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                       Glyph 
                       v1.55

                     Readme.txt
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CONTENTS
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1/ Changelog
2/ About
3/ Install
4/ Basic Use
5/ FAQ
6/ Known Bugs
7/ Planned Features
8/ Acknowledgements

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1/ CHANGELOG~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

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+ | New Feature
- | Removed feature
* | Bug Fix 

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****** v1.55 *******
**** 28/06/2006 *****
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Feature Set
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* Fixed "Runtime 9 Error" 

* Fixed crash when adding music files with ID3v1 tags

* Fixed default DB path not saving to options

* Fixed Glyph not shutting down properly if the "Glyph Setup Wizard" is closed before completing the setup

* Fixed center pane not showing any DB items

* Fixed freeze when transferring music without a trackname and/or artist

* Fixed "Add .zip" runtime error


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****** v1.5 *******
**** 29/05/2006 ****
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Feature Set
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+ Added support for adding .zip files (File > Add to Db > Add Zip File...)

+ Thumbnails are now supported for all videos (Right-Click-Menu > Assign Thumbnails)

+ Each group now is listed under the group heading in the category treeview on the left, this allows you to
	- Double click on a group in the item window to be taken to that group
	- Rename group
	- Delete group

+ Rename option now added to right-click-menu of the item list

+ Items can now be dragged onto a group on the category panel on the left to add to that group.

+ Multiple items can now be dragged from the list view to the transfer window

+ Any invalid files (not supported by PSP) found when adding a group of files are shown at the end of the adding process

+ More user settable options in the options panel (Tools > Options)

+ DB is now only saved if a change has been made 

+ Video names are now saved on the PSP data file, so there names are displayed when viewing the PSP content

+ Delete key now works as expected in both the transfer and item lists

+ Fancy new icons (oooh...)

* Removing DB items from computer now works (oops)



Internal Code
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+ Modified internal item identifiers, for speed

* Internal DB restructure, should make searching a hell of a lot faster




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****** v1.0 *******
**** 22/2/2006 ****
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+ First Release

NOTE--
This is the first release, and is mainly to esure that the database code is rock solid. Any bugs found that arnt listed then email me at the address at the bottom of this readme.









2/ ABOUT~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Glyph was designed in my spare time to fill a gaping whole in my PSP usage. I am a huge fan of anime and manga, and filled my memory stick with full seasons of my favourites on a regular basis. This combined with the great idea of PSP "magazines" caused a problem. If youve got to copy half a season of a series onto your PSP you have to...

 -1- Make sure they go in the right folder
 -2- Make sure their named correctly
 -3- Find the episodes your looking for which, cause of the (frankly ludicrous) naming system, can be difficult.
 -4- Use windows explorer to drag the files onto your PSP

So a solution sprang into my head. Design a Windows Media Player style app, that can handle organised groups of media. This was the foundation for the design of Glyph.

Imagine being able to move an entire series of your favourite show to your PSP in 2 mouse clicks, in the proper folders and named right. How bout an entire magazine/manga/photo album? All easy done with Glyph.

Right now im planning to build 2 versions of this software, a Free version and a "Toolbelt" version


  FREE

This version will be free to download (hence the imaginitive name) and do all the basic functions that you would expect from a WMP style app.

   @ Fully featured DB system for organising media 
   @ Ability to group media together for easy transfer
   @ Transfer of media to correct folders and automatic naming to correct format


  "TOOLBELT"

This version will be availible to download for a small fee, and will be able to be the center of all your PSP media needs. Planned features include all the features of the Free version plus...

   @ Photo manipulation tools (format conversion, rotating/resizing of pictures to fit on PSP screen vertically etc)
   @ Music format conversion & MP3 tags editing from the main interface.
   @ Video Conversion / Ripping


The fine details of the "Toolbelt" version are not definate yet, and are subject to change.









3/ INSTALL~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

The install program is pretty standard, so just follow the on-screen instructions and you should be fine.

If you start getting errors when running the program, do a google search for the Visual Basic 6 Runtime files, download and install them. Should clear up most errors.









4/ BASIC USE~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

First time running Glyph should show a wizard to get everything set up for you. Just follow the onscreen instructions and you should be fine.


 ADDING MEDIA TO THE DB
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 Go to the file menu, then Add to DB, then Add File or Add Folder depending on what you want to add.


 GROUPING MEDIA
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 Select the items you want to group, right click on one of them and select relevent group option from the menu. Give it a name and hit ok, and it should appear under the relevent group list.

 TRANSFERRING TO PSP
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 Drag the items you want to transfer over to the right hand list box and drop them. Make sure your PSP is showing on the PSP status box at the bottom left and then hit "Send to PSP"









5/ FAQ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Q/ Glyph cant find my media!

A/ Glyph (currently) only adds media to the DB that is compatible with the PSP. This includes files with the extentions..

	VIDEOS
	.mp4

	MUSIC
	.mp3
	.wma

	PHOTOS
	.jpg
	.jpeg
	.gif
	.tiff
	.png
	



Q/ When my videos are added to the DB, their names are in the "M4V100??.MP4" format!

A/ Until i can figure out how to pull the names from the video file that are shown on the PSP, Glyph takes the files name as its name in the DB. This is usually done automattically by PSP video conversion tools (PSPVideo9 etc.), so it is advised that you rename your videos to a more appropriate name before adding them to your DB. They will be converted back to the correct name format when they are sent to your PSP



Q/ Whats the difference between the Magazine group and the Photo Album group?

A/ None at all, its there to help you organize your media easier. You can have any mixture of pictures in either group 








6/ KNOWN BUGS~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

* Remaining / Used space on PSP is sometimes displayed wrong
* Progress bar on Copy dialog is sometimes innaccurate, or stops totally, even though the copy completes successfully
* Cannot edit any other music information apart from Trackname









7/ PLANNED FEATURES~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

* AutoSync feature, to allow you to set up files to be transferred automattically to your PSP when you connect it to your PSP, and can be split up over a certain time period (eg 3 episodes of a series every 2 days, with the previous 3 episodes removed when the new ones are added)
	--Planned for next release (promise this time)

* Homebrew Support

* Save Game Support

* Special playlists for each of the media types, to put a random selection of music/videos/photos onto your PSP
	--Planned for next release

* Multimedia playlists to allow the grouping of different media types together
	--Planned for next release

* Special "glyph format" zip files, that allow the instant adding and grouping of the contents. Useful for PSP magazine editors who distribute media with their magazines.
	--Planned for next release

* Album/Artist sorts for music
	--Planned for next release

* Add the first part of the photo manipulation tools to the Toolbelt version
	--First Toolbelt release

* Decent user manual
	--Not a priority









8/ ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

 * VBAccelerator for some of the controls for this project
	www.vbaccelerator.com 

 * The people at VBCity for their help with coding problems and ideas
	www.vbcity.com

 * The FreeImage++ team for the image manipulation code
	freeimage.sourceforge.net

















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Created by Xeno - xenobyte0@hotmail.com
http://xenosoft.90megs.com
