Short:     How to calculate the total duration of your MPEG (MP3) drawers ...
Author:    Heinrich Patrick
E-mail:    patrick.heinrich@admieg.ensieg.inpg.fr
Uploader:  
Version:   0.03  
Date:      28/10/97


 MPTool V0.03 '97 by Heinrich Patrick 

 Usage : MPTool <Option> <Files |Dirs | Volumes>

  <Option> :    t  <=>  simple time listing
                c  <=>  time listing + add duration/kbps in comment


1. History ;)

0.01 : [07/08/97]
       - the 't' option worked ;)
       
0.02 : [08/09/97]
       - added the comment 'c' option
       - some code cleanup

0.03 : [28/10/97] 
       - added total size (in bytes and megabytes)
       - can use multiple files or dirs or volume
          
       ex:  MPTool t Mpeg1: Mpeg2: Mpeg3:  now works fine ...
       or   MPTool t Sd0:1.mp3 Sd0:2.mp3 Sd0:Dance/        
             
2. Purpose :

 MPTool allows you to know how long your MPEG drawer(s) lasts :

   Example :

> c:MPTool t "Aq2:FBI/Brooklyn Bounce/" Aq2:FBI/Pop/


 MPTool V0.03 '97 by HEINRICH Patrick 

 Registered to : Everybody 


============================[MPTool]===['97·TMG·]===============================

 Aq2:FBI/Brooklyn Bounce/Progressive Attack                        03:39 128kbps
 Aq2:FBI/Brooklyn Bounce/Get Ready To Bounce                       03:34 128kbps
 Aq2:FBI/Brooklyn Bounce/Take A Ride (Let It Go Mix)               07:32 128kbps
 Aq2:FBI/Brooklyn Bounce/Take A Ride (Original Club)               05:46 128kbps

============================[MPTool]===['97·TMG·]===============================

 Aq2:FBI/Pop/Bee Gees - Alone                                      04:52 128kbps
 Aq2:FBI/Pop/Michael Jackson - Ghost                               03:49 128kbps
 Aq2:FBI/Pop/Michael Jackson - History                             04:11 128kbps

============================[MPTool]===['97·TMG·]===============================

                                    7 Files
                                    0 Directories
                                    7 MPEG Files
                                   30 Mbs of MPEG
                             32090436 bytes of MPEG
                             00:33:23 Total Duration

============================[MPTool]===['97·TMG·]===============================


It's quite useful if you hav' some audio K7 to make ...


3. Installation :

Copy the MPTool file wherever you like ...

in DOpus ( © J. Potter ) : MPTool t {F}
                        or MPTool c {F} if you want some comments

4. 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 can scan your whole hard disk to find MPEG files !!


5. The 2 options :

   't' : simple time listing, that's to say it only lists your files

   'c' : simple time listing + add comments to MPEG files (duration & kbps)
         but remember that you CAN'T use this option with CDs, since you can't 
         write on them ...


6. Contacting me ...

   patrick.heinrich@admieg.ensieg.inpg.fr
   

7. Hav' Fun
                

8. Thanks to Stéphane Tavenard for MPEGA (is the PPC version finished ??) ...
   Thanks to DrUn¡X for N64 support ... :)


9. MPTool.c provided (but not cleaned-up or optimised in anyway :)
   since I don't know if I will work on it again ...

   If someone could adapt it on Microusoft MS/Dos format ??

   MPTool is therefore Freeware (MPEGWare??)

   MPTool was fast written by Heinrich Patrick, without a single doc on how to 
   classify MPEG files ... so if some1 has a real doc on that point ...


10. It's freeware :)