RE: [ANNOUNCE] FreeAmp 2.1 beta 3
We have fixed a lot of the baddies in beta 1 but rumor has it there are still bugs lurking in our beloved product... please pound on this and let us know about them. Does this mean I can't watch the thread count for freeamp.exe jump to over 100 anymore? :) mike ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.freeamp.org/mailman/listinfo/freeamp-dev
RE: Modifying help files
For the Window's builds I use a software tool called RoboHelp. It's not an "open source" program. However any help I build with it is licensed for Couldn't she do an export to RTF or HTML from RoboHelp? It has to support that kind of stuff, and then maybe the files could be used in the regular help compiler for windows? just a thought... mike ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.freeamp.org/mailman/listinfo/freeamp-dev
RE: Again about NASM.BAT
I would just copy NASMW.exe to NASM.exe... it could be argues that I should make the change in the project to reference NASMW.exe instead. What do you guys think? It would make the setup for new users easier, right? FWIW, i use nasmw myself, i just edited the project settings and added a w to nasm and hit f7 to continue. So i would agree to the change myself. mike ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.freeamp.org/mailman/listinfo/freeamp-dev
FreeAmp for AlphaNT
Mark, did you get my message I sent you earlier last week about me uploading the AlphaNT build of 2.0.7? If you didn't, let me know and I'll email you the url to the binaries again. Michael Rich http://www.alphax86.com http://www.cdx.sk/userwebs/zdrpg ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.freeamp.org/mailman/listinfo/freeamp-dev
RE: DiskOut Output Plugin v0.0.1
I'm returning the value of the pointer, not the pointer itself, so everything is ok. Your right, i overlooked that. I changed the way the volume works -- I'm using the same code that the normal soundcard uses to control volume. Can both of you mess with the volume slider and see if adjusting it will help? Does the soundcard volume work ok? I just loaded up the 2.0.5 release and select the DSound plugin. I get no sound whatsoever, the volume bar is locked at 100 and i can't move it at all. If I try to move the seek bar, it keeps resetting to the beginning and starts playing again. Never have I heard a single note from the sound. Different system this time: Dell Dimension XPS R400 256M RAM 400 P2 Windows NT 4.0 SP5 CrystalWare Built-in Audio (and the driver is from Dell website) DirectX 3.0 mike ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.freeamp.org/mailman/listinfo/freeamp-dev
RE: DiskOut Output Plugin v0.0.1
More bad news. FreeAmp did not close after I clicked the [x]. It disappears, but it still shown as running in Task Manager, so I have to do an End Task to get rid of it. This was simular to what happened to me when I ran WinNT4.0 SB Live! at home, so it maybe related to the drivers to, but I never have had a problem with the regular audio plugin, so it really has to be related to the dsound plugin. mike ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.freeamp.org/mailman/listinfo/freeamp-dev
RE: DiskOut Output Plugin v0.0.1
I downloaded and massaged your code for a while. Its now checked in CVS. Good deal Mr. Mayhem Chaos Coord because I was sure running low on time due to apartment searching and moving that I have coming up in a few weeks. I'll pull down the cvs so I can take a peek at the updated code. mike ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.freeamp.org/mailman/listinfo/freeamp-dev
RE: DiskOut Output Plugin v0.0.1
Ok, I'm in the process of porting it to Linux, so expect more changes. :-) Speaking of Linux, I hope to get my a Alpha Personal Workstation after I get moved into my new place, so my current AlphaStation will probably be a fulltime AlphaLinux, or maybe AlphaFreeBSD once I can learn the systems. I've managed to compile FreeAmp on AlphaLinux one time, but I didn't know where it put all my files, and even worse I didn't know how to enable the sound to actually test it with. Hopefully in the future I can help on this part more. Just for a nitpick, my name is misspelled, the e and a are transposed. :) mike ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.freeamp.org/mailman/listinfo/freeamp-dev
404 on website
