

                              Command & Conquer

                         Winamp Sound Player Plugin

                                Version 2.5b

                   (C) Copyright 1997-99 by Mirko Buffoni



                    -= Legal notes, Disclaimer, blabla =-

          This product is distribuited as is.  Use it at your own
          risk.  The author is not responsable of any damage caused
          by using this program.  However IN_CC.DLL is well tested,
          and should not have problems running on a standard IBM PC
          or 100% compatibles.  You cannot modify, reverse or sell this
          program without permission written by the author.




     * Description

       This program is the natural evolution of my previous Sound Ripper.
       It will allow you to listen to the marvelous tunes that belong to
       Command & Conquer sountrack, through Winamp 2.0+

       This plugin supports Red Alert Original soundtrack, Counterstrike,
       Aftermath, and last but not least, Tiberian Sun soundtracks.
       Command & Conquer original soundtrack and Covert Operations will be
       included probably in a future version, depending how much interests
       they deserve from the fans out there.

       NOTE:  Only the original English version is supported.  German won't
              work with this plugin (and I don't own it, so I can't do any-
              thing with it).  Sorry!


     * Why to do a Winamp plugin?

       Simple:  my original sound ripper strongly hates Windows :)
       It will work under that environment, but music will hang if you try
       to switch tasks, so it cannot be used to listen music in background.
       And I hate to program under windows.  Luckily a saint called Justin
       Frankel have done this boring stuff once for all, and released the
       interface for his fantastic framework, Winamp, saving us to loose
       time and health trying to do the same boring stuff, over and over.


     * Installation

       Installation steps are really easy.  Simply locate the folder in
       which Winamp stores all plugins (usually Winamp/Plugins), and
       uncompress everything in there.  This program is absolutely non
       invasive:  it won't touch windows registry, nor special .INI config
       files.  This version will require MSVCRT.DLL in your Windows/System
       folder (used only for DLL initialization... this plugin is MFC free
       and when I'll find a way to remove that initialization import, that
       DLL won't be necessary anymore).

       In this archive you must have the following files

                IN_CC.DLL    -  Winamp C&C sound plugin
                IN_CC.TXT    -  This doc, of course
                ALERT .MIX   -  Red Alert Speech database file
                ALLIES.MIX   -  Red Alert Allies database file
                SOVIET.MIX   -  Red Alert Soviet database file
                COUNTER.MIX  -  Red Alert Counterstrike database file
                AFTERMTH.MIX -  Red Alert Aftermath database file
                TIBERIAN.MIX -  Tiberian Sun sound database file

       Database files are 100% compatible with those contained in RA_RIP
       sound player (v 2.0).


     * How to play music

       Select a .MIX file from your original Command & Conquer CD (usually
       they are called MAIN.MIX in Red Alert saga, or SCORES.MIX for the
       soundtrack in Tiberian Sun). If you choose the wrong song container
       the plugin will signal the error.

       Once the file is selected, plugin will start to play the very first
       song contained.  If container is already selected (i.e., you have
       opened Winamp after a previous use with that file), just click the
       <play> button to start the first song.

       At this point you can choose songs from internal playlist by double
       clicking on song title in Winamp window (or by pressing ALT+3).
       A window displaying the content of selected soundtrack container,
       currently playing song and other various information, will appear.
       You can select your favourite tunes.  When current playing song is
       ending, the plugin will start the next immediate song selected,
       eventually rotating titles if 2 or more are selected.

       NOTE:  internal playlist has nothing to do with Winamp playlist.
       This means you cannot use features such as shuffle, or skip to next
       track.  You can however move slider to the end of the song to skip
       to the next selected track.


     * Future improvements

       This is my wish list.  I will try to improve my software, depending
       on how much spare time I have.  However, for general purpose, this
       version is plenty enough, and what's more, IS FREE!!!!

       - Save somewhere selected playlist for each container.  This would
         save some time reselecting the same songs from the container.
         For convenience now, the entire set of soundtracks is selected at
         start.

       - Detect shuffle button status, and act consequently.

       - Intercept Skip Track commands, and take the proper choice.

       - Save dialog windows position.


     * Registering

       This program is free for non-commercial purpose.  You don't need to
       register, if you don't want.  However, a little of gratitude is
       always appreciated, these days.  I'm a good sound listener, and
       if you want to contribute, just send me one of your favourite CD.
       Classical, Jazz, Rock, New Age and sountracks are my loved music
       styles.  Contact me via email first (see below).


     * Greetings and thanks

       - I want to thank Frank Klepacki:  your tunes are amazing!!  I
         would like to let you listen some of my tunes someday.  Don't
         forget to send me a postcard with your signature!  I would
         appreciate it very much!

       - Also big thank to the Westwood Staff.  Command & Conquer saga
         were my best spent money (I don't play games, cause of no
         freetime, but C&C keeps you glued to the computer!!).  I just
         bought Tiberian Sun, and as expected, is breathtaking!
         Keep up the good work, guys!

       - A kiss to Kia Huntzinger (My beloved E.V.A. voice).

       - Justin Frankel, for his real masterpiece, Winamp!  This sound
         player would have been hardly possible without it.

       - The MAME team, for years of continuous and pure enjoyment

       - Atila and Gridle for being so great friends and supporters

       - EoS and Paolo Nicoletti, for great and sincere friendship

       - The real P.O.T.A. '99 :)


       ============================================================
       Command & Conquer, Tiberian Sun and Red Alert are programs
       by Westwood Studios, a division of Virgin Interactive Games.
       ============================================================


       Check out my personal web page at the following URL:

              http://www.media.dsi.unimi.it/~mb432377/

        You can reach me via e-mail by writing at:

              mb432377@saturn.media.dsi.unimi.it     (preferred)
              mix@lalim.lim.dsi.unimi.it           (not granted)


                          - = Peace! = -
