Some notes! - Read the doc, there are all kinds of useful information there. - In the main archive there is a directory `HippoPlayerDocs'. It contains docs in some other languages than English. - If you are experiencing strange problems after updating from really old version (like v2.07 or so), DELETE S:HippoPlayes.prefs! About the future ---------------- After finishing my 330 days of military service I moved to my own (small) apartment and started my studies at the Tampere University of Technology. I have a PC with a direct internet connection (10Mb) and a high quality sound card. I don't have much interest on Amiga anymore. Not much is not equal to none, however. This small amount will probably be used to develop HippoPlayer. Nothing major will be done, like MUIfying the user interface, creating general MIDI support or MP3 player. That is, unless someone gives the needed Amiga sources/binaries that I could include in HiP. I might do an IT support someday.. I've tried several PC modplayers and they all suck, so I think I'll have to make a HippoPlayer for PC too someday. It'll use the MIDAS Sound System for playing modules. You know, MIDAS by Jarno Paananen who also made PS3M and The Player 6.1a. That's it, I hope I didn't turn everybody down. Pirated keyfiles ---------------- There are pirated keyfiles and keyfile generators floating around. Needless to say this kind of action will not improve my decreasing inspiration towards the development of HippoPlayer. I hope you recognize the difference between a pirated keyfile and a real keyfile. PS3M versus AHI --------------- AHI is great, for those who have a sound card installed. Otherwise I suggest you don't use it. The paula routines in AHI use interrupt based mixing. This means that AHI will always steal CPU time from you. PS3M uses task based mixing. Set the priority low and PS3M will never steal CPU time from you. It's often enough for the music to run with the left over CPU time, so you will notice no system slow down. The only drawback is that sometimes when the load is high the music will not play continuously.