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- Short: Multi format sound player, supports AHI
- Uploader: Thomas Wenzel <wenzel@act-net.com>
- Author: Thomas Wenzel <wenzel@act-net.com>
- Type: mus/play
- Version: 1.9 (11.08.1999 - TOTAL ECLIPSE EDITION)
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- -- Play16 version 1.9 - a versatile soundplayer for the Amiga --
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- Readme.1st
- ----------
- This is a MINOR update. There's not much new...
-
- Features in brief
- -----------------
- - 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 (Prelude recommended!)
- - 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:
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- * 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, 8/16/24 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
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- - supported output devices are:
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- * 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
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- What's new since v1.8?
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- v1.9 * New features:
- - 24-bit AIFF support, playback will still be 16-bit though
- - more verbose error reporting why a file can't be played
- - recompiled with SAS/C 6.50
- - OUTNUM option to select among different outputs of AHI devices
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- * Dropped features:
- - removed the screenmode hack
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- --------------------------------- In German -------------------------------
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- Readme.1st
- ----------
- Dies ist ein GERINGFÜGIGES Update, viele Neuigkeiten gibt's nicht!
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- 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:
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- * 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, 8/16/24 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
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- - derzeitig unterstützte Ausgabegeräte:
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- * 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
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