MP3 on Amiga?

[amigamad]

Remember, the Amiga is a German computer.  

And that would make what difrence besides i thought commadore were american .

using a masplayer you only need a 7mhz machine .

convert the MP3 to a WAV file which even a stock A500 could play (with the proper libs)

but a 5 meg file becomes 50 meg your going to need a large hard drive on an a500 .

[sprocket]

Individual Computers shows their Atlantis external sound card/box for any Amiga.

http://www.jschoenfeld.com/products/atlantis_e.htm

Jens' stuff is great and usually doesn't cost an arm and a leg.

I haven't seen this on any retailers site in the U.S. so I don't know if he's shipping these.

[lempkee]

i have used mp3 on amiga since forever...even before mp3 ...mp2...eeerk

anyway i have been a 060 user since 1995.. and iirc it was in 96 when i first touched an mp3 on amiga, quality and playback has never had to be pressed down.

but then again its 060 ..

now with sb128...and ppc..well can't really say its better...

i want a dsp card..

doommaster:can you please go to some pc board?, i am getting sick of you.

[NeRP]

>It's possible, but playback quality through
>Paula - even 14bit - is atrocious. I couldn't
>handle more than a few minutes.

14 bit calibrated audio is just as good as 16 bit from a SoundBlaster Live sound card with the exception that you lose some upper end sound range.  Majority of people would not even notice the difference.

I suspect you did not set AHI up right, and you probably did not calibrate your audio using CyberSound.  Without calibration, your 14 bit audio will sound horrible as you describe.

I use Klipsch Promedia speakers on paula, and it sounds excellent, again, minus a bit of the upper range.  Most people would not know.

[D00kie]

I agree.
  The only thing my SB128 is really good for is convenient audio input and mixing with the CD audio. If you plan on using higher bitrate audio on SB, you'll need a 68060.

Streamer2 supports the parallel-port MAS and MAS Pro as well as the Delfina, so you could even listen to Internet Radio on a modest machine. (Well, one that supports OS 3.5)

[sprocket]

As a follwup to my post about Individual Computer's Atlantis external sound solution for any Amiga....I also found this:

http://www.jschoenfeld.com/products/delfina_e.htm

It seems the delfina flipper is also capable of playing mp3s and taking the load off the processor.

I could be wrong but that's how I read it.

[Damion]

14 bit calibrated audio is just as good as 16 bit from a SoundBlaster Live sound card with the exception that you lose some upper end sound range. Majority of people would not even notice the difference.

The difference is not that difficult to discern
IMO...high frequency sounds are clipped and
fuzzy.

I suspect you did not set AHI up right, and you probably did not calibrate your audio using CyberSound. Without calibration, your 14 bit audio will sound horrible as you describe.

Set up right, and at 44kHz, any sort of
delicate string music or piano sounds like
crap. It's OK for beat music or classic rock,
and admittedly it's acceptable for what
it is (an old ghetto 8 bit chip).

[Cass]

I used to decode MP3s to aiff (Stephane TAVENARD`s mpega player cli-command), and then playback the aiff sample with 14bit calibrated Paula (Thomas Wenzel`s Play16) to a MiniDisk recorder. I had only a 030@25 with FPU, but I wanted to listen the songs at the maximum quality.

There are limits to S/N ratio and dynamic range, plus you may notice a noise (trashing bits?!) at the ending of a song (low volume). I used the CyberSound to calibrate the output.

Listening the recording is acceptable, but if you instantly listen the original, then the difference is great.
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Glass bongs

[Argo]

You could try something like this:

AmiMPC

[jeffimix]

Atlantis, well, don't hold your breath for it. But the Delfina is out and does roughly the exact same thing.

[Oldsmobile_Mike]

Quote:  So... What chance would my a500+ with 2mb chip ram have of playing 44khz stereo mp3?    Should handle it fine, if you get a hardware decoder for it  

Only if that 2mb chip ram is mil-spec!   :-D

[Jose]

NeRP is right. I get amazed at how many people buy a sound card without knowing that. You'd much better get a faster processor that can handle realtime MP3 decoding, cause then you'd get both speed and the sound you want.

You have to use calibrated, it makes a big difference on some systems. The procedure is a bit tedious to learn on the docs and all that, and sometimes you won't get it right at first, but you won't regret it.

You'll be amazed at what Paula can do.
Paula rocks!

[CU_AMiGA]

Remember, you need at least a 060@50 to get good quality sound, anything less would mean poor quality and speed. Even an 060 you can't do anything too  much. I have a PPC and 060 so i don't have this problem! :-) Use AmigaAmp!

[that_punk_guy]

Oldsmobile_Mike wrote:

Only if that 2mb chip ram is mil-spec!   :-D

ENOUGH!!

;-)

[CU_AMiGA]

that_punk_guy wrote:

Oldsmobile_Mike wrote:

Only if that 2mb chip ram is mil-spec!   :-D

ENOUGH!!

;-)

PLEASE! :-)