MP3 export filter for Cool Edit 96 and Cool Edit Pro
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Disclaimer and Credits:
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This is a BETA version. Use at your own risk.

The Cool Edit plug-in was written by Uwe Schrder. Please send bug reports
and comments regarding the user interface to <usch@csi.com>. Note that I am
not responsible for the MP3 encoder itself, I just wrote the plug-in that
calls the encoder DLL.

BladeEnc was written by Tord Jansson <tord.jansson@swipnet.se>.
For details on the MP3 encoding engine (encoding speed, sound quality, etc.),
and possibly a newer version of BladeEnc.DLL, see the "About..." box in the
Options dialog for the URL of the BladeEnc homepage.


How To Install:
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Since this is a beta version there is no setup program and no manual. Just
extract BladeEnc.DLL from the archive to your \WINDOWS\SYSTEM directory,
and BladeMP3.FLT to your Cool Edit program directory. The next time you
start Cool Edit, you should find the file type "MPEG Layer 3 (*.mp3)" in
the "Save As..." dialog. Use the "Options" button to set the bit rate and
some other encoding options.

The output filter appends an ID3v1 tag to the MP3 file from the following
file information fields (press Alt-I in Cool Edit to open the "Wave
Information" dialog): 

	RIFF field		ID3 field
	----------------------------------------------
	Original Artist		Artist
	Name			Title
	Genre			Genre
	Original Medium		Album
	Creation Date		Year
	Comments		Comment

Note that ID3v1 defines only a limited number of "Genres". You must enter
one of the supported types, otherwise this field is ignored.


Uwe Schrder, 13 Jan 1998
