CL-Amp v3.71 for BeOS

received 5 glowing cows at Tucows!

Download

Intel version
• For BeOS R5 x86: A zip archive: CL-Amp v3.71 - 1.48 Mb
• The new mp3 decoder plugin I created for v3.7 did not skip over id3 v2 tags correctly which made it hang for long times on certain songs! I have now made the initial scanning much faster, corrected the bug and finally also corrected resync bug... 
  This time I have made an update available. The update is only updating the Mpg123 plugin, but since that's the only change, it should do! The about text in CL-Amp will still say v3.7... If that's troubling you, then download the complete archive above! Here is the update:
• Unzip it in the CL-Amp folder: CL-Amp v3.7 -> v3.71 update - 82 kb
• At last I have rewritten the mp3 decoder to also support variable bitrate. Earlier CL-Amp has been playing it as it should, BUT the estimated length has been totally wrong! Now everything shall work... (This new plugin is based on a newer version of the mpg123 lib than before)
• Lots of bugs in the playlist window has been corrected
• Songs are inserted where they are dropped in the playlist now. Not always last as it was before!
• A drag-to-other-workspaces-bug has been fixed
• A irritating bug in the snap to screen edge and fellow windows area has been corrected
• A new option has been added: "Always on top (on all workspaces)"
• A new option has been added: "Minimize all windows with the main window's minimize button"
• A new option has been added: "Remember speed settings at startup"
• A new option has been added: "Automatically play next song"
• (If this one is deselected, CL-Amp will stop after each song, making it up to you to select the next song to play)
• The Vorbis Ogg input plugin by David Burnett is now included in the archive! It has been around a long time, but since this is my first release since ages it's included now
• A VQF player input plugin has been developed by Takashi Toyoshima, and is included in the archive. LOTS of people have asked for such a plugin!!
• A SID player input plugin has been developed by Christian Bauer, and is included in the archive. Read about it at the Plugin page! Source code is available....
• The music format Shorten (.shn) can now be played. It's more like a zipped file than a normal audio file, but my new plugin handles it like a normal audio file anyway! However, it's not heavily tested so comments are welcome... Jumping around in a shorten file has to be done by scanning the file so be prepared for a longer delay than normal when skipping to a new position!
• I also want to mention: I have updated the plugin page where I have tried to include all available plugins! My most sincere apologizes for the long delay... And don't forget to check BeBits for CL-Amp stuff  from time to time!!
• And btw, one more thing: Don't forget to write an e-mail to the plugin authors and thank them for their efforts!! That price I think is a bargain!


PPC version

>> Thanks to Evan E. Knop who have compiled it for the PPC <<
• For BeOS R4 PPC: A zip archive: CL-Amp v3.6 - 807 kb
• Same as the v3.6 to Intel...
• Please, don't send questions, feature requests and so on to Evan, since he anyway has to send it to me. Just THANK him... ;-)
 

Plugins and frontends developer kit (shall be made better, right now its good if you e-mail me for help...)
I have tried to make it as easy as possible to create a plugin or front end, please, give it a try...
• Example code, the Plugin docs and needed headers can be found here:CL-Amp Developer Kit v2f - 251 kb
• The latest version of the Input Plugin documentation can be found online here: CL-Amp Input Plugin Document.
• The latest version of the Output Plugin documentation can be found online here: CL-Amp Output Plugin Document.
• The latest version of the Visual Plugin documentation can be found online here: CL-Amp Visual Plugin Document.

ShoutCast

• Proxy server can be defined if you open the Plugins window, select the mp3 player and press the Prefs button.
• ShoutCast buffer size and pre buffering limit can be adjusted at the same place...
• Right now NO information about what's going on when CL-Amp is trying to connect is given! This will be changed in the future...
• I have added a buffer size bar that becomes visible in the Spectrum analyzer area. Its a dark green line where a red or green line is showing the size of the buffer. At first the line is red and that's because the buffer is being pre filled (=no playing). When the pre buffering is done the line will become green which indicate that the player is playing and data is taken from the buffer. If the buffer becomes empty, the playing is halted and the filling starts all over again...

Features

• Can play mp3 (also variable rate), vqf, ogg, sid, midi, shn, mod, mtm, wav, aiff, snd, au, 669, amf, dsm, far, gdm, it, imf, med, m15, stm, stx, s3m, ult, uni, xm.
• Can handle playlists from APlayer, MidiWorld!, SoundPlay and WinAmp. (plus its own playlists, of course ;)
• Fade in, fade out and cross fading. Everything adjustable to fit everyone... (ALT-F to get a window with fade prefs)
• Equalizer
• Can save the audio to wave files (including cross fading)
• Supports id3 tags. Its also possible to edit them by selecting a mp3 song in the playlist and press I or E button.
• Shade mode:  (double click on the title bar!)
• Double size mode (ALT-D is one possibility, works also in the play list)
• Show played time or remaining time. (Click on the time display)
• Playlist like WinAmp 2.x
• Easy to change skin (right click in the window to get a menu and there you find the skin selector, ALT-S is another possibility...)
• Drag files or directories to the main window and they will be the actual play list and play is started
• Drag files or directories to the play list window and they will be added to the actual play list. Playing is not initiated.
• Start CL-Amp from a shell and give songs as arguments and they will be played.
• Volume bar
• Position bar
• Speed bar  (automatic snap back to 100% is available)
• Shuffle mode
• Repeat mode
• Spectrum analyzer. Note that no background color is used! It gives this cool effect:  (The picture on the skin is visible even when the analyzer is working)
• Volume analyzer when the player is in shade mode. (Turn off and on the Spectrum analyzer or the Volume bars by clicking on them!)
• The play list can be docked to the main window. When the main window is moved around the playlist will move along! 
• ShoutCast and streamed audio.
• Plugin support (they are not compatible with WinAmp (can't be))

Known Bugs

• -

To do

• A lot! :-)

Thanks (in chronological order)

• Tony Magnusson - For encouragement and testing the beta software...
• Andy Lo-A-Foe - For porting Amp to BeOS. I have used the source code for amp 0.7.6c to make the player part.
• Tomislav Uzelac - For actually writing Amp from the beginning
• Jung woo-jae - For writing a Mpg sound library (unix) which I have been studying.
• Brian Tietz - For writing ImageDump which helped me to include the default skin in the program
• Kenny Carruthers - For writing BeEQ from which I have not yet used something but I will study the source code and perhaps get ideas how to improve my spectrum analyzer.
• 101 - For sending me your preference project. I have not used it, but I will study it!
• Howard Berkey - For writing Nettle which made it very easy for me to make the network handling code.
• Evan E. Knop - For porting CL-Amp to PPC
• Trent Trautman - For his many encouraging letters, his beta testing and his fine help in making CL-Amp faster and better!
• Thomas Neumann - For writing the invaluable Mod plugin! Heavy stuff...
• Brendan Allen - For writing the midi plugin! (He did the plugin without having a running CL-Amp... no one available for PPC at that time!)
• John Robinson - For writing the MikMod plugin! We now support nearly ALL module formats! Yippiee...
• Pieter Panman - For adding the nice id3 tag editing interface to the mp3 plugin!
• Peter Alm -  For the spline/equalizer code in the Mpg123 plugin.
• Paul Bourke - For his nice information about Bezier curves.
• Torbjörn Magnusson - For the long run tests (he is letting CL-Amp play without paus for weeks)

 

---

What is BeOS?

Here is a screen shot from BeOS:

Index, Frames on