Youtube vide of my A1200 playing an MP3

[dougal]

Got my PCMCIA CF adapter ... And ive put full lenght MP3's on the Amiga .

They work :-)

160Kbps 44Khz :-)

And i even managed to Multitask too :-)

[brianb]

dougal wrote:
Got my PCMCIA CF adapter ... And ive put full lenght MP3's on the Amiga .

They work :-)

160Kbps 44Khz :-)

And i even managed to Multitask too :-)

What player are you using?  Is it some secret, cause for some reason I'm not seeing it in this thread.   Unless it's the "Prayer" player mentioned...

[dougal]

The player im using is AMPlifier V2.21 which came with OS3.9

brianb wrote:

dougal wrote:
Got my PCMCIA CF adapter ... And ive put full lenght MP3's on the Amiga .

They work :-)

160Kbps 44Khz :-)

And i even managed to Multitask too :-)

What player are you using?  Is it some secret, cause for some reason I'm not seeing it in this thread.   Unless it's the "Prayer" player mentioned...

[save2600]

@Dougal:

too bad old Paula Poundstone isn't up to the task of reproducing the full spectrum of the 16-bit/44.1khz file. What you're seeing are the specs of the file. This is why we need an AHI.device or the mp3@64 device!

Buy it now linky for use on your A1200's clockport!

Oh, and Prayer seems like a decent mp3 player. Spartan, but decent. Looks like you MUST register it though to get higher sampling rates and stereo sound, among the rest of the options: which are all disabled. I guess a gal wrote this program?? She's beautiful according to her pic! Are you able to still register this? Before throwing $20 her way, I wish I knew if the stereo sound and higher sampling rate didn't cause major CPU slowdown. As it sits now, it flies compared to AMPlifier.

BTW HELP! My AMPlifier from OS3.9's BB2(version 2.34)... I just noticed the EQ does not work! I turn it 'on', adjust the mail level and tweak the various frequencies. Nothing. Presets button doesn't work either. What's going on here? It used to work years ago, on my A1200! lol

[dougal]

The EQ in my AMPlifier does nothing either .. Same as you , i turn it on , adjust the spectrum but nothing happens to the music .

save2600 wrote:
@Dougal:

too bad old Paula Poundstone isn't up to the task of reproducing the full spectrum of the 16-bit/44.1khz file. What you're seeing are the specs of the file. This is why we need an AHI.device or the mp3@64 device!

Buy it now linky for use on your A1200's clockport!

BTW HELP! My AMPlifier from OS3.9's BB2(version 2.34)... I just noticed the EQ does not work! I turn it 'on', adjust the mail level and tweak the various frequencies. Nothing. What's going on here?

[brianb]

Thanks, for the info...   I was able to download it from AmiNet...  Best I could get was an error "Couldn't open AHI device V4!" when i hit play.  Think i did everything rght..  I installed the mpega libray to libs..  I dunno... I'm just messing around during lunch with  WinUAE, I'll have to try it again later on my real amiga.

What mpega.library did you use?

[save2600]

Your mp3 player is looking for an AHI.device. Point it to Paula and it should work. Mpega.library is version 2.4.

[Framiga]

dougal wrote:
Got my PCMCIA CF adapter ... And ive put full lenght MP3's on the Amiga .

They work :-)

160Kbps 44Khz :-)

And i even managed to Multitask too :-)

 "160Kbps 44Khz"

with Paula only and a 030? ... no way

[brianb]

Got it...  Thanks...

For those interested here are the files you'll need from AMINet...

AMPlifier.lha
- Nothing to do here really, except set your decoders to Software based.  Settings >> Configuration... Double Click MPEG Audio Player 0.8 in the inputs, and on the decoder tab select "Software" for both MPEG formats.  Finally in your Output setup, select AHI.

mpega_library.lha
- Copy to LIBS: the appropriate file for your CPU/FPU.  Rename to mpega.library

ahiusr_4.18.lha
- Just run installer.

It does work, but your MP3's will sound like your listening on an AM radio.  Still pretty cool, but you won't be throwing out your iPod.

Just my $0.02, but instead of posting just a useless video how about a quick how-to for people...  I think people would have found that more useful...  IMHO.  But your video did spark a lot of discussion.

[save2600]

Thanks brianb. I was not using that AHI user app. Since installing and pointing from X-sound to AHI in the config settings, the fidelity AND the multitasking/CPU usage is much better. S/N ratio is higher though as it seems much more of the audio spectrum is being represented. Lots of neat options apparently abound now, but changing them (ie: paula 14bit, etc) doesn't seem to do a thing and the EQ still doesn't work. I was always under the auspices I couldn't make use of ahi.device without proper hardware. Thanks for the tip!

-edit-

Wait a tick! After a reset and opening AMPlifier again, it said: "cannot open AHI device 4". Another reset later and it worked again! lol   Arghhh..

[dougal]

Hey Brian ,

I would post a How-to if i actually did anything LOL

Thing is i installed nothing , downloaded nothing and did nothing .

Just copied the MP3's to my HD and loaded them up .

Everything was default from my OS3.9 installation .

Only thing i did do was change the skin from the OS3.9 theme to the winamp syle theme and only because the OS3.9 skin look ugly due to my 16 color setting .

Just my $0.02, but instead of posting just a useless video how about a quick how-to for people...  I think people would have found that more useful...  IMHO.  But your video did spark a lot of discussion.

[brianb]

dougal wrote:


I would post a How-to if i actually did anything LOL

Thing is i installed nothing , downloaded nothing and did nothing .

:lol:    Ha, Good point...

[Jose]

You can do 44Khz and more with Paula but not on screens with 15Khz refresh rate.
As for decoding you need an 060. I got a WarpEngine at 40Mhz and it can only play them in mono at full quality. And remember the WarpEngine has super fast ram acess.
So no way an 030 can do it.