Notes On The Crescendo Music Player Plugin
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  1. The Crescendo Player is no longer available from LiveUpdate.com.  You may download the last version of Crescendo Free Player from the link below.
  2. If you did not hear the music on the home page you can download the player for your web browser and Operating System at: Crescendo Download
  3. Installing the plugin depends on which Operating System you are using (Windows 95, 98SE, ME, 2000, or XP), and which web browser (Netscape Communicator 4.x, Netscape 7.0, Mozilla 1.4 - 1.5, or Internet Explorer 5 - 6 with Active X).
  4. For any other Operating System, or web browser not listed above consult your System Administrator for Plugin installations.
  5. From the Crescendo download page select the Crescendo (free) player, this link will take you to a selection of several Crescendo Players.
  6. Note: You may have the Crescendo Plugin for both Netscape and Internet Explorer, but you have to download and install the respective Crescendo versions for these web browsers.  You may also have installed Netscape Communicator and Netscape 7.x (these are two entirely different browsers), they can both be launched at the same time, but require the plugin to be installed into their respective Plugins Folder. 

Installing Crescendo Plugins

For the purpose of these instructions we have to assume you installed the respective web browser into it's default installation path, if you custom installed the browser into your own unique path, on your Hard Drive, consult your System Administrator for the location of your browser Plugins Folder.
Mozilla 1.4 - 1.5
For Windows 95, 98SE, ME, 2000, and XP
From the Crescendo download page, download the plugin and install the downloaded file into:
C:\Program Files\Mozilla.org\Mozilla\Plugins
The Crescendo downloaded file will be a compressed, self extracting, executable file.  With Windows Explorer navigate to the above path and double click the Crescendo downloaded file.  The install program should install all files into the above path, if you are asked where to install the extracted plugin files navigate to the above path and press "OK".

Netscape 7.x
For Windows 95, 98SE, ME, 2000, and XP
From the Crescendo download page, download the plugin and install the downloaded file into:
C:\Program Files\Netscape\Netscape7\Plugins
The Crescendo downloaded file will be a compressed, self extracting, executable file.  With Windows Explorer navigate to the above path and double click the Crescendo downloaded file.  The install program should install all files into the above path, if you are asked where to install the extracted plugin files navigate to the above path and press "OK".

Netscape Communicator 4.x
For Windows 95, 98SE, ME, 2000, and XP
From the Crescendo download page, download the plugin and install the downloaded file into:
C:\Program Files\Netscape\Communicator\Program\Plugins
The Crescendo downloaded file will be a compressed, self extracting, executable file.  With Windows Explorer navigate to the above path and double click the Crescendo downloaded file.  The install program should install all files into the above path, if you are asked where to install the extracted plugin files navigate to the above path and press "OK".
Required Files for Mozilla and Netscape
The following files are required in your "Plugins Folder".
  • CresObserver.class
  • CresPlayer.class
  • crestest.html
  • crest.mid
  • npmidi32.dll
  • npmp332.dll
To test your Crescendo Player with Netscape, or Mozilla navigate to your Plugins Folder with Windows Explorer, or Netscape/Mozilla browser, and double click on the "crestest.html" file.

In some installations where Netscape Communicator, Netscape 7.x, and Mozilla are installed Crescendo will install in only one "Plugins Folder", to get Crescendo tp play on the other browsers locate the file: "CresObserver.class".  With this file you will find all the above files, copy and paste the above files into your respective browser "Plugins Folder".  Close all browsers and re-open your browser to read the new plugin files.
Internet Explorer 5.x - 6.x (with Active X)
For Windows 95, 98SE, ME, 2000, and XP
From the Crescendo download page, download the plugin and install the downloaded file into:
C:\My Download files
The Crescendo downloaded file will be a compressed, self extracting, executable file.  With Windows Explorer navigate to the above path and double click the Crescendo downloaded file.  The installation file will find the location of the IE plugins folder and install all required plugin files for Internet Explorer.
You may be wondering why Internet Explorer is much easier to install plugins than Netscape, Internet Explorer has only one default location for all it's files.  Netscape has opted to allow separate folder locations for each of it's respective browser versions.  Netscape permits having each of it's browser versions installed and operating at the same time, Internet Explorer only allows the current version to be installed and operating.