read moreinfo.txt, sort bugs too):
 -io  NUM : primary order key; order playlist by 0=title, 1=artist, 2=album, 3=year, 4=comment (file-extension in commander mode), 5=genre, 6=tracknum, 7=time, 8=filesize, 9=path, 10=filename, 11=path\filename, 12=filedate, 99=disable ordering (order only directory entires by filename)
 -io2 NUM : secondary order key (0=title, 1=artist, etc.)
 -io3 NUM : third order key (-"-)
 -io4 NUM : fourth order key (-"-)
 -iod     : descending order (else ascending)(use it with -io)

ID3-list:
 -il [infofile] : load LOCAL id3info listfile (for directory browser (left side), (re)loads list from every directory (after dir change)) (see moreinfo.txt too)
 -ig [infofile] : load GLOBAL id3info listfile (for both sides (directory browser and playlist)(create of id3list: mpxplay.exe playlist.m3u -@sx infofile.txt)
 -is [infofile] : save id3 infos in a listfile
 -ist NUM : field-types for -is (the bits of the NUM change/enable the fields)(def.:61)
   0. bit (  +1): list directory names
   1. bit (  +2): list filenames
   2. bit (  +4): artist-title list mode (non-fixed/fixed position)
   3. bit (  +8): list time of file
   4. bit ( +16): list bitrate (kbit/s)
   5. bit ( +32): list filesize in megabytes
   6. bit ( +64): list filenames with full path

Other (program controls):
 -x PRGNAME : set program name for DOS shell (i.e. -x nc.exe)
 -xs        : call a dosshell (automatically) after the start of Mpxplay
 -xr        : DOS version: TSR mode (works properly at CDW files only)('mpxplay.exe -bl -xr -xs -pre1 song.mp3' for continuous background playing)(this option has keeped for a possible future developing, it's not really usefull)
              Win32 version: +1 thread for file prebuffering (disk reading doesn't stop the control/display functions and vica versa)
 -xas       : enable atx/apm power (hardware) shutdown (at exit)
 -xce       : confirm exit
 -xel       : exit at end of (play)list (has effect in directory browser and in jukebox queue too)
 -xts TIME  : program play start time (start playing (unpause) at TIME)(in the next 24 hours) (TIME may be in HH:MM:SS or HH:MM or HH format)
 -xte TIME  : program exit time (in the next 24 hours) (TIME may be in HH:MM:SS or HH:MM or HH format)
 -xtl TIME  : program run-time length (from -xts or from the start of the program)(max. 24 hours)(TIME may be in HH:MM:SS or HH:MM or HH format)
              (note: HH is hour(s), MM is minute(s), SS is second(s))
 -dlls      : list informations about DLLs in Mpxplay's dir (at DOS4G and WIN versions)
 -drfc NUM  : ftp-client config (default: dos=7, win=15) (+1 : use passive mode, +2 : auto reconnect if connection losts, +4: use anonym login, if no user/passw, +8 : use UTF8 filenames)

Video out (not used yet):
 -vos NAME: select video output (driver) (built-in: VESA)
 -volm    : list available video modes (for the selected video driver)
 -vom HEX : set video mode manually (from the list by -volm)
 -vox NUM : set horizontal resolution (def:1024) (ie:640,800,1024,1280,1600)
 -voy NUM : set vertical resolution (ie:400,480,600,768,1024,1200)
 -vob NUM : set output bits / color depth (def:32) (if the videoout driver supports it) (16:hicolor; 24,32:truecolor)


Keyboard controls (some keys are case sensitive (lower case only)!)
(suggestion: set the keyboard speed to 30 char/sec in BIOS):

