Short: Amiga Audio/Video Multiplayer for OS 5.0 (Bug fixed working prototype) Author: TAO chantao@hotmail.com Uploader: chantao@hotmail.com Version: 1.1 Type: mus/play Requires: An accelerated AGA Amiga with minimum 1.5m chip ram and 4m fast ram. It runs better with maximum chip ram and more fast ram. You will also need MUI3.8 if you want the CD interface to work. What is new =========== My apology to all if the programme did not work on your system. In the last version a font name was left in the main script causing workbench to lock up if the font is not in your font directory. The problem was caused by a fault of Scala because it did not automatically delete a text string after a page was deleted. Obviously, I did not detect the problem because the font was installed on my system and the programme has been running happily with or without the font. Thank you all for informing me with the problem. IMPORTANT ========= To avoid frustration, excessive use of adrenalin or premature baldness please pay attention to the following: - Although it is a working prototype, it is only a multimedia representation of a concept. - Not all buttons are working. The working buttons are the ones with a click sound when your place your cursor on top of them. - to get the CD player working you have to configure OptyCDPlay first (please refer to Installation section) and indeed it helps if you've actually got a CD rom drive ; ). - the file requester is only a dummy one which does not allow you to change the preset file. - You need to run MUI and Rexxmast if you want to run the CD deck. - The programme will crash if you do not have sufficient chip ram. Introduction ============ Although Amiga is the first true Multimedia Personal Computer the OS GUI is getting a bit ancient, very naff and unprofessional for today's standard. With the new OSes on their way I thought it would be nice to produce an idea of a good looking multiplayer. Hopefully, it will inspire talented programmers to work towards the concept. In order to put the total idea across I made up this working prototype. Most of the system is kind of working ;). You can even play audio CD with it. Thanks to Stéphane Barbaray for his superb OptyCDPlay and its Arrexx port acting as a background engine. Installation ============ Decompress and copy the whole archive to wherever you want. Click on the appropriate icon according to whatever processor your've acquired. When OptyCDPlay is loaded you have to configure the programme to match up with your setup. The full document of OptyCDPlay is inside the CD directory. No special assign is required. The rest is just point and click. To quit press escape key. Programmers/Developers ====================== Please feel free to adopt the concept and make use of the GFX files. There are some extra graphic files within this archive. If you are using any material from this archive to develop a programme please mention my name. Thank you in advance. About the Author ================ Qualification: BA(Hons) Industrial Design(Engineering) Work Experience: 2D/3D design & PC Multimedia authoring using Amiga for most of the graphical/Video development. You can contact me via Email:chantao@hotmail.com Recent Involvement with the Amiga Community =========================================== 1. Designed/contributed art work for Black Blade's TSotTM (version 1 & 2) 2. Designed/contributed art work for Geosync Media's Star Fighter. 3. Author of Amiwin95.LHA (An Amiga Workbench conversion kit for Win95 environment) can be downloaded from Aminet under misc/emu. Future ====== I don't see any point to make another version of Amideck because it is only a dummy programme, therefore, the future development of Amideck is entirely in your own capable hands when the OS5Dev Machine is out. However, if I conceive another idea in the future, I will certainly construct another prototype and upload it to Aminet. COPYRIGHT ========= All mentioned trademarks & archives are subject to their owners including myself of course. NO WARRANTY =========== The author can not be held responsible for any damage caused by the use or misuse of this documentation and/or the programme. DISTRIBUTION ============ This software package is for free (re)distribution. You are not allowed to change it in any form, except for compression purposes.