Short: Multi format sound player, supports AHI Author: Thomas Wenzel Uploader: Thomas Wenzel Version: 1.9 (11.08.1999 - TOTAL ECLIPSE EDITION) Type: mus/play ---------------------------------------------------------------- -- Play16 version 1.9 - a versatile soundplayer for the Amiga -- ---------------------------------------------------------------- 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: * 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 - 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 v1.8? 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 * Dropped features: - removed the screenmode hack --------------------------------- In German ------------------------------- Readme.1st ---------- Dies ist ein GERINGFÜGIGES Update, viele Neuigkeiten gibt's nicht! 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, 8/16/24 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 - 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_1.9.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 632 277 56.1% 12-Aug-99 19:50:24 +ExtraIcons.info 3971 814 79.5% 12-Aug-99 19:50:24 +Play16_8Col.info 1238 803 35.1% 12-Aug-99 19:50:24 +PLAY16_Drawer.info 1571 1042 33.6% 12-Aug-99 19:50:24 +Play16_MWB.info 4509 2180 51.6% 12-Aug-99 19:50:24 +Play16_NI.info 3792 2528 33.3% 30-Nov-96 14:13:46 +GAIP16 3312 2242 32.3% 02-Sep-97 13:58:44 +asyncio.library 24264 10755 55.6% 07-Aug-99 09:59:24 +prelude.library 61880 33845 45.3% 11-Aug-99 19:28:32 +Play16 61272 33248 45.7% 11-Aug-99 19:30:06 +Play16'000 61120 33121 45.8% 11-Aug-99 19:32:48 +Play16'000_NoAsync 26011 10373 60.1% 11-Aug-99 19:18:44 +Play16.doc 3080 499 83.7% 12-Sep-97 10:32:32 +Play16.doc.info 20674 8620 58.3% 11-Aug-99 19:18:50 +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 4973 1984 60.1% 12-Aug-99 19:45:14 +Play16.readme 468 234 50.0% 12-Sep-97 10:32:32 +Play16.readme.info 62528 34267 45.1% 11-Aug-99 19:27:26 +Play16_NoAsync -------- ------- ----- --------- -------- 378016 192494 49.0% 15-May-101 05:25:06 30 files