##### ### ## ### ######## ### ## ### ###TM ####### ####### ####### ######## ####### ####### ####### ### ### ### ### ### ### ### ### ### ## ### ### ### ## ### ### ### ## ### ## ####### ####### ## ######## ### ####### ## ###### ##### ### ## ######## ### ### ## ### ##### LoopDropZ Welcome to LoopDropZ, a simple drag and drop seamless background audio looper for Windows.. LoopDropZ was originally designed to provide 24/7 background audio, primarily as a noise barrier against the office downstairs, and their darned fire-doors. It has since proven useful in all sorts of situations, and has been spruced-up and improved for public release. Lots more info, here.. http://corz.org/windows/software/loopdropz/ (c) 2007->tomorrow! corz.org ;o) itstory.. [known bugs at the bottom] Key.. * Fixes ~ Changes + New stuff 0.7.2.1 + You can now use the "a" or "all" flag to have LoopDropZ launch and loop the entire list (same as Ctrl+L or the Tray option) right off the bat. This could be useful in a scenario where LoopDropZ has been employed to loop an audio file, or group of audio files, which may at some time in the future be updated. Rather than load the file into memory and pass it to the Windows API to loop, LoopDropZ reloads the files in the list afresh for each loop, even if there's only one file, see. If you are using this for announcements in your museum, you can now update your audio file at will an LoopDropZ will loop the updated audio. (yes, this was a feature request) 0.7.1 + Added "big" volume jump HotKeys (also configurable; as is the size of the jump - by default it is 10%). By default they are Ctrl + Numpad +/-. ~ Switched the volume controls to keyboard accelerators, which might seem meaningless, but actually means that your hotkeys won't interfere with other instances of LoopDropZ which might also be running. In theory. I'll convert all HotKeys into keyboard accelerators when I get a chance. 0.7.0.6 + You can now adjust the volume, in 1% increments, when LoopDropZ is at the front, using the + and - keys on your numeric keypad. If you don't have a numeric keypad, you can set alternatives in your ini file. Full instructions included. The first time you use the volume control it will reset to 50% but should thereafter remember your chosen volume setting. This makes it easy to get to 1%, which I often find myself needing to do, getting a background sound properly into the background. I may expand this later with presets and fine/course adjustments. 0.7.0.5 ~ For neatness, LoopDropZ reverts the title back to plain old "LoopDropZ" after a few seconds. You may find this extremely annoying (especially when using multiple copies of LoopDropZ running simultaneously) and so can instead choose to keep the name of the current audio track in the program title. 0.7.0.4 + Internal stuff, error-checking preferences. ~ Updated URLs to secure versions. 0.7.0.3 ~ Just minor stuff. Enabled MP3 playing for preview (Ctrl+Drag). You can still use MP3 with the layer switch. You can also use the layer switch for single files to loop a long MP3 in the background. C:\path\to\LoopDropZ.exe layer "B:\Audio\long.mp3" You can send multiple files, of course, but playing multiple MP3 files, particularly long ones could be shaky. Playing multiple WAVs with the layer switch is much more solid. NOTE: I haven't so much enabled MP3 support for these non-seamless methods as not disallowed it. 0.7.0.2 ~ Edit ini feature now uses ShellExecute mechanism to launch your default .ini editor. The "editor" preference is now deprecated. ~ LoopDropZ will now immediately loop any file loaded on the command-line. + Experimental layering feature for launching with multiple files on the command-line. Use the switch "layer" (or just "l") and then your file paths, in quotes, e.g.. C:\path\to\LoopDropZ.exe layer "B:\Audio\chant.wav" "B:\Audio\primal7.wav" "B:\Audio\metadrop.wav" This feature isn't *quite* seamless, and will be replaced with something better, rsn. Some audio files it will be more noticeable than others. It is fun, though. You can load 1-62 files (so long as you have the memory) and once loaded and looping, you can select yet another file from your drop-down to loop on top of them, or drag wavs in (each of which *will* loop seamlessly, as normal). Also, you can still Ctrl+Drop yet more WAV files on top to preview. Hours of enjoyment! NOTE: You can play MP3s with this mechanism. ~ I have removed the registry capabilities for now. Windows 10 has more complexity here and I will need to investigate a better method before things get messy. 0.7.0.1 ~ LoopDropZ is now free and open source. All my apps will be this now. I have learned. The source code still needs some sorting out and comments put in, but it's working! 0.6.2 + Improved licensing code. Less annoying. + Online version checking - keeps you up to date with the latest releases. 0.6.0.3 [first official release] All features implemented.