
Multimedia for Directory Opus5

Audio cd player/saver, video cd player, mpeg sound-system & sample-player.
(needed Directory Opus 5.11). For more info see install-script and read
CD_MM.guide.dt.

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 Copyright and Distribution
 ==========================
 PlayCD_MM.dopus5, PlayHifi.dopus5 & PlayHifi_DT.dopus5
 is copyright 1995 by Eckhard Ludwig. All rights reserved.

 This software is subject to the "Standard Amiga FD-Software Copyright Note"
 It is FREEWARE as defined in paragraph 4a.
 For more information please read "AFD-COPYRIGHT" (Version 1 or higher).

 Disclaimer
 ==========
 This programmes comes with no warranty, either expressed or
 implied.  The author (Eckhard Ludwig) is in no way responsible for any damage,
 loss, or ill-effects directly or indirectly caused by the usage of this program.


 What Does It Do?
 ===============
 New:
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 CD-cataloge for 500 audio cd & 25 video cd
 Plays video CD
 Full support for AsimCDFS as cdda-saver
 MPEG Encoding 100% faster
 Save CDDA to mpeg layer 2, 44.1KHz & 32KHz.
 Preferences-programm
 Localized for 2.1 and up (include deutsch, english, dansk, français, italiano,
 nederlands, norsk, suomi & svenska catalog).
 Setup for Play16, mpega & other programmes. 
 New user-menu and toolbar (include 8 color magic-workbench icons).

 PlayCD_MM.dopus5
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 CD player interface for Directory Opus V5.11 (© by Jonathan Potter & GPSoftware),

 Features: functions of a normal CD-Player; play audio & video-cd and save cdda
 as MP2, MP32 (mpeg-audio 32KHz) stereo 8SVX (8bit/22KHz) or RAW, AIFF, WAVE
 (16bit/44.1KHz), ADPCM2 & 3, AU.

 The DOpus5 lister can display songnames and CD title, of course you once have to
 enter the names;

 PlayHifi_DT.dopus5
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 Sound player interface for Directory Opus V5.11 (© by Jonathan Potter & GPSoftware),
 play MPEG Layer 1&2, AIFF, WAVE, CDR and more over 14bit Amigaaudio (needed mpega
 © 1995 by Stephane Tavenard, Play16 © 1995 by Thomas Wenzel),
 or MPEG over 16bit PeggyPlus MPEG-Card. Only for DOpus5 filetypes.
 All filetypes your found in this package.

 PlayHifi.dopus5
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 Sound player interface for Directory Opus V5.11 (© by Jonathan Potter & GPSoftware),
 play WAVE, AIFF & more over 14bit Amigaaudio (needed Play16 ©1995 Thomas Wenzel),
 play MPEG Layer 1&2 over 14bit Amigaaudio or over PeggyPlus MPEG-Card.
 Select samples and klick "Play Hifi" (Sound_Player_Buttons)


 Requirements
 ============
 Directory Opus V5.11 or later (© by Jonathan Potter & GPSoftware)
 CeeD (Freeware, Copyright ©1994-1995 Peter Urbanec) included

 For save 8SVX & AIFF
 CDDA V1.12 (Author: mlelstvspecklec.mpifr-bonn.mpg.de)
 (PublicDomain, included)
 for save ADPCM2/3: X2ADPCM (Author: flowerpeikon.e-technik.tu-muenchen.de)
 (PublicDomain, included)

 MPEG-Audio & Sample play:
 =========================
 mpega (© 1995 by Stephane Tavenard) (Freeware, not included !)
 Play16 (© 1995 by Thomas Wenzel) (Freeware, not included !)
 
 optional: Peggy-Plus MPEG-Card (© Ingenierbuero Helfrich)

 Video-CD:
 =========
 Peggy-Plus MPEG-Card (© Ingenierbuero Helfrich)
 ScalaMMPlayer (ESCOM-Amiga included). Install EX-Modul "MPEG" to
 Scala/Startup and setup for your cdrom.
 
 Audio MPEG-Encoding:
 ====================
 mpegaudio-package (included)
 

 Installation
 ============
 Doubleklick of Install-English

 Using it
 ========
 Run Opus5, load buttonbank CD_Player_Buttons over Opus5-menu Buttons/Load and
 klick [CD Multimedia] or [CD MM GUI] (GUI for edit the cd-cataloge).
 
 For play samples select this and klick [Play Hifi].

 For convert samples to mpeg (audio layer2), load over Opus5 menu Buttons/Load
 the buttonbank SoundConverter. Convert samples to AIFF (Save CDDA as AIFF).
 Select AIFF Files and klick Button [AIFF>MPEG...] (For CD quality 192kbit,
 else 128kbit). For more info read CD_MM.guide.dt (sorry, only german).

 Contacting the Author
 =====================
 If you have any bug reports, questions, suggestions, comments, or gifts to
 send me, I would be glad to hear from you. 

 Eckhard Ludwig
 Str. d. Befreiung 8
 D-06128 Halle

 EMail: eckhard@top.east.de

 
 Other Stuff by Eckhard Ludwig
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 PlayCD_CD32.dopus5
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 CD player and video cd interface for CD32 with SX-1, SX-32, Vector CD32
 Shuttle.
 needed  Directory Opus V5.11 (© by Jonathan Potter & GPSoftware),

 Features: functions of a normal CD-Player;
 The DOpus5 lister can display cdda, video and cdrom tracks.
 Ability to save videotracks.

 see aminet disk/cdrom/CD_CD32_opus5.lha

 MusicCommander
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 See CD_MM.guide.dt.
