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  16 <h1>Using GSSMP</h1>
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  18 <h2>Choosing music to play</h2>
  19
  20 <p>Click "Play Directory" in the "File" menu to choose a directory.  GSSMP will
  21 start playing the first file it finds in there.  If you'd like to play a
  22 specific file, click "Play File".</p>
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  24 <p>Click Next or Previous to change tracks, Pause to pause, and drag the slider
  25 to skip around.</p>
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  27 <h2>Continuing recent tracks</h2>
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  29 <p>Tracks you have played recently are shown on the "Recent" menu.  Click one to
  30 continue where you left off.</p>
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  32 <h2>Playing modes</h2>
  33
  34 <p>To choose shuffle mode, select "Shuffle" from the "Mode" menu.  This plays
  35 the tracks inside your chosen directory, in random order.</p>
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  37 <p>To repeat the chosen track over and over, choose "Repeat One".</p>
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  39 <p>The other two "Mode" options play the tracks in your chosen directory in
  40 alphabetical order of their filenames.  "Repeat All" starts again at the
  41 beginning when it has finished, and "No Repeat" just stops when it gets to
  42 the end.</p>
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  44 <h2>Tracks play in alphabetical order of filename</h2>
  45
  46 <p>Because it plays tracks in alphabetical order of filename,
  47 GSSMP works best with music albums when tracks have filenames with
  48 their track number first e.g. "03 - Working_for_the_Man.ogg" so it's best to
  49 rip your tracks in this format if you can.  If this causes you major problems,
  50 email the developers' list and someone should be able to knock up a script
  51 for you that renames all your tracks automatically.</p>
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  53 <h2>Keyboard shortcuts</h2>
  54
  55 <p><b>Play/Pause</b> - Space</p>
  56 <p><b>Next</b> - Ctrl-Right or Page Down</p>
  57 <p><b>Previous</b> - Ctrl-Left or Page Up</p>
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  59 <h2>Submitting track information to last.fm</h2>
  60
  61 <p><a href="http://last.fm">last.fm</a> is a web site that collects statistics
  62 about the music you and others are playing and recommends music you might
  63 be interested in.  If you want to get GSSMP to submit information about what
  64 tracks you are playing, go to the "Tools" menu and click "last.fm".  If you
  65 have the lastfmsubmitd and lastfmsubmit programs installed, the checkbox should
  66 be enabled and you can just click it to turn on track information submission.
  67 If not, you will need to follow the instructions on how to
  68 <a href="install-lastfm.html">install lastfmsubmitd</a>.</p>
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