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Phatman_242Posted on 05/30/03 at 05:40:08

NO I'm just kidding I only have two questions first
I've been trying forever and I just can't get it I
want to have wrestler themes play when ever they come out in order to do so i'd have to go out and open media player up manually what can I do so it would run inside TNM By the way where do you guyz get your
wrestler themes I've only got them off of Grokster.
Also I know this sounds dumb but what exactlly IS
E- Mail Mode I know you have to hire our wrestlers and everything but  I wanted to know what it had to do with E-mail. Thanks.
StoneC0ldPosted on 05/30/03 at 07:11:58

The only way to get TNM7 to play the theme by itself without opening an external program such as Winamp/Realplayer, you need to configure TNM7 to use the internal player for WAVs, then use an audio editor to convert the theme into the correct .WAV format.  Perhaps someone else can be more specific on which exact .wav specs TNM7 needs....

E-Mail mode is mainly for e-feds, where hiring, firing and random walkouts would not be useful.  In E-Mail mode, all wrestlers are available for use, without needing to hire them, their contracts never expire (because they're not hired), and of course they won't decide to suddenly quit...
Oliver CoppPosted on 05/30/03 at 09:30:04

I'll adapt the next release of TNM 7 to today's world. The "Real Player" option will disappear and will be replaced by a "Windows Media Player" option... or even better, a ShellExecute()-function which looks up the association for that particular file. Although the latter route is problematic because if an "unknown" app is called via ShellExecute(), TNM won't be able to remotely control it.

Also, I recommend using MP3 files for the wrestlers' themes in conjunction with WinAmp (www.winamp.com). That combination is a lot more stable and (I might add) easier to time than other media clients (such as the Windows Media Player). WinAmp starts up quickly and shuts down just as quickly, making it great for intros.

E-mail mode is called e-mail mode because back in the day, that is the way e-feds were run on TNM ;-)