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How it looks like and works
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Main window/Positioning Track selection INI Editor
 
Programmation of tracks Antiflicker/blockades SmallCD

Main window/Positioning
Track selection
INI Editor
Programmation of tracks
Antiflicker/blockades
SmallCD

Maximus is a CD player for Windows 95, 98, NT and 2000. It is freeware, which means that you don't need to pay any money for it but you mustn't be payed to distribute or give it to anyone.

Here there are some of the Maximus features:

  • Naming discs and tracks with no length limit
  • Using existing CDPLAYER.INI (disc database of the standard Windows CD Player), even greater than 64k
  • Direct jump to any track on disc using its number or song name
  • Jumping to any position within tracks
  • Can be minimized to system tray (next to clock) using SmallCD
  • Programming
    • Track order and listing
    • Portions of single tracks
    • With fading effects and own volume settings
  • Editing information about discs even if not present in drive in that moment
  • Immediate panoramic view of all artists and songs of any disc
  • Fading (in/out) effects
  • Different playing modes (shuffle, intro scan, single) and repeating
  • Alarm option
  • Sleep option with fade out
  • Volume control and mute option directly in Maximus window
  • You can record if you lent discs to friends
  • Antiflicker and antiblockades scheme
  • Spectrum analyzer (GISSS)
  • Fully customizable fullscreen view
  • Really customizable interface
  • Can be associated to Audio CDs instead of standard CD Player very easily
  • Can be loaded automatically at each startup
  • Can continue playing the last track played before Windows was restarted or closed
  • When minimized to system tray Maximus unloads and passes to SmallCD which
    • Uses only 80k of RAM
    • Displays song names and lets you choose song by name
    • Includes traditional commands like Play, Stop, Next Track, Previous Track
    • Can use the same program you set up with Maximus with the same features
    • Can use the same playing mode
    • Shares lots of other Maximus features like alarm and sleep options.
 

Artifakt by ThanatouAnghelos, 2000