RePlayer

The RePlayer application was developed to be a free media player for use during rehearsals with playback music. It's main feature is fast navigation to predefined cue points in the playback media.

The main window of RePlayer allows you to create a new compilation or load an existing one and add the music files to be played.

- Loading a compilation  Load a compilation through the Application Menu. Choose Compilation/Open and select a compilation via the file browser. The last loaded compilation is automatically loaded at startup.

- Navigation   To navigate to a specific cue point, you have 2 options: Using the mouse In the list of tracks, select the one you like to rehearse. In the presented list of available cue points, select the desired cue point. By hitting the ENTER key, playing starts at this point.

Using the keyboard By directly entering the shortcut key combination, terminated by ENTER, you can navigate directly to the desired cue point. By hitting the ENTER key again, playing starts at this point. You may note the shortcuts for each cue point to your leadsheets if you like.

- Editing a compilation   Editing functions are currently in a prototype stage and not fully supported. You may use them as they are or, better, use an XML editor like Microsoft's XML Notepad.

- Compilation types   XML compilations This type of compilation contains a list of tracks with their cue points. Each track refers to an external media file on the local file system or on the internet. The content of the media file is not part of the compilation.

ZIP compilation This type is a ZIP archive (as a single file), containing an XML compilation plus the complete referenced media files. This allows distributing ready-to-use compilations with no need for external media files.

HTML List Webpage compilation This is an export format which that generates a single HTML webpage along with the media files. You can use your web browser to display and navigate the compilation. Currently, FireFox and Internet Explorer are supported. A Quicktime plugin is required.

HTML Menu Webpage compilation This export format is similar to the HTML List Webpage format, except that it supports a menu for simpler access. Javascript is required in addition.