http://www.freeamp.org/bodies/download.html Down the the compilation section, the _development_ link leads to a 404 error. Michael Rich http://alphax86dev.cjb.net http://www.cdx.sk/userwebs/zdrpg ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.freeamp.org/mailman/listinfo/freeamp-dev
RE: WavOut Plugin
Can I suggest that we rename it when we move to the new plugin architecture for 3.0? At that point we'll also have an improved options system that will allow for the things that you're planning for. Is that reasonable? Quite reasonable because if I remember, the customize dialogs for output plugins was due for 3.0 anyhow, so that'll match up fine. mike ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.freeamp.org/mailman/listinfo/freeamp-dev
RE: DiskOut Output Plugin v0.0.1
My last check in was at Fri Mar 17 4:22:41 2000 (GMT). Which is about 40 minutes ago... I updated my code and it still seems to be working just fine. Both the Amorphis and Arch Enemy MP3s decoded nicely into WAV files. The StuffFourChars function you added is exactly what I was thinking was needed to replace that windows function, however is it really safe to return that pointer to the local dest variable? Bad news though, the DirectSound output plugin didn't work at all on my system, all i got was silence. Has anything changed with it to make it not work any longer? For reference, here's my system stats: Windows 2000 Pro 2x450Mhz CPUs dsound.dll reports version of 5.00.2165.0001 [final retail] DirectX version is 7.0 RAM, 192M Video: TNT2 Sound Card: Sound Blaster Live! Value Sound Driver: Stock Windows 2000 driver off CD mike ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.freeamp.org/mailman/listinfo/freeamp-dev
Shoutcast streams / song names
When using FreeAmp to play a Shoutcast stream, why does it not display the name of the song that is currently playing? Is it an option I have to enable, or does it simply not support it? Michael Rich http://alphax86dev.cjb.net http://www.cdx.sk/userwebs/zdrpg ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.freeamp.org/mailman/listinfo/freeamp-dev
RE: Installation
Using InstallerVise would basically terminate my ability to generate an Alpha setup executable since they do not have an Alpha version of their product. I've asked them before about it, but they said it wasn't a high priority item, and that was before the big crash last August where AlphaNT was cancelled, so I'm sure its not even a task item for them now. However It probably would be useful for Mac installs since that seems to be what everyone uses on that platform. mike -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Joseph Blough Sent: Monday, March 06, 2000 7:21 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Installation To make the installation easier to manage, we might want to consider InstallerVise ( http://www.mindvision.com http://www.mindvision.com ) for the installation. Three key reasons come to mind. 1) Cross Platform - InstallerVise installations are designed to work on both the Windows and Mac platforms. 2) Developer Price - InstallerVise is free for Shareware/Freeware use. 3) UCITA - Read the Installshield EULA about "you grant to Installshield the right to , with or without notice, monitor your Internet accessible activities". ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.freeamp.org/mailman/listinfo/freeamp-dev ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.freeamp.org/mailman/listinfo/freeamp-dev
RE: Installation
Great. Now all we need is a Mac version. ;) huh? There is a Mac version last time I knew. http://www.mindvision.com/index1.html Is this not available for shareware/freeware use also? mike ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.freeamp.org/mailman/listinfo/freeamp-dev
Found floating point problem
Not sure about how to fix it just yet, so if anyone figures it out first, let me know. The problem is in: downloadui.cpp on line 672: percent = (uint32)recvd/total*100; total = 0.00 in the situation, which is causing a divide by zero error which the Alpha CPU is obviously pissed off at. Guess some error checking needs to be added to make sure the line is not executed (or percent just get set to 0). Anyone verify if this also happens on x86 CPUs and whether it ignores it or not? Michael Rich http://alphax86dev.cjb.net http://www.cdx.sk/userwebs/zdrpg ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.freeamp.org/mailman/listinfo/freeamp-dev
