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Q: What is Open Cubic Player ?
A: Open Cubic Player (ocp) is a music player which plays a variety of
   sound formats on several sound cards.
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Q: What sound cards are supported ?
A: Gravis UltraSound / MAX / DaughterBoard / PnP
   SoundBlaster 1.x / 2.x / Pro / 16 / SB 32 / PnP
   WSS compatible cards
   Pro Audio Spectrum series
   ESS AudioDrive 688
   Disk Writer, writes .WAV output on disk.
   Quiet Player
   Terratec EWS
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Q: Can not find DOS4GW.EXE ?
A:
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Q: What music formats are supported ?
A: MOD/NST/WOW, XM, S3M, DMF, MTM, ULT, 669, OKT, PTM, AMS, MDL, IT, MIDI,
   and MPEG 1 audio layer 1/2/3 .
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Q: Which is the last version of Cubic Player?
A: The last Cubic Player version is the 2.5.1ß Version.
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Q: Where can I get the latest Cubic-Player / Patches ?
   Where can I find the offical Cubic Player homepage?
A: FASTEST and FiRST Sites:
  Internet
      http://www.cubic.org/player
      ftp://ftp.cubic.org/pub/player
  FiDO Request
      Digital Nightmare      2:2437/301 ..       Magic "CP"
  Cubic Team WHQ
      Digital Nightmare      +49-5121-157107     33.6k USR
                             +49-5121-39236      16.8k ZYX
                             +49-5121-157635     19.2k ZYX
                             +49-5121-157636     64.0k/128k ISDN
                             +49-5121-157107     64.0k/128k ISDN
                             +49-5121-157109     64.0k/128k ISDN
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Q: Are you going to release new versions ?
A: Yes !
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Q: Does the Cubic Player run with Windows 3.11 ?
A: NOT PERFECT ! If you try it, your system might crash !
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Q: Does the Cubic Player run with Windows 95 ?
A: Yes, the Player should work fine, but you need more RAM & CPU power !
   If your system doesn't have a P100 & 16 MB RAM, try it under DOS.
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Q: Can you give me the source or a part of the source from the Cubic Player ?
A: The complete source code can be found on the official Open Cubic Player
   sites.
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Q: I have a problem finding a small routine that will play mod files.
   I wanted to know if you can help finding a routine, lib or something
   like this.
A: Try our Tiny XM Player, a free XM Player inc. source.
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Q: How can I play MIDI files with my SB ?
A: You need the GUS MIDI-Patch files. They are found on the Open Cubic Player
   sites for download.
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Q: Can I configure midi drivers for the player if I have a
   Sound Blaster 16/MPU-401 with a daughter board Roland Sound Canvas SCB-55 ?
A: No, Open Cubic Player does not support midi playback through a MPU-401.
   If you want to play your midi files through a midi interface get MiDPLAY
   from SoundWorX! (midplay also works with awe32/64)
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Q: Why don't you implement Nibbles, or similar game, in Cubic? Like
   FT2-nibbles? Or just plain Snake...
A: Cubic Player is a MOD-Player, if you want to play a game get a EPIC or
   Apogee SW game :)
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Q: I have a AWE32 and a GUS in my computer. Will both cards be supported
   simultaneously in the nearby future?
A: Right now, only 2 GUSs' are supported simultaneously.
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Q: What does "wurfel mode" actually do?
A: "Wuerfel" is german word for cube/dice. The mode plays an animation.
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Q: Is it possible that you port Cubic Player to other software platforms like
   OS/2 and some free Unices (Linux and FreeBSD) ?
A: a Win32 version is getting better and better. A Linux/Unix version is still
   far away, but development moves in that direction.
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Q: How can I put a picture to the background on the CUBIC PLAYER?
A: Convert your Picture to a TGA-file, these pics have to be 640*384*208 TGAs,
   the first or the last 48 colors must not be used.
   The header must read: 00 01 01 00 00 00 01 18 00 00 00 00 80 02 80 01 08 20
   You can also save your image as a 640x384x208 gif87 picture. Either the
   first or the last colors of the palette have to be black.
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