Short:    Lists, adds & edits TAGs, converts your MP3 (MPEG) files
Author:   Heinrich Patrick [patrick.heinrich@admieg.ensieg.inpg.fr]
Uploader: Gasmi Salim [salim@gasmi.net]
Type:     mus/misc

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0. What's new ?

Now it handles MP3 TAGs (read, write & delete)
       can cut every header from a MP3 file (even text headers!)
       converts all WAVE MP3 to standard MP3 (to use with Songplayer)
       has 12 options (it has become a "real" tool to handle MP3) 

1. Introduction :

Purpose      : it lists, adds TAGs, edits TAGs, converts, cleans, gives
               the duration of your MP3 (MPEG Audio) files.
               
Release date : 06.05.98

Distribution : it's free :) (you can't ask money for it)
               C source provided

2. Installation :

Copy the MPTool file wherever you like ...
Copy the genre file (MPTool.Genres) in c:

in DOpus ( © J. Potter ) : MPTool -RL {F}
                        or MPTool -RLC {F} if you want some comments

3. How does it work ?

It uses the same way of calculating MP3 length than Stephane Tavenard's MPEGA
( hope it works fine ;) since I have no doc on how to classify MPEGs ...

MPTool scans dirs (files or volumes), selects MPEG files and calculates the 
duration of those files. When it has finished his job, it gives you the total 
duration of ALL files it has listed ...

It can scan your whole hard disk to find MPEG files !!

That's one of its 12 options ...


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   12124    7470 38.3% 28-Oct-97 13:13:10 +LookFile
    1094     584 46.6% 28-Oct-97 13:18:00 +LookFile.doc
   19320   11129 42.3% 01-May-98 02:06:54 +MPTool
   23972    5943 75.2% 01-May-98 01:54:42 +MPTool.C
    1475     853 42.1% 30-Apr-98 22:40:54 +MPTool.Genres
   19083    6728 64.7% 01-May-98 02:49:38 +MPTool.Guide
    2247    1011 55.0% 01-May-98 02:34:40 +MPTool.ReadMe
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   79315   33718 57.4% 14-May-98 22:10:52   7 files