Short: Multi format sound player, supports AHI Uploader: wenzel@unixserv.rz.fh-hannover.de Author: wenzel@unixserv.rz.fh-hannover.de Type: mus/play Version: 1.8 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- 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