SHORT: _THE_ OS 2.1+ video database
TYPE: biz/dbase
UPLOADER: s_suerke@informatik.uni-kl.de
AUTHOR: s_suerke@informatik.uni-kl.de

REQUIREMENTS: Any Amiga with KS 2.04+, locale library (WB 2.1).

RELEASE NOTES: VideoMaxe 04.33 © Stephan Sürken, SHAREWARE.
               Minor update to 04.30.
               Fixed some bugs (cycle gadgets!) and added even more fabulous
               features :-).

DESCRIBTION:

Most important 04.33 innovations:

oo Display status of the project window (active list, title, tape, rubric,
   prt. config number) is now silently saved with a project, thus you will
   always return to the situation when you left the window...
   Clipped title list will be silently saved now, too -- not exactly the
   _list_, but all titles of the list; its _order_ of titles may be different.
   Suggested by Andre Scherin.
oo Added split & merge facilities for projects!!! See the "project list"'s
   special menu.
oo Title editor: You can now calculate a new titles length by typing its
   end counter position. Suggested by Lothar Mai.
oo New data type MEMO added.


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1. Introduction
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  VideoMaxe is a video database that satisfies all needs of a private
 video user (when I say all I mean all, so if you think that's false
 please write me your suggestion(s)).
  It has nearly no `restrictions' whatsoever (all data strings are dynamic,
 no matter what video system you use, no matter what compression your
 video can record, no matter to catalogize films, music or whatever,
 no matter how much information you want to carry with a title or tape,
 ....[see `Concepts' for more]), it has a comfortable OS 2.1 environment,
 it offers six different file types to store your data, etc. See `Features'
 below for more.

 The following is the old text for this chapter, but as I spend so much
 time producing it, I don't dare to delete it (yet...:#):

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 I now that many video organizers already exist.
 Among these, I did not find one that would satisfy all features
 I wanted nor have the environment I demanded.

 (Please watch out because this is the OLD introduction text that you
  are reading.)

 Starting programming in 1989, releasing a first version openly
 in 1990 (02.11), this program has developed to a tool even
 I am quite satisfied with.

 Sure, nothing new, but its ultimate solution:

 VideoMaxe, THE video organizer!

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1.0. Features
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  (only some features that just come to my mind...)

  Environment:
  ~~~~~~~~~~~~
  o Full OS 2.0/2.1 support (Localization, Asl, fonts, app. icon, ...)
  o Languages supported up to now: English, Deutsch, Francais
  o Comfortable screen/window layout saving
  o Font-sensitive runtime gadget calculation
  o Comfortable installer script for installing, updating, ...
  o (Good?!) documentation (english), text and guide format.
  o ...

  Concepts:
  ~~~~~~~~~
  o NO limitations whatsoever concerning amount of titles, rubrics,
    tapes (or whatever:+) except for your memory.
  o All strings dynamic since 04.30.
  o 6 different filetypes to save configs/data: project, mask lists,
    video recorder, printer preferences, layout preferences, VideoMaxe
    preferences
  o Ultimate answer to the questions:
    o Where to record a new title?
    o How to spool to title x (counter, rest time, used time...)?
    o If I have a video recorder without rest or used time display,
      how can I get exact counter position?
    o How to express different compression modes (i.e. long play)?
  o Data base facility: A freely editable mask entry list for each tape
    and title; that means that you can carry as much additionally
    information as you wish per tape or title. Provides a mask concept to
    handle that (save, load masks etc.).
  o Title length are given in hours:minutes:seconds to be able to cover
    rather short titles (e.g. music).
  o (430) Comfortable statistics since
  o Comfortable search routines
  o Printing
  o ...

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You did it up to this line through all that text? Then note this:

THE AUTHOR: Stephan Suerken
            Kurt-Schumacher-Str. 34 A 161
            D-67663 Kaiserslautern

            E-Mail: s_suerke@informatik.uni-kl.de

Fond of mail! So if you have any suggestions, bugs, questions or a
problem with your life: write to me.

Enjoy!

-Stephan.