 ESC      - exit from the program (or terminate drive scanning, playlist checking, file loading (-bl), AAC seeking)
 CTRL-C   - exit from the program (in win version: the exit confirm doesn't work and usually it terminates the program at freezing too)
 F10      - exit from the program without shutdown (at -xas)
 gray-'-' - step back one song in playlist
 gray-'+' - step forward one song in playlist
 white-'-'- step back like a CD player (if framenum>38, step to begin of song, else step to previous song)
 gray-'/' - step back one subdirectory (album) in playlist (or change to previous paralell directory in directory browser)
 gray-'*' - step forward one subdirectory (album) in playlist (or change to next paralell directory in directory browser)
 alt-'/'  - load previous fastlist (from [fastlist] config in mpxplay.ini)
 alt-'*'  - load next fastlist
      ->  - (right arrow) forward 50 frames (configurable with SeekFrames in mpxplay.ini)
      <-  - (left arrow)  rewind  50 frames (50 frames is usually 1.3 sec)
 CTRL-gray-RIGHT  - seek +1% (or min. 200 frames)
 CTRL-gray-LEFT   - seek -1% (or min. 200 frames)
 CTRL-white-RIGHT - 4x seek forward (200 frames)
 CTRL-white-LEFT  - 4x seek rewind (200 frames)
 BACKSPACE- jump to begin of song (to 0. frame)
  A       - spectrum analyser on/off
  C       - crossfader on/off (also terminates fade-out)
  d       - hi-lite scan (demo mode) start/stop (plays 10 secs from every file)
 CTRL-'d' - open a DOS-shell (type 'exit' to return)
  E       - switch between player and commander mode playlist editor (show song or file infos) (LCD: show only filenames instead of id3infos) (note: loading of filesize and filedate infos in commander mode depends on the using of Preloadinfo/-inl/-idl/-ipl settings, same like in player mode)
 CTRL-'e'   rename file(s) by ID3-tag(s) (trackNN.MP3 -> NN. Artist - Title.MP3) (note: there is a codepage-back char conversion in it) (you can also use this function to rename a directory or a non-audio file, instead of using alt-F6)
  F       - (cross) fade out/in select (on/off)
 CTRL-'f' - open (ftp) session manager (available protocols: ftp; win32: ftps (imlicit SSL), ftpes (explicit TLS))
  g       - switch between text and vga (video) mode (not useful yet)
 CTRL-'g' - skip one LCD page (DOS)
  i       - insert index / set index start point (duplicate entry with startpos=currpos)
 CTRL-'i' - remove index (append index to next/previous index)
  J       - switch between juke-box (doombox) and normal mode (reloads playlist!)
 CTRL-'k' - close ftp session
  l       - move cursor to the currently played entry/song (and change drive/directory too if playside is dir-browser)
  M       - mute sound (while press) (1/8 sound volume)
 CTRL-'m' - mute sound (on/off switch)
  N       - random play (shuffle) on/off
 CTRL-'n' - randomize side-entries immediately
  o       - open/close CD door (of primary CD drive)
  P       - start/pause playing (SPACE button too)
 CTRL-'p' - autopause on/off
  R       - replay (repeat) mode (off / 1 song / full playlist)
 CTLR-'r' - refresh directory browser OR reset playlist-filter OR reload playlist/rescan directories,drive(s) (ie: after CD change)
  S       - stop playing (and jump to begin of playlist)
 CTRL-'s' - pause playing at (the start of) next song (doesn't work in win32 version, map it to an other button, if you need it, or use the desktop "Pn" switch)
  T       - time mode (elapsed,remaining,allelapsed,allremaining)
  V       - auto volume on/off
 CTRL-V   - reset all mixer functions to center/zero value (volume,surround,speed,balance,treble,bass)
  X       - swap channels (reverse stereo)

  .       - volume up   ('white home' too) (0-14: +1%, 15-100: +6%, 100-700: +0.5dB)
  ,       - volume down ('white end' too)
  '       - surround up   (stereo expander)
  ;       - surround down (to mono)
  ]       - playing speed up
  [       - playing speed down
  \       - speed up while push (fast-forward like tape-deck by speed-control)
  <       - balance-left
  >       - balance-right
  "       - bass up (DOS: hardware tone on SB16 and AWE32/64 cards, else software tone at MP3/MP2/MPC files)
  :       - bass down (-"-)
  }       - treble up (-"-)
  {       - treble down (-"-)
  |       - loudness on/off (80/50 bass&treble)('80' is configurable with an initial bass/treble value (!=50))
 alt-'.'  - soundcard volume up   (doesn't work on every cards (ie:GUS))
 alt-','  - soundcard volume down

  F1      - display help window (keyboard controls)

   ALT-F9 - 25/50 lines mode switch (DOS)
  CTRL-F9 - full screen playlist-editor (3) modes (analyser and browser are disabled)
 SHIFT-f9 - equal to ALT-F9 + CTRL-F9

 NUMBER   - type a playlist-entry number (1-9999)(jump to n. song)(type zeroes at begin to start songs faster)(ie: 05,005,0005; depending on how many files are in the list (>10,>100,>1000))


 Unmapped keyboard functions (configurable in mpxplay.ini):

  KeyCRewind      - continuous rewind (press again key to stop it)
  KeyCForward     - -"-        forward
  KeySkipAlbL1Back- skip back one album-group (like SkipAlbumBack, but with 1 directory level higher)
  KeySkipAlbL1Frwd- skip forward -"-
  KeySkipAlbL2Back- skip back one album-group (like SkipAlbumBack, but with 2 directory level higher)
  KeySkipAlbL2Frwd- skip forward -"- (note: put all audio files in the same (sub)directory level, else these functions will not work properly)
  KeyEditCpySngEhl- copy song (entry) and move/shift it to editorhighline position and skip editorhighline
  KeyLCDpage0,KeyLCDpage1,KeyLCDpage2,KeyLCDpage3 - select LCD page 0,1,2 or 3
  KeyID3winscroll - on/off scroll of id3-window if artist:title is too long (enabled by default)
  KeyShutDownExit - exit and shutdown computer (ATX only)

