CD-Runner® - General Information...
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Blending Art and Technology... CD/Multimedia Player and Database 
Organizer for Windows 95, 98, NT4 (sp3 required, sp5 or later
recommended) 2000 and ME.

CD-Runner FEATURES
*  Audio CD Runner and CD Library
*  CD Ripper and MP3 ID3 Tagger
*  CD-ROM Runner and Library
*  Removable Disc Runner and Library
*  Media Runner
*  CD-Runner Lite
*  Main Menu and Setup Sections, MUCH MORE...

AUDIO CD RUNNER
- CD player faceplate designed to look like a real live home CD unit; 
  fully customizable 3D faceplate graphics or choice of solid color motif.
- Choice of LED or LCD display windows.
- Animated, multimedia functions throughout (e.g. CD drawers open when
  CDs are ejected, buttons lit when activated, etc.).
- Audio CD Library (database) with support for the public domain CDDB 
  (CD Database) - retrieve audio CD info online w/ Internet connection.
- Audio CDs automatically identified; if no info entered, CDDB online 
  automatically searched & data retrieved if found.
- Audio CD Recorder or "Ripper" to record tracks as WAV files, with
  option to use MP3 encoder to convert to MP3 format.
- Continuous play, single play and program modes, with randomized shuffle
  features built-in.
- Windows compatible volume / balance control, with optional link to 
  a favorite mixer or the Windows volume control application.
- Popup control bar when faceplates are minimized - includes all control
  functions with pulldown volume control and mini-display window.
- Program up to 100 tracks, with auto-launch capability for stored 
  programs. Programs may be stored for later playback as desired.
- Many high-end optional features included - A<->B loop function, dropdown
  track, song titles and liner notes display, status bar with instant
  movement to any position in track being played, elapsed track time,
  remaining track time, total time toggle, much more.
- Faceplate display windows for artist, CD title, song titles, track and
  time, music calendar, etc.
- Full support for Enhanced Audio CDs (audio + video).
- Selection of CD jacket art, slideshow screen savers, different 
  graphical wallpapers (BMP, JPG, GIF, etc.).
- Click and drag faceplate with mouse to move.
- Link to preset Web sites or launch your Web Browser while playing CDs!

CD-ROM RUNNER
- CD-ROMs automatically identified.
- CD-ROM changers and multiple CD-ROM drives supported, up to 23 drives!
- Support for multiple applications on one CD-ROM.
- Auto-launch option.
- Support for AutoPlay (autorun) CD-ROMs.
- Utility to help identify and install new CD-ROMs.
- Setup passwords, sound files, and custom icon or bitmapped graphics to 
  appear when CD-ROMs are identified.
- Multi-drive / multi-application dropdown selection box displays all 
  currently loaded CD-ROMs and applications.
- Enhanced CD-ROM Library (database) with options to set passwords, CD-ROM
  titles and descriptions, icons, graphics and/or sound files.
- Unique CD-ROM player faceplate designed to look like a real live home CD 
  unit; fully customizable 3D faceplate graphics or choice of solid color 
  motif.
- Choice of LED or LCD display windows.
- Animated, multimedia functions throughout (e.g. CD drawers open when
  CDs are ejected, buttons lit when activated, etc.).
- Click and drag faceplate with mouse to move.

RD Runner
- Supports all major RD (Removable Disc) formats including CD-R, flopticals, 
  rewriteable media, and floppy disks. 
- RDs automatically identified.
- CD-ROM changers, multiple CD-ROM drives, multiple removable & floppy drives 
  supported, up to 23 drives!
- Support for multiple applications on one RD media.
- Auto-launch option.
- Utility to help identify and install new RDs.
- Setup passwords, sound files, and custom icon or bitmapped graphics to appear
  when RDs are identified.
- Multi-drive / multi-application dropdown selection box displays all 
  currently loaded RDs and applications.
- Enhanced RD Library (database) with options to set passwords, RD titles 
  and descriptions, icons, graphics and/or sound files.
- Unique RD player faceplate designed to look like a real live home CD 
  unit; fully customizable 3D faceplate graphics or choice of solid color 
  motif.
- Choice of LED or LCD display windows.
- Animated, multimedia functions throughout (e.g. CD drawers open when
  CDs are ejected, buttons lit when activated, etc.).
- Click and drag faceplate with mouse to move.

