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  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.