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Short: Multi format sound player, supports AHI
Uploader: wenzel@unixserv.rz.fh-hannover.de
Author: wenzel@unixserv.rz.fh-hannover.de
Type: mus/play
Version: 1.8
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-- Play16 version 1.8 (11.09.97) - a versatile soundplayer for the Amiga --
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Readme.1st
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Sorry folks, that's all I had time for. Comments still welcome :)
Features in brief
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- FREEWARE! No beta, no nag requesters and no expiry date!
- online help
- autodetects and plays several soundfiles, up to 16 bit / 56 kHz / stereo
- full Workbench support (but not Intuition and no GUI)
- always correct playback speed, even for sounds >28 kHz
- realtime playback from harddisk, optimized assembler routines
- optional 14 bit output (less noise but not as good as true 16 bit)
- Supports AHI and soundcards
- automatic or manual audio filter control
- plays mono sounds on *both* channels, not only on the left one
- plays (and loops) files that are larger than memory
- preloading for exactly timed start of playback
- fast µ-Law/A-Law decompression
- system friendly audio channel allocation
- optionally dump the output into a file (can be used to convert sounds)
- supported Filetypes are:
* Microsoft RIFF-WAVE (.WAV) mono/stereo, 8/16 bit, linear/uLaw/ALaw/ADPCM
* Creative Voice File (.VOC) mono/stereo, 8/16 bit, linear
* Sun/NeXT Audio (.AU) mono/stereo, 8/16 bit, linear/uLaw
* MacroSystem Audio (.MAUD) mono/stereo, 8/16 bit, linear/uLaw
* Apple/SGI/Amiga AIFF (.AIFF) mono/stereo, 8/16 bit, linear
* Amiga IFF-8SVX (.IFF) mono/stereo, 8 bit, linear/FibDelta/ExpDelta
* Any raw sound data as long as it matches one of the following:
- 8 bit signed
- 8 bit unsigned
- 16 bit signed, Intel format (LSB first)
- 16 bit signed, Motorola format (MSB first)
- 14 bit µ-Law
- 14 bit A-Law
- supported output devices are:
* Native Amiga chipset (Paula) 8 bit
* Native Amiga chipset (Paula) 14 bit
* Native Amiga chipset (Paula) 14 bit calibrated (Christian Buchner)
* MacroSystem Maestro Pro 16 bit 44.1kHz and 48kHz only
* IFF-8SVX file dump 8 bit
* AHI audio system 16 bit
* Prelude 16 bit
What's new since V1.7?
V1.8 * New features:
- Finally AIFF-C support! Sorry for the delay.
- AHI seems to be stable. Currently lowlevel support only.
- Volume is specified in percent now. Up to 400% boost is
available in Paula14 and Paula14c modes.
- Quickly put in the 4 lines of code needed for Native Prelude support
- Corresponding environment variable for FAST/S
(do »SetEnv FAST 1« to enable it)
- A different output path for converted 8SVX files can be specified
- Different versions using asyncio.library or standard AmigaDOS
* Fixed bugs:
- Finally fixed break bug when using multiple. (I hope.) *growl*
- Some MAUD files weren't played til the end. Changed the method
how the length is computed. MAUD is obsolete anyway.
- VOLUME now works for AHI playback, too
- Task priority is changed _only_ if specified and not zero
- Files written with OUTPUT=8SVX will be closed now
- Removed unnessecary byte padding when writing 8SVX files
- Yikes! Pattern matching was used even for Workbench icons
all the time. Fixed.
--------------------------------- In German -------------------------------
Readme.1st
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Tschuldigung, für mehr hatte ich keine Zeit. Wünsche nachwievor
willkommen :)
Kurzübersicht
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- FREEWARE! Keine Betaversion, keine Nervrequester und kein Ablaufdatum!
- Online Hilfe
- erkennt und spielt automatisch verschiedene Soundformate, bis zu
16 Bit, 56 kHz, stereo
- volle Workbench-Unterstützung, jedoch kein GUI
- immer korrekte Wiedergabegeschwindigkeit, auch bei Sounds >28 kHz
- Echtzeitwiedergabe von Festplatte, optimierte Assembler-Routinen
- 14 Bit Ausgabe möglich (weniger Rauschen, aber schlechter als 16 Bit)
- Unterstützt AHI und Soundkarten
- automatische oder manuelle Filter-Kontrolle
- spielt Mono-Sounds auf BEIDEN Kanälen, nicht nur auf dem linken
- spielt (und wiederholt) Files, die größer als der Speicher sind
- Preload-Funktion für synchronen Wiedergabestart auf Tastendruck
- schnelle µ-Law/A-Law Dekodierung
- Systemfreundliche Audiokanal-Belegung
- Ausgabe in ein File ist möglich (Sound-Konvertierung)
- unterstützte Filetypen bislang:
* Microsoft RIFF-WAVE (.WAV) mono/stereo, 8/16 bit, linear/uLaw/ALaw/ADPCM
* Creative Voice File (.VOC) mono/stereo, 8/16 bit, linear
* Sun/NeXT Audio (.AU) mono/stereo, 8/16 bit, linear/uLaw
* MacroSystem Audio (.MAUD) mono/stereo, 8/16 bit, linear/uLaw
* Apple/SGI/Amiga AIFF (.AIFF) mono/stereo, 8/16 bit, linear
* Amiga IFF-8SVX (.IFF) mono/stereo, 8 bit, linear/FibDelta/ExpDelta
* RAW Sounddaten mit mindestens einer folgender Voraussetzungen:
- 8 bit Vorzeichenbehaftet
- 8 bit nicht Vorzeichenbehaftet
- 16 bit signed, Intel Format (LSB zuerst)
- 16 bit signed, Motorola Format (MSB zuerst)
- 14 bit µ-Law
- 14 bit A-Law
- derzeitig unterstützte Ausgabegeräte:
* Amiga (Paula) 8 bit
* Amiga (Paula) 14 bit
* Amiga (Paula) 14 bit kalibriert (Christian Buchner)
* MacroSystem Maestro Pro 16 bit 44.1kHz und 48kHz
* IFF-8SVX File Ausgabe 8 bit
* AHI audio system 16 bit
* Prelude 16 bit