Short: Multi format sound player, supports AHI Author: wenzel@unixserv.rz.fh-hannover.de Uploader: wenzel@unixserv.rz.fh-hannover.de Type: mus/play --------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- Play16 version 1.7 (01.12.96) - a versatile soundplayer for the Amiga -- --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 (still experimental) What's new since V1.6? V1.7 * New features: - Online help - A-Law decompression for RIFF-Wave and ISDN-Master RAW - Now using AsyncIO.library to read the audio data - AHI audio system support (still experimental) - Exponential Delta decompression for 8SVX * Fixed bugs: - MULTIPLE does not hang any more - Hopefully no more illegal memory access for FibDelta playback - No more crashes when ecountering unknown 8SVX compression methods --------------------------------- In German ------------------------------- 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-Sound-Daten 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) - 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 (noch in der Testphase) ============================= Archive contents ============================= Original Packed Ratio Date Time Name -------- ------- ----- --------- -------- ------------- 628 268 57.3% 01-Dec-96 16:42:24 Play16_1.7.info 1233 598 51.5% 01-Dec-96 16:42:20 +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 632 278 56.0% 01-Dec-96 16:42:20 +ExtraIcons.info 3971 816 79.4% 01-Dec-96 16:25:44 +Play16_8Col.info 1238 804 35.0% 01-Dec-96 16:25:44 +PLAY16_Drawer.info 1571 1040 33.8% 01-Dec-96 16:25:44 +Play16_MWB.info 3792 2528 33.3% 30-Nov-96 14:13:46 +GAIP16 2640 1776 32.7% 17-Jul-96 17:00:40 +asyncio.library 57900 30545 47.2% 01-Dec-96 12:17:40 +Play16 59376 31708 46.5% 01-Dec-96 12:23:06 +Play16'020 24425 9786 59.9% 01-Dec-96 16:36:44 +Play16.doc 3080 495 83.9% 01-Dec-96 16:42:20 +Play16.doc.info 20381 8546 58.0% 01-Dec-96 16:36:52 +Play16.dok 3080 428 86.1% 01-Dec-96 16:42:20 +Play16.dok.info 1066 681 36.1% 01-Dec-96 16:42:20 +Play16.info 4817 1891 60.7% 01-Dec-96 16:36:28 +Play16.readme 468 233 50.2% 01-Dec-96 16:42:20 +Play16.readme.info -------- ------- ----- --------- -------- 217012 106106 51.1% 03-Dec-96 23:46:56 26 files