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        xWMAPlay - Simple Audio Player for xWMA
        Author: ch3 <scmpx@hotmail.com>

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- xWMAPlay -

<< Introduction >>
- xWMAPlay is a simple audio player for re-playing xWMA audio format.
  Also the player support 16-bit PCM wave, IEEE float32 PCM wave, and
  Microsoft ADPCM audio format.


<< Requirement >>
- Intel Pentium-III (AMD Athron XP) processor or higher.
- Windows PC with an audio device.
- Runtime library of the latest DirectX release.
  (You'll be able to get it easily from Microsoft's web site.)


<< Usage >>
1. Run "xWMAPlay.exe".
2. Drag and drop a supported audio file on the player.
3. Enjoy =)
   (To get effect menu, Right click on UI.)

[[ What's xWMA ? ]]
- xWMA is a new compressed audio format which was supported in the
  Microsoft DirectX 2008 March release. xWMA is a based on Windows
  Media Audio Technology. The format is supported not only on Windows
  but on Xbox 360.
- To encode xWMA file from Windows PCM wave,
  Run "xwmaencode.exe" which is in the Microsoft DirectX SDK.


[[ Feature of xWMAPlay ]]
- Multi channel (5.1ch) supports.
- Dolby Pro Logic II (DPL-II) supports.
- Looping supports. (PCM or ADPCM)
- Digital signal processing (DSP) support by xAPOs.
- Sleek user interface design matches your Windows desktop.
- xWMAPlay is light-weight by completely lock-free multi-threaded engine.


[[ Limitation ]]
- xWMAPlay doesn't support XMA and XMA2 format for Xbox 360.
- A part of DSP are effected only for Left and Right channels.


[[ Note ]]
- xWMAPlay is a free software.
- If you have any questions, please send e-mail to me.


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- Home page -
Japanese : http://www.din.or.jp/~ch3/
English  : http://www.din.or.jp/~ch3/index_e.html
E-mail   : scmpx@hotmail.com
