Startup Dialog

This Dialog lets you specify the behavior of m3w when it gets started. You may wonder why it should make sense to specify this information after m3w has already started. Answer: It makes sense only if you store the current settings in a configuration file (see Parameters and Configuration). The next time you start m3w with these stored settings, you will see the desired effect.

The following five flags will allow you to automate the process of starting and running m3w. They are intended to be stored in a configuration file. Once you have an appropriate configuration file, you can start m3w simply by a double click on the configuration file and have it up and running without the need for further interaction. You can also create a shortcut to m3w inside the Autostart folder. Supply this shortcut with a suitable configuration file, either by using the -f option or by modifying the default configuration in the folder where m3w is installed, and you have a running m3w each time you start your computer. (Real programmers might also use the autoexec.bat file to start m3w.)

The check-boxes serve the following purpose:

• Start minimized:
  Checking this box will set the -x option. When m3w is started with this option, no window will appear on the screen, but only an entry in the taskbar is created. You might later click in the taskbar to get a full sized window. Use this option, when you start m3w from a startup script and do not want to bother the user too much, since you have taken care of starting the appropriate services with one or more of the options that follow below.
• Start broadcasting:
  Checking this box has the same effect as pressing the Send button (see Broadcast) in the main window immediately after m3w has started. If all goes well broadcasting to the server will start. Make sure you have made the proper settings for the broadcast options (see Broadcast Dialog).
• Start recording:
  Checking this box has the same effect as pressing the Record button (see Output File) in the main window immediately after m3w has started. If an outputfile name was given in advance, m3w will start writing the output mp3 data to that file. To specify an output file name either use the Output dialog from the Options Menu or the -r option (see Parameters and Configuration).
• Start listening to soundcard:
  Checking this box will have the same effect as pressing the the Play button in the Soundcard section of the main window immediately after m3w has started. To specify parameters for the soundcard it is best to use the Soundcard Dialog.
  The two operating modes listening to the soundcard and playing file are mutually exclusive, since there can only be one input stream of data.
• Start playing file:
  Checking this box will have the same effect as pressing the Play button in the Input Files section of the main window immediately after m3w has started. If an infile name was given in advance, m3w will start reading mp3 data from that file. To specify an input file name either use the Input dialog from the Options Menu or the -I option (see Parameters and Configuration).
  The two operating modes listening to the soundcard and playing file are mutually exclusive, since there can only be one input stream of data.