some notes/requests to the source:

1. You need an OpenWatcom v1.3 compiler to compile this source
   (Mpxplay doesn't work properly with v1.4,v1.5, and probably with v1.6 neither)
   You can download it from the http://www.openwatcom.org/ftp

   It has a windows installer (too).

   Install the DOS-32 and/or WIN-32 part(s) of the compiler to C:\WC directory.
   You have to get: 
   for DOS:   C:\WC\BINW, C:\WC\H, C:\WC\LIB386, C:\WC\LIB386\DOS
   for Win32: C:\WC\BINW, C:\WC\H, C:\WC\H\NT, C:\WC\LIB386, C:\WC\LIB386\NT
   (if you've installed the Win32 host, then you get a C:\WC\BINNT too)

   Add (C:\WC\BINNT and) C:\WC\BINW directory to the PATH
   Add the fillowing variables to your system environment
    (udender DOS and Win9x: write them in autoexec.bat, WinXP: ControlPanel->System->Advanced->Environment Variables):
   SET WATCOM=C:\WC 
   SET INCLUDE=c:\wc\h;c:\wc\h\nt
   SET DOS4G=QUIET

2. Extract the MPXSRC.ZIP (or MPXSnnn.ZIP) to C:\WC\MPXPLAY directory.

   (from the v1.54 source you can compile the DOS version under WinXP too
   and you can compile the source in other drive/directory than C:\WC\MPXPLAY)
   (but for the make of plugins it requires to compile in c:\wc\mpxplay (DOS version)
    and f:\wc\mpxplay (win version))

   Start in every directories: the W.BAT (common libraries) 
   or WD.BAT (to compile the DOS version) or WW.BAT (to compile the Win32 version).
   (first build the libraries in the subdirectories (au_cards,au_mixer,control,decoders,etc.)
    then run WD or WW in the c:\wc\mpxplay dir last)

   To make the DOS32A version (the WD.BAT makes the DOS4G version by default):
   - remove (put "//" before) the MPXPLAY_LINK_DLLLOAD definition in newfunc\dll_load.h
   - modify the "op stub" line in the MPXP_DOS.LNK (from stub_4g2.exe to dos32a.exe)
   - execute (again) all WD.BAT files (in the subdirs too)

3. To make the WATTCP library for Mpxplay (under DOS):
    - install the Watcom C compiler (see 1.)
    - extract the watt32-s library to c:\wc\wattcp
    - SET WATT_ROOT=C:\WC\WATTCP
    - CD C:\WC\WATTCP\SRC
    - CONFIGUR.BAT WATCOM
    - WMAKE -f WATCOM_F.MAK  (not watcom_l.mak !)
    - you have to get a wattcpwf.lib in c:\wc\wattcp\lib
   To compile Mpxplay with WATTCP:
   - enable the "#define MPXPLAY_LINK_WATTCP32" line in mpxplay.ini (remove the '//')
   - enable the "library \wc\wattcp\lib\wattcpwf.lib" line in mpxp_dos.lnk (remove the '#')
   - (re)compile the source (conrol.lib,diskdriv.lib,playlist.lib)

4. If you want to do major modifications (or to implement new functions), 
   please ask me before...


enjoy the program
