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Offline wildstar1063Topic starter

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MP3 on Amiga?
« on: October 18, 2003, 05:34:21 AM »
Is it possible to play MP3's on an Amiga 3000T with a
 stock 030 25mhz, without the sound constantly starting
 and stopping?

Thanks

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Re: MP3 on Amiga?
« Reply #1 on: October 18, 2003, 05:59:04 AM »
Short answer: no

Long answer...

Yes it is, with one of two MP3 playback programs.

(1) Songplayer
You must set the quality settings very low and play in mono.... paula 8 bit.

(2) Prayer2
As above with low quality settings.

With either, don't plan on doing ANYTHING with your Amiga while playing back MP3.... don't even move your mouse.

But it will work :)
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Re: MP3 on Amiga?
« Reply #2 on: October 18, 2003, 06:21:04 AM »
It's possible, but playback quality through
Paula - even 14bit - is atrocious. I couldn't
handle more than a few minutes.

 
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Re: MP3 on Amiga?
« Reply #3 on: October 18, 2003, 07:23:17 AM »
So what is the minimum processor/speed combination
 to get it to work with decent sound?

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Re: MP3 on Amiga?
« Reply #4 on: October 18, 2003, 09:11:18 AM »
YOu could get a hardware decoder from  eyetech expensive though link here mp3 decoder

And a lot of info and the software is here http://home.snafu.de/dcr/
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Re: MP3 on Amiga?
« Reply #5 on: October 18, 2003, 09:22:22 AM »
I've got a MAS Player for sale.

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Re: MP3 on Amiga?
« Reply #6 on: October 18, 2003, 09:22:30 AM »
A fast 68040 - preferably not the stock A4000 68040 - should be able to do stereo 44 kHz with careful planning, if Paula is used. For a soundcard, you really need a 68060, because there is more data to copy and it won't go all that fast. Unless you are lucky enough to have a Delfina: 68020 is enough then. :-)
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Re: MP3 on Amiga?
« Reply #7 on: October 18, 2003, 09:55:11 AM »
MP3s are best played on PCs and home DVD players and on MP3 players.  The Amiga has its own forms of music that works really well.  Mod and smus are examples of Amiga music formats.  Do PC stuff on a PC.  Do Amiga stuff on an Amiga.  Do not try to mix the two.  Remember, the Amiga is a German computer.     :-D
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Re: MP3 on Amiga?
« Reply #8 on: October 18, 2003, 10:10:20 AM »
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Remember, the Amiga is a German computer.


Dude!  WTF???   :-P
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Re: MP3 on Amiga?
« Reply #9 on: October 18, 2003, 10:11:03 AM »
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Re: MP3 on Amiga?
« Reply #10 on: October 18, 2003, 10:13:52 AM »
DoomMaster: "MP3s are best played on PCs"

Edit by Kees - Personal insult

How does the Amiga being a German computer have anything to do with it, in fact how/since when was the Amiga a German computer exactly?

Macs? Portables? Amigas? My Amiga 1200 060 with Soundblaster (using Songplayer) plays MP3s very well thankyou (actually better quality than on my DVD player), and I can use the computer for my everyday stuff without the MP3s skipping or slowing up.
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Re: MP3 on Amiga?
« Reply #11 on: October 18, 2003, 10:41:38 AM »
@DoomMaster
The most sh1t filled sentence I've ever read.

If MP3's for "PCs", why has LAME been ported to WarpOS? Why are there truck loads of MP3 decoders for AmigaOS? Why does MakeCD support on the fly MP3 decoding?

That's like saying GL should only be used on Windows, or the ping command should only be used on Unix.

Edit by Kees - Personal insult

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Re: MP3 on Amiga?
« Reply #12 on: October 18, 2003, 11:24:56 AM »
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That's like saying GL should only be used on SGI


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Re: MP3 on Amiga?
« Reply #13 on: October 18, 2003, 11:27:11 AM »
I've read somewhere that the first versions of Songplayer (the ones that don't use the mpega.library) decode mp3s faster than later versions, why I don't know.

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Re: MP3 on Amiga?
« Reply #14 on: October 18, 2003, 11:29:35 AM »
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DoomMaster wrote:
MP3s are best played on PCs and home DVD players and on MP3 players.  The Amiga has its own forms of music that works really well.  Mod and smus are examples of Amiga music formats.  Do PC stuff on a PC.  Do Amiga stuff on an Amiga.  Do not try to mix the two.  Remember, the Amiga is a German computer.     :-D

So, if I only own an Amiga, I couldn't play mp3s even if I have a player for them, only because I have an Amiga. Hmm, is this a new form of racism? :-(

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