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+/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+/// getID3() by James Heinrich <info@getid3.org> //
+// available at http://getid3.sourceforge.net //
+// or http://www.getid3.org //
+// also https://github.com/JamesHeinrich/getID3 //
+/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+// //
+// /helperapps/readme.txt - part of getID3() //
+// List of binary files required under Windows for some //
+// features and/or file formats //
+// See /readme.txt for more details //
+// ///
+/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+
+This directory should contain binaries of various helper applications
+that getID3() depends on to handle some file formats under Windows.
+
+The location of this directory is configurable in /getid3/getid3.php
+as GETID3_HELPERAPPSDIR
+
+If this directory is empty, or you are missing any files, please
+download the latest version of the "getID3()-WindowsSupport" package
+from the usual download location (http://getid3.sourceforge.net)
+
+
+
+Included files:
+=====================================================
+
+Taken from http://www.cygwin.com/
+* cygwin1.dll
+
+Taken from http://unxutils.sourceforge.net/
+* head.exe
+* md5sum.exe
+* tail.exe
+
+Taken from http://ebible.org/mpj/software.htm
+* sha1sum.exe
+
+Taken from http://www.vorbis.com/download.psp
+* vorbiscomment.exe
+
+Taken from http://flac.sourceforge.net/download.html
+* metaflac.exe
+
+Taken from http://www.etree.org/shncom.html
+* shorten.exe
+
+
+/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+
+Changelog:
+
+2003.12.29:
+ * Initial release
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