Instructions for Artsconverge Streaming Player (Beta)

General settings:

Square buttons:

first click --> it appears on the screen
second click --> it disappears
and so on

File
Lyrics (it takes a while, for it has to reconstruct the text from the database)
Audio (you can see the current audio settings)
Images (you can add effects to images: there are 4 different effects
- first click: first effect;
- second click: second effect;
- and so on
Frames (changes the colors of text frames: there are 4 different effects
- first click: first effect;
- second click: second effect;
- and so on
Text
About
Background (it changes the images background)
Options & Tools (not available in Beta Version)

Round buttons:

Step back
Repeat
Play
Step Forward
Go to start
Stop
Pause
Next File
Save settings (it saves current zoom rating, position of the text bars and images)

Drag and Drop:

The images and text in normal mode are draggable,

Keyboard commands:

z --> zoom OUT the images, the video, the animations on the screen
Z --> zoom in the images, the video, the animations on the screen
- --> zoom out the text
+ --> zoom in the text
ARROW KEYS --> move the images (default) if `i' was pressed
ARROW KEYS (move the text bars) if `t' was pressed before
! --> the rate of each movement is 1 pixel great
| --> the rate of each movement is 9 pixels great
r --> rotate images, video to left
R --> rotate images, video and so on to right
e --> starts the effects
q --> ends the effcts

Button to switch to extended mode:
Above on the left edge, there is a round button to switch to extended mode. In extended mode you can see the images that are not draggable and occupy the whole screen (it depends on the window we will choose).

You'll see the images and the bar text. The pointer is a hand because you can click:

first click --> it appears the little navigation bar the actual position is due to the actual position of the mouse pointer
second click --> it disappears
third click --> it appears again

The return round button allows to return to the normal mode.

At the end of each piece the programm will perform the next file mp3 (according to the aca file)
User could choose another file just by clicking the first square button in normal mode.
All the effects you choose in normal mode you can see in extended mode.