RE: Found floating point problem
i will make the change in our code base. for the alpha version of 2.0.4 just make this change: if(total) percent = (uint32)recvd/total*100; else percent = 0; Done, i'm rebuilding the binaries now and I'll upload the setup soon after it finishes. mike ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.freeamp.org/mailman/listinfo/freeamp-dev
RE: Download Manager Exception
I haven't heard or seen anything about that. Please do build the debug version and let us know what you can dig up... I'll try to look into it, but I have verified its at least been there seens 2.0.1, don't know how I managed to not find it until now though because all you have to do is click the download button on the main window. mike ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.freeamp.org/mailman/listinfo/freeamp-dev
Download Manager Exception
For some reason i'm getting a "Floating point invalid operation" when I try to bring up the download manager on my Alpha. Does anyone know what might could be going wrong because the Alpha is very sensitive to that sort of thing, and its possible that the x86 CPUs could just be ignoring it, or maybe Windows is ignoring it. Any ideas on what could be wrong before I got through the painful task of building a debug version of the files? FWIW, this is with the latest 2.0.4 version that was just released. Michael Rich http://alphax86dev.cjb.net http://www.cdx.sk/userwebs/zdrpg ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.freeamp.org/mailman/listinfo/freeamp-dev
RE: DiskOut Output Plugin v0.0.1
In each PMO, there is a function called: void HandleTimeInfoEvent(PMOTimeInfoEvent *pEvent); Hmm, it appears the function is still in the code left over from where i based it on the DirectSound plugin. Maybe I've not updated the variables properly. I'll do a check against the original code and see if I can patch it to work correctly. i think saving the file to the same directory as the source file is the best solution right now. Actually, we had decided that we wanted to save the wav files into a WAV subdirectory of the users' MyMusic directory. To do that, simply call Error GetSaveMusicDirectory(char* path, uint32* len); This sounds fine, i'll see if I can modify the code to use this directory instead. mike ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.freeamp.org/mailman/listinfo/freeamp-dev
Custom preferences dialog
What is the recommended way to show a perference dialog for an output plugin? I need to ask for a directory to write the files to, and also hopefully in the future to allow the user to select the type of output file (WAV, AIFF, etc). Can anyone give me any tips on this? thanks Michael Rich http://alphax86dev.cjb.net http://www.cdx.sk/userwebs/zdrpg ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.freeamp.org/mailman/listinfo/freeamp-dev
RE: Wave output plugin
the direct sound plugin is not as efficient as the soundcard plugin. it invloves an extra memcpy. i would use the soundcard plugin as your model if i were you. The structure is what I was really wanting the most because all i should be doing is taking the output buffer data and writing it to disk, so would the memcpy stuff really make a difference in this regard? Is there some complexity to it that i'm not aware of? mike ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.freeamp.org/mailman/listinfo/freeamp-dev
RE: Compile error in latest Win32 sources
The docs still say that MSVC 5.0 or higher is required. Has the requirement now moved to MSVC 6.0 for some modules? Best bet is to just update your DirectX SDK files to 7.0a to be sure you have the latest headers/libraries. But you are correct in that VC5 ships with old headers/libs. mike ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.freeamp.org/mailman/listinfo/freeamp-dev
I'm having problems with 2.0.1
