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Short: Plays WAV, IFF, MAUD, etc, 14 bit output
Uploader: wenzel@unixserv.rz.fh-hannover.de
Author: wenzel@unixserv.rz.fh-hannover.de
Type: mus/play
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-- Play16 version 1.4 (22.06.95) - a versatile soundplayer for the Amiga --
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Features in brief
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- 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)
- 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 uLaw 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
* Creative Voice File (.VOC) mono / stereo, 8 / 16 bit, linear
* Sun/NeXT Audio (.AU) mono / stereo, 8 / 16 bit, linear / uLaw
* MacroSystem MAUD (.MAUD) mono / stereo, 8 / 16 bit, linear
* Apple/SGI/Amiga AIFF (.AIFF) mono / stereo, 8 / 16 bit, linear
* Amiga IFF-8SVX (.IFF) mono / stereo, 8 bit, linear
* 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)
- 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
What's new since V1.3?
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V1.4 - Wildcard and multiple file support
- Environment variable support (partial)
- A filerequester will pop up if no filename is given
- Workbench support, including icon with tooltype entries
- Maestro Pro output, using Richard Körber's Maestix package
- Calibrated 14 bit output, using Christian Buchner's
CyberSound package
- IFF-8SVX file dump
- Creative VOC support (currently only 1st data block)
(This format crazy :-))
- Closing the output window now stops playback, too
- Looping now for single mode as well, LOOPS=0 won't cause
a severe crash any more
Thanks to Andy Church for reporting it.
- Open a screen during playback, e.g. productivity for fast DMA
- 68040 version included
- German docs
--------------------------------- In German -------------------------------
Kurzübersicht
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- erkennt und spielt automatisch verschiedene Soundformate, bis zu
16 Bit, 56 kHz, stereo
- volle Workbench-Unterstützung, jedoch kein GUI
- immer korrekte Wiedergabegeschwindigkeit, sogar bei Sounds >28 kHz
- Echtzeitwiedergabe von Festplatte, optimierte Assembler-Routinen
- 14 Bit Ausgabe möglich (weniger Rauschen, aber schlechter als 16 Bit)
- 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
- Vorlade-Funktion für Tastengenaues Playback-Starten
- schnelle uLaw Entpackfunktion
- Systemfreundliche Tonkanal-Belegung
- Ausgabe in ein File ist möglich (Sound-Konvertierung)
- unterstützte Filetypen bislang:
* Microsoft RIFF-WAVE (.WAV) mono / stereo, 8 / 16 bit, linear / uLaw
* Creative Voice File (.VOC) mono / stereo, 8 / 16 bit, linear
* Sun/NeXT Audio (.AU) mono / stereo, 8 / 16 bit, linear / uLaw
* MacroSystem MAUD (.MAUD) mono / stereo, 8 / 16 bit, linear
* Apple/SGI/Amiga AIFF (.AIFF) mono / stereo, 8 / 16 bit, linear
* Amiga IFF-8SVX (.IFF) mono / stereo, 8 bit, linear
* Raw-Sound-Daten 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)
- 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