Short:    Multi format sound player, supports AHI
Uploader: wenzel@unixserv.rz.fh-hannover.de
Author:   wenzel@unixserv.rz.fh-hannover.de
Type:     mus/play


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-- Play16 version 1.7 (01.12.96) - a versatile soundplayer for the Amiga --
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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 (still experimental)


What's new since V1.6?

V1.7    * New features:
        - Online help
        - A-Law decompression for RIFF-Wave and ISDN-Master RAW
        - Now using AsyncIO.library to read the audio data
        - AHI audio system support (still experimental)
        - Exponential Delta decompression for 8SVX

        * Fixed bugs:
        - MULTIPLE does not hang any more
        - Hopefully no more illegal memory access for FibDelta playback
        - No more crashes when ecountering unknown 8SVX compression methods


--------------------------------- In German -------------------------------

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-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
   * AHI audio system         16 bit (noch in der Testphase)