I'm having some pretty serious problems with the Alpha version of 2.0.1. Everything built just fine, and i've built the setup and it installs fine. However when I run FreeAmp (or is it EMusic Player now?), i see absolutely nothing. I look in task manager and sure enough its running, but there is no window to be found, no icon in the systray, and no entry in the task bar. I've made sure I uninstalled the prior version before i installed the new one, and I even uninstalled the new one, and cleaned out the registry and it still doesn't come up properly. One thing I can do however is when i run it, some _does_ have the focus because no other windows show that they do, so I hit Alt+Space to bring up the sys menu and sure enough, one pops up in the middle of the desktop. I tell it to maximize and lo and behold is the My Music window. Does anyone have any clue what could be going on, nothing like this has happened before. Another thing I've noticed is that the registry is building two sets of keys now, one under EMuic, and another under FreeAmp. Which one is for real now? Michael Rich http://alphax86dev.cjb.net http://www.cdx.sk/userwebs/zdrpg ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.freeamp.org/mailman/listinfo/freeamp-dev
RE: I'm having problems with 2.0.1
Second, the FreeAmp prefs should only be creating a FreeAmp registry entry. check your config.h to see if it says EMusic anywhere... I might have screwed up a checkin did you build from the zip file or cvs? I just checked the config.h and its fine, it looks identical to config.win32. The source file i used was (which i downloaded at about 9pm EST): http://www.freeamp.org/download/src/freeamp-2.0.1.tar.gz i pulled down the tar because they are usually smaller than a zip and i'm on a 56k modem and wanted a shorter wait. Third, look to see if your problem is related to the checking i did for RMPs and RealJukebox. In the main.cpp file you will see a call to SendCommandLineToRealJukebox()... comment that out and see if it causes your problem to go away. The closest command I can find is: SendCommandLineToHiddenWindow() I found no mention of the RealJukebox command. mike ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.freeamp.org/mailman/listinfo/freeamp-dev
RE: [ANNOUNCE] FreeAmp 2.0 For AlphaNT and Debian Linux Package
Thanks to the special efforts of Mike Rich and Brian M. Almeida we have new additions to the download page. Mike sent us the the latest version as an installer for AlphaNT while Brian put together a package for Debian users. Mark, I don't see either the AlphaNT 2.0 or the Debian 2.0 release on the website. The Beta5 installer is still there for AlphaNT. mike ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.freeamp.org/mailman/listinfo/freeamp-dev
Is the website down?
I've been trying to connect to it to pull the 2.0 release code down and i can't access it. Is it just me, or is it really down? thanks Michael Rich http://alphax86dev.cjb.net http://www.cdx.sk/userwebs/zdrpg ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.freeamp.org/mailman/listinfo/freeamp-dev
Beta 5 nit
I don't know if its a bug, or just by design, but i find it annoying that when i've got file manager (or explorer) open and i'm picking and choosing tracks to play as I go, it only plays the first track that I select, and then all successive ones are simply added to the playlist. This is even after the track has completed playing, though it does simular when its playing also. To see what i'm talking about do something like so: 1. open explorer up to a directory of MP3s 2. double click on one you want to listen to 3. listen and enjoy the track 4. now when its done, double click on another track in the explorer directory 5. wait and wait for it to start playing, then get frustrated and look in My Music and see it listed directly after the one you've just finished listening to, but end up having to manually tell it to play yourself 6. repeat step 5 for every track you want to listen to thereafter. I do agree that it should append to the playlist if one is playing, but if the track is stopped then it should play the new one added to the list. Michael Rich http://alphax86dev.cjb.net http://www.cdx.sk/userwebs/zdrpg ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.freeamp.org/mailman/listinfo/freeamp-dev
RE: freeamp port!
My CPU is MIPS RM5231,are there some codes implement xingmp3 LMC use MIPS assemble language(FPU)? There is a regular C/C++ version of the decoder that I compile for the Alpha CPU version of FreeAMP, so as long as you have a C++ compiler, it should compile fine i'd think (minus any platform specific things that might be lingering in there of course). HTH, mike ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.freeamp.org/mailman/listinfo/freeamp-dev
RE: freeamp port!
