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- Short: Multi format sound player, supports AHI
- Author: wenzel@unixserv.rz.fh-hannover.de (Thomas Wenzel)
- Uploader: wenzel@unixserv.rz.fh-hannover.de (Thomas Wenzel)
- Version: 1.8
- Type: mus/play
- Replaces: Play16_1.7.lha
-
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- -- Play16 version 1.8 (11.09.97) - a versatile soundplayer for the Amiga --
- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
-
- Readme.1st
- ----------
- Sorry folks, that's all I had time for. Comments still welcome :)
-
- 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
- - 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
- ----------
- Tschuldigung, für mehr hatte ich keine Zeit. Wünsche nachwievor
- willkommen :)
-
- Kurzübersicht
- -------------
- - 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
-
-
- ============================= Archive contents =============================
-
- Original Packed Ratio Date Time Name
- -------- ------- ----- --------- -------- -------------
- 628 269 57.1% 12-Sep-97 10:32:36 Play16_1.8.info
- 1233 600 51.3% 12-Sep-97 10:32:32 +CyberSound.info
- 3719 1809 51.3% 21-Nov-95 22:22:00 +14bit.Doc
- 1096 488 55.4% 21-Nov-95 22:22:00 +14bit.Doc.info
- 4274 2118 50.4% 21-Nov-95 22:22:00 +14bit.Dok
- 1096 490 55.2% 21-Nov-95 22:22:00 +14bit.Dok.info
- 12300 6739 45.2% 21-Nov-95 22:22:00 +14Bit_Calibration
- 2211 826 62.6% 21-Nov-95 22:22:00 +14Bit_Calibration.info
- 1233 723 41.3% 21-Nov-95 22:22:00 +Presets.info
- 256 218 14.8% 21-Nov-95 22:22:00 +Flowerpower's_Calibration
- 529 274 48.2% 21-Nov-95 22:22:00 +Flowerpower's_Calibration.info
- 632 278 56.0% 12-Sep-97 10:32:32 +ExtraIcons.info
- 3971 816 79.4% 01-Dec-96 16:25:44 +Play16_8Col.info
- 1238 804 35.0% 01-Dec-96 16:25:44 +PLAY16_Drawer.info
- 1571 1040 33.8% 01-Dec-96 16:25:44 +Play16_MWB.info
- 3792 2528 33.3% 30-Nov-96 14:13:46 +GAIP16
- 3312 2242 32.3% 02-Sep-97 13:58:44 +asyncio.library
- 13976 5735 58.9% 20-Aug-97 12:36:02 +prelude.library
- 61296 32813 46.4% 12-Sep-97 11:38:36 +Play16
- 59916 31723 47.0% 12-Sep-97 11:49:06 +Play16'000
- 59708 31600 47.0% 12-Sep-97 11:54:20 +Play16'000_NoAsync
- 26538 10630 59.9% 12-Sep-97 12:03:04 +Play16.doc
- 3080 499 83.7% 12-Sep-97 10:32:32 +Play16.doc.info
- 21321 8919 58.1% 12-Sep-97 12:03:04 +Play16.dok
- 3080 426 86.1% 12-Sep-97 10:32:32 +Play16.dok.info
- 1066 682 36.0% 12-Sep-97 10:32:32 +Play16.info
- 5766 2333 59.5% 12-Sep-97 10:28:00 +Play16.readme
- 468 234 50.0% 12-Sep-97 10:32:32 +Play16.readme.info
- 61080 32699 46.4% 12-Sep-97 11:43:50 +Play16_NoAsync
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- 360386 180555 49.8% 12-Sep-97 23:58:14 29 files
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