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*       (00)     "Moo, dude.  Bovine-MP3-WebIt is Cool!"
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This is a simple "general plugin" that should work with WinAmp 2.x or
above.  Previous versions of this plugin were limited to working with
only Winamp 1.x, however support for Winamp 1.x has now been removed.
This plugin was written by Jeff Lawson.

The purpose of this plugin is to load a specified web page and add any
linked *.mp3 files to your current WinAmp playlist. This allows you to
immediately play any of those mp3 files directly off of the web using
WinAmp's http streaming playback mode. Previously you had to manually
type in the full URL for each MP3 into your playlist.

Of course you will need a network connection that is fast enough to
allow you to play the mp3 at the same time it is being downloaded. Since
most MP3's are at 112-128kbps, you'll need something just slightly
faster than ISDN.

To install this plugin, quit WinAmp and copy the gen_mp3webit.dll into
your WinAmp directory.

To invoke the plugin, go into WinAmp's Play List Editor and click on the
"Add" button and select "Weblinks" from the list.  You will be prompted
for the full URL of the HTML page containing the linked MP3's.


Notes and Known Issues:
- Currently this plugin does not utilize the http proxy setting that
  you specify in WinAmp's configuration when it builds your playlist
  from the webpage.  However, when you play back and of the streamed
  MP3's, WinAmp will use your proxy setting.
- Only requests via HTTP is supported (no ftp).  This is really more
  of a limitation of WinAmp.


Let me know if you discover any problems, or if you've found this
plugin useful.  You can e-mail me at jlawson@bovine.net


Release of version 1.0 (Mar 6, 1998)
- initial release

New in version 1.1 (April 4, 1998)
- url entry history combobox
- checkbox to clear playlist before adding new songs
- playlist adding is more reliable on slower machines
- http/1.0 instead of http/0.9 communications (now handles virtual
  hosted machines)
- only attempts to add mp3 files that are linked by http

New in version 1.2 (April 16, 1998)
- WebIt now adds a pulldown menu to the Play List Editor so that you can
  access it more directly.
- the Play List Editor's "Add" button now has "Weblinks" item added
  to its popup menu

New in version 1.3 (April 30, 1998)
- Better Play List Editor integration.
- Still only operates with Winamp 1.x

New in version 1.4 (March 21, 2000)
- Finally got around to making public my version that is compatible
  with Winamp 2.x
- Play List Editor integration now appears as a new button in the existing
  Winamp "Add URL" dialog option.

New in version 1.5 (March 22, 2000)
- Major rewrite of all networking and url parsing to use wininet functions
  instead of my homebrew code.


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