Can you mail to me? Thanks in advance. If just use c/c++ code, Do you think my MIPS CPU on STB can afford the decoding task? Patrick, There isn't anything special really, all you need to do is grab the latest (beta 4) source code (i used http://www.freeamp.org/download/src/freeamp-2-0-beta4.zip) and then dig into the directory: freeamp/lmc/xingmp3 and you should find the C/C++ code in there to do the job. The hard part from there would be to strip it out from the Linux/Win32 code that it may be slightly tied to (not sure about this though), and then start trying to recompile it on your MIPS processor. I personally don't anything know about the MIPS CPU, but since its a RISC processor like the Alpha (just not as good... ;), it should be quite adept as the floating point aspect of the decoding process. FWIW, on my AlphaStation 200 4/233, with a 233Mhz 21064 CPU, it eats about 20% of the CPU to decode the MP3. This is with no Alpha optimized ASM, only the straight C routines. I would think you would be OK as you have enough MHz, and especially if you can come in and optimize the decoder with MIPS specific instructions. HTH, mike ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.freeamp.org/mailman/listinfo/freeamp-dev
RE: ANNOUNCE: New plugin available, and one left out
Unfortunately updateing is only supported under win32 right now. linux has too many flavors to make it practical. Is it possible to get this update to work for the Alpha/NT version of FreeAmp also? Is the update smart enough to know not to download x86 binaries when running on the Alpha? mike
RE: ANNOUNCE: Win32 Beta of FreeAmp 2.0 available
http://www.freeamp.org/download/FreeAmpSetup_2_0_beta1.exe * The new UI looks cool, but right off i didn't find a clearly defined option to open a MP3 file. I had to open another window just to select a file. Couldn't this be simplied down to just let them select a single file if they want to and auto add to the other dialog? * how do I change the time display so that it counts down instead of up? * buttons do not give feedback (e.g. a depressed state) * when i first selected my MP3, it scroll the filename across the window, subsequent times it actually displayed the correct title there. Did it not load the title on the initial load? * Should display the little helptip for the volume seek when your hover over the image like the other things do Just some quick thoughts on the UI. The sound was quite good, my Cure song sounded just like it did when it was on the CD. mike
RE: ANNOUNCE: Win32 Beta of FreeAmp 2.0 available
* when i first selected my MP3, it scroll the filename across the window, subsequent times it actually displayed the correct title there. Did it not load the title on the initial load? Could you be more specific on this one? What steps did you take to make this happen? Here goes... Try to be as specific as possible: 1. Open freeamp 2.0 beta 2. Click My music, dialog comes up 3. Get msg about I don't have any items in my database, click "no" 4. Click Add, then i select "Dan Swano - Uncreation.mp3", though i think any with the ID3 tags will work 5. Selection is added, artis is shown as "Dan Swano", album "Moontower", but the length is marked as "0", but actually the song is 05:41 in length 6. Click "Close" to close the dialog 7. Press play, let the song play all the way through 8. Notice while its playing its using the path to the MP3 (in my case, "d:\music\mp3\metal\dan swano - uncreation.mp3"), not the ID3 name 9. Now press play again, its using the ID3 tag this time instead of the file name. HTH, mike
2.0 docs for UI Plugins?
Has the documentation for UI Plugins been updated to show the new interfaces that have been add/modified/etc? I was working on a UI Plugin for 1.x, but halted work on it because 1.5 seems to be imminant and there was talk that the interfaces were going to change to make it easier to do the same work (that and everytime i would press stop on my plugin, i could never get the sound to ever work again from any app, i'd have to reboot :) Michael Rich http://alphax86dev.cjb.net http://www.cdx.sk/userwebs/zdrpg
RE: bug it seems
If your having to use drivers directly from Creative then that's probably your problem. I had simular (other than NT didn't crash) with a SB16 a while back where when you closed FA, it would disappear, but still show in task manager. I traced it down to somewhere in the sound card driver where it basically hangs for life. However, just for a note to prove the worth of Creative drivers, on my dual celeron machine, i have a SB Live card, and anytime I would stop, rewind, fastforward, or just about anything to change the current play location in Winamp (sorry... :), i would Blue Screen with a BugCheck in the SBLive driver (EMU10K.SYS). Creative is a sorry company for drivers. If you can get one that is certified by M$, that would be the one to use, however i don't think they ship one of the CD, unless it came with a Service Pack. mike -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Timothy Ball Sent: Wednesday, September 08, 1999 6:10 PM To: freeamp-dev Subject: bug it seems I'm abt to add this one to bugzilla but was wondering where it went: In NT I play an mp3. Stop the mp3. Try to close freeamp w/ the little "x" button. At this point the main freeamp thread stil persists on the system. If you open taskmanager and kill it the computer crashes.
Terminating freeamp on failure to create UI
How do I properly shut down FreeAmp if there is a failure to create the UI? I'm using the SimpleUI as a base, so from SimpleUI::CreateUI, how would i terminate freeamp is the window can't be opened? I've tried the m_target-AcceptEvent(new Event(CMD_QuitPlayer)); without much luck. Any pointers? Michael Rich http://alphax86dev.cjb.net