 Playlist-editor keys:
  TAB               : change playlist editor side
  Up & Down arrows  : move cursor up/down 1 song in the playlist
  PageUp,PageDown   :       -"-           1 editor page (1 page=30 song on the default screen)
  ALT-gray-PgUp/PgDn:       -"-           1 album (subdir difference in the playlist)
  Home,End          :       -"-           to the top/bottom of playlist
  CTRL-PgUp/PgDn    : move to updir/subdir (in directory browser) or uplist/sublist (in playlist)
  CTRL-'\'          : jump to root dir/list (directory browser/sublist structure)
  CTRL-gray-'/','*' : jump to prev/next paralell playlist (using sublists) or directory (in directory browser)

  CTRL-'t'          : add a new side-tab (duplicate current tab, insert the new tab after the current one, skip to the new tab)
  CTRL-'w'          : delete current/selected tab
  CTRL-TAB          : skip to the next tab on the side (in loop)

  ENTER             : start the selected song OR load playlist OR change dir/sublist OR add file/list to jukebox
  CTRL-ENTER        : select/unselect next song (and set the playing side too)

  white-Ins         : select/unselect song/list/dir
  ALT-gray-'+'      : select songs by filemask or metadata (works similar like alt-letter search, but wildcards ('?','*') are also supported; "*." selects directories only)
  ALT-gray-'-'      : unselect songs
  ALT-gray-'*'      : invert selection
  CTRL-gray-'+'     : select all songs
  CTRL-gray-'-'     : unselect all songs
  SHIFT-F2          : compare directories/editorsides by path\filename or length&filename, auto-select different files (case sensitive at non-US chars in Win32/Unicode version too!)

  F5                : add (selected) song(s)/playlist(s)/subdir(s) to the other side (loads/expands playlists/subdirs)
  gray-Ins          : add highlighted song/playlist/subdir to the other side (win32: same as white-Ins)
  SHIFT-F5          : copy song/list/subdir name to the other side (do not load/expand list/dir) (usefull for creating sublist)
  SHIFT-F6          : move playlist entries to the other side
  CTRL-Ins          : copy all playlist entries to the other side
  F8                : delete selected song(s) from the playlist
  Del               : delete highlighted song from the playlist
  CTRL-Del          : clear playlist (usually the right side)
  CTRL-UP / DOWN    : shift (drag and move) a song up/down in playlist

  ALT-F1,ALT-F2     : select drive or side type (drive,playlist,jukebox)
  F2                : save playlist (in selected filename/type) of current editorside (not playlist side!)
  F3                : show detailed fileinfos of highlighted song or summary of selected files or subdirectories (you can use Up/Down arrows, Tab and Enter keys to change the highlighted single file)
  F4                : edit id3tag or index (highlighted song or group of selected songs)
  ALT-F5            : copy file(s) on disk or record http stream
  ALT-F6            : move/rename file(s) on disk
  F7                : make directory on disk (in directory browser only)
  ALT-F8            : delete file(s) from disk
  (note: filemask: "*.*" = supported files, "*.?*" = all files)
  ('*' is handled at end of name or extension only (ie: track*.m?*); tr*ck.*p3 format is not supported)

                      set primary key and re-order playlist on current editorside
  CTRL-F1           : orfer by path\filenames and disable sorting (sort directory entries only in browser/dir-scan)
  CTRL-F2           : order by artist /title/pathfile (1./2./3. keys) or in commander mode: by fileextension/filename
  CTRL-F3           : order by title  /artist/pathfile                or in commander mode: by filesize/pathfile
  CTRL-F4           : order by time   /artist/title/pathfile          or in commander mode: by filedate/pathfile

  ALT-LEFT / RIGHT  : modify size of playlist-editorsides (horizontal)
  ALT-UP / DOWN     : resize playlist editor / song browser (vertical)

 Searching in the editor (searches in all metadatas and filenames):
  ALT-'a'-'z'     : init search (you must use ALT at the first character only)
  Backspace       : clear back
  Up/Down Arrows  : search (again) backward/forward in the playlist
  ':'-char        : artist:title separator (to search in artist and/or title only ("artist:title" or "artist:" or ":title"))
  ESC             : exit from the search
  Executed keys in search (exit from the search, execute function): F5,TAB,ENTER,ctrl-ENTER

 Mouse buttons:
  left button (used to desktop functions by default (reconfigurable in mpxplay.ini)):
   - one click on song-position line () to seek in song (to set a new position)
   - one click in the playlist to move the editor highline (and change editorside)
   - double click in the playlist to start a new (selected) song
   - one click on song-browser to skip to (select and start) a new song
   - press + move vertically : scroll playlist

  right button:  seek forward / skip song  (without keymap: select/unselect song)
  center button: seek backward / skip back-like-cd (press/click)
  wheel up/down: editorhighline up/down  (http://cutemouse.sourceforge.net)
