XMPlay MOD-packer plugin (rev.3) - (c) 2003-2004 Fraggie. All rights reserved
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Files that you should have found in the XMP-MODPACKER "package"
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XMP-MODPACKER.DLL   The plugin
XMP-MODPACKER.TXT   This file
FILE_ID.DIZ         BBS description file


What's the point?
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This plugin allows XMPlay to load/play tracker music converted with several
Amiga MOD packers. To "install" the plugin, simply put the XMP-MODPACKER.DLL
file in the same directory as XMPLAY.EXE is located.

NOTE: You must have XMPlay 1.4 or above to use this plugin.

NOTE: The "Verify new files" option must be enabled for this plugin to work.


Supported formats
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 * ChipTracker (*.kris, *.mod)
 * Compact ModFile (*.ac1d)
 * NoisePacker 2.0 / 2.1 (*.np2)
 * NoisePacker 3.0 (*.np3)
 * PhaPacker / ProPacker 1.0 (*.pha, *.pp10)
 * Pro-Packer 2.1 (*.pp21)
 * Pro-Packer 3.0 (*.pp30)
 * ProRunner 1.0 (*.prun)
 * ProRunner 2.0 (*.pru2)
 * The Player 4.0a / 4.0b (*.p40, *.p4x)
 * The Player 4.1a (*.p41, *.p4x)
 * The Player 5.0a (*.p50, *.p5x)
 * The Player 6.0a (*.p60)
 * The Player 6.1a (*.p61)
 * TrackerPacker 3.0 / 3.1 (*.tp3)


Latest version
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The latest versions of XMPlay and the plugins can always be found
at the XMPlay website:    http://www.un4seen.com/


Copyright, Disclaimer, and all that other jazz
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This plugin is free for use with XMPlay.

This software is provided as-is. The author makes absolutely no
warranties on it. You use it at your own risk. The author shall
not be held responsible for any damage that may result from its use.

All trademarks and other registered names contained in the XMP-MODPACKER
"package" are the property of their respective owners.


The "thank you" section
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Thanks to Sylvain 'ASLE' Chipaux for his file format descriptions, which
saved me a lot of time.

DLL compressed with UPX.


Bug reports, Suggestions, Comments etc...
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If you have any of the aforementioned you can email:

        fraggie@o2.pl


History
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Here are the changes at each revision stage.

Revision 3 - 19/7/2004
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 * Unicode filenames support
 * Packer name display in Message info window mode :)

Revision 2 - 4/6/2004
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 * fixed crash caused by The Player 4.x decoder
 * fixed NoisePacker 2.0 detection
 * deeper The Player 5.x/6.x detection
 * improved songnames generating

Revision 1 - 10/3/2003
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 * removed CRT code from the DLL