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QuickMP3
FAQs
Why have you put in an annoying shareware
message?
Well, to date I've
received 4 registrations against >8000 downloads
download.com alone. Call me cynical. Also, QuickMP3 is a
good chance to test my registration code. If you crack it
and want to tell me, feel free.
Why don't you still support
68k?
Sorry, but QuickTime 4 for
68k doesn't support MP3, and supporting 68k increases the
download size for everyone else.
Will you stop changing up my MP3
file types?
As of 1.1.2, this is a
preference item.
Why won't it open my MP3
files?
Are you
running QuickTime 4? If
not, there's your answer. Otherwise, read on…
QuickMP3 isn't as smart about
recognising MP3s as MacAmp, and other programs written by
cleverer people. Unless your file has the correct file
type (e.g. "MPG3") or extension (".mp3") it won't
recognise it.
As of 1.0.1, QuickMP3 recognises
all relevant file types recognised by QuickTime Player.
(It seems to me that we should standardise on one file
type for MP3s. QuickMP3 uses "MPG3" since that was the
first one I came across.)
Sometimes QuickMP3 "just
quits"...
This seems to be a
QuickTime 4 problem. I've written lots of programs with
REALbasic, and most of them don't "just quit". You might
try increasing QuickMP3's memory partition
slightly.
Will you read ID3
tags?
I will when and if
QuickTime does and REALbasic lets me see them.
Will you provide skins and other
frivolous features?
1.1 introduced them,
weren't you watching? If you design a really funky skin,
feel free to email it to me :)
Will You Support Cool QuickTime 4
Features (i.e. Bass & Treble)?
Yes, but I'll have to (a)
get the QuickTime 4 API documentation, and (b) read it
first, so it may be a while. If you look at the
documentation right now (1/5/99) there's a lot of
incomplete pages.
How Come Playback is Jerky,
especially when opening applications?
Basically, I just hand
MP3s to QuickTime and let 'em rip. QuickTime allows
loading applications priority over playback, so you get
jerkiness. MacAMP plays relatively well during
application load (this is on my G3), but it takes about
twice as long to launch an application when MacAMP is
playing.
I expect that QuickMP3's
jerkiness should be resolved by 8.6, but since Apple
changed their developer program so that it sucks, I don't
get pre-release versions of the OS. (Bitter? I'm not
bitter.)
Will you support
Windows?
Yes. The entire code and
project is portable and will be released for Windows as
soon as (a) REALbasic 2.0's Win32 target stuff works
properly and (b) REALbasic gets their upgrade licensing
act together.
Will you increase registration
fees?
No.
Will you charge for
upgrades?
No.
Will you introduce draconian
registration checking?
Maybe. Depends on whether
I get any registrations this way. I've got some really
cool code to implement draconian registration checking,
so it's tempting.
It's a programming tool
for the Mac (and Windows) that doesn't suck. It's based
on an original, object-oriented BASIC with garbage
collection; it allows you to create a proper Mac
interface by drag and drop; it compiles your code
instantly; and it produces real applications.
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