MEDIA RUNNER
- Play all popular video and sound media formats using this versatile runner.
  Support for: 
    * Windows Media Technology 4 Audio & Video
    * Video for Windows (AVI files)
    * QuickTime Movie (MOV, QT files)
    * MPEG Movie (MPG, MPE, MPA, M1V, ENC, MPEG files)
    * Video CD Movie (DAT files)
    * MPEG Audio (MP1, MP2, MP3 files)
    * SUN Audio (AU, SND files)
    * Macintosh Audio (AIFF, AIF files)
    * MIDI Sound (MID files)
    * RIFF-MIDI Sound (RMI files)
    * Wave Sound (WAV files)
    * New option to play RealMedia, Shockwave Flash, RealText,
      RealPix, SMIL and RAM Meta Files using RealPlayer
    * Liquid Audio support 
    * DVD support
- New option to play MP3 files with Winamp - even create Winamp
  m3u playlists "on-the-fly"
- Media runner faceplate designed to look like a real live home VCR unit; 
  fully customizable 3D faceplate graphics or choice of solid color motif.
- Choice of LED or LCD display windows.
- Set default screen zoom modes or 1:1 video playback
- All movie files playable using either fixed size TV monitor, or optional
  sizable (zoom in/out) screen.
- Fully featured programming capabilities, allows for playback of multiple
  video and sound files - useful to create multimedia presentations and
  collections of favorite media files.
- Record options available with link to Windows Recorder.
- Unique CD player faceplate designed to look like a real live home CD 
  unit; fully customizable 3D faceplate graphics or choice of solid color 
  motif.
- Continuous play, single play and program modes, with randomized shuffle
  features built-in.
- Windows compatible volume / balance control, with optional link to 
  a favorite mixer or the Windows volume control application.
- Popup control bar when faceplates are minimized - includes all control
  functions with pulldown volume control and mini-display window.
- Many high-end optional features included - A<->B loop function, dropdown
  track, movie/song titles display, status bar with instant movement to 
  any position in track being played, elapsed track time, remaining track 
  time, total time toggle, much more.
- Click and drag faceplate and monitor with mouse to move.

MAIN MENU and SETUP SECTIONS, MUCH MORE...
- CD-Runner Main Menu is designed to look similar to a Web Browser for ease
  of use; all areas of the program may be accessed from here.
- Main Menu bypass option provided (e.g. if audio CD in drive and bypass option
  is enabled, when CD-Runner is run Audio CD Runner will be displayed 1st).
- CD-Runner Lite may also be run to immediately play an audio CD or run a 
  CD-ROM application - associated faceplate is immediately minimized.
- Setup section allows for a vast variety of custom options, fonts, colors,
  faceplate and wallpaper graphics, etc. - by FAR the most feature-rich 
  multimedia application of it's kind!
- Detailed help section - simply press F1 anywhere in CD-Runner, and a 
  context sensitive help screen will appear. Press F1 while using any of the
  runner screens and a sample help faceplate will appear; position the mouse
  over any desired control or display and a popup message box will explain
  the function or display details.
- Detailed System Information section shows devices, free memory, etc.
- Industry standard Windows-compatible installer used for trouble-free
  installation and setup of CD-Runner.
- New JPEG, GIF and BMP graphical support for all wallpaper, 
  faceplate graphics, and more...
- New sound effects options for several CD-Runner events (e.g. CD drawer 
  opening, power buttons, running mixer...)
- Improved integration with the public domain CD Database (CDDB) 
  containing over hundreds of thousands of pre-entered audio CDs.
- Greatly improved audio CD library, now unlimited number of CDs supported,
  improved operation and speed.
- New (optional) main menu screen.
- Long filenames now supported throughout.
- Improved multiple CD-ROM drive operation.
- Built-in CD-Runner volume control improved to support a wide range of 
  different sound boards for CD, Wave and MIDI volume and balance control.
- New and improved faceplate and main menu control buttons.
- New Internet "Links" options, allows for custom setup of your favorite 
  Web sites to be accessed from CD-Runner.
- New Database Export options to save Audio CD, CD-ROM and RD 
  database listings and database details in text (*.txt) or comma-
  delimited (*.csv) file format.
- New print options added to Audio CD, CD-ROM and RD databases.
- New popup menu and favorite Internet links button added to all 
  faceplate screens - allows access to any other CD-Runner section or 
  directly to the Web.
- Support added for new Enhanced Audio CDs
- Improved installation program now sets CD-Runner as the default Windows
  Audio CD player.
- New Audio CD and Media Runner Playlist and Info windows.
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CD-Runner is licensed to you "AS IS." Beyond Software makes no representations 
or warranties, express or implied, regarding the installation, compatibility, 
operation and un-installation of CD-Runner.

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LIMITED TO, IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR 
PURPOSE, TITLE AND NON-INFRINGEMENT. IN NO CASE WILL BEYOND SOFTWARE BE LIABLE 
FOR ANY CONSEQUENTIAL OR INCIDENTAL DAMAGES OR FOR ANY LOST PROFITS, OR LOST 
REVENUES.
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