New A-EON Music Card for Classic Amigas

[kickstart]

This card only decode mp3? Any plans for AHI drivers?

Sorry if these questions are repeated.

[QuikSanz]

@kickstart,

From press release:

:VS1063 DSP chip which
can play and encode MP2, MP3,
WMA, OGG, LC-AAC, HE-AAC,
FLAC, IMA, WAV PCM and many
other sound formats "

I believe an AHI driver is in the works. The question is how long.

Chris

[kickstart]

@quiksanz

Thank you for the info... lets see the price, i hope that nobody pay for a mp3 player more than necessary.

[skolman]

After all, this card was to be two years ago.

[Oldsmobile_Mike]

After all, this card was to be two years ago.

How's that joke go, about "Announce a product... wait... blame it on someone else..."?  LOL, this card is probably just a glorified MP3 player, but what can I say, my Amiga purchases are a frivolous hobby for the money I'm not using to feed starving children in Africa, right?  Release it so I can buy one, LOL.  :roflmao:

[danbeaver]

You see the problem is after they announce a product and tout it in the forums, it becomes vapor over time, then you first have to contain that vapor and begin the condensation process which requires compressing the vapor and allowing it to expand through a tiny opening; then the vapor begins to form cold drops of liquid that must be captured and purified through a column containing Silica gel (SiO2) and alumina (Al2O3).

As you can see this is a long and arduous process that can go easily wrong if the vapor is allowed to escape back into the atmosphere (again and again).

[spirantho]

The Prisma is not a retargetable audio card, never has been. It's a streamed audio card. We do want to make an AHI driver but it will never be a very good one because it's just not designed for that.
What it is good for is streaming compressed audio, which is much more than just MP3.
Many games use OGG Vorbis, for instance, which is also what I keep my music collection in. With this card you can run things like Odamex with full-quality stereo music as played by very expensive synth equipment, because people have ripped the audio from their expensive setups and supplied it as an OGG for others to enjoy.
I know this because I've done it. It's cool!

I'd like to get Open Transport Tycoon updated with Prisma support, too. That'd be nice. It's just a matter of finding the time for me though.

[danbeaver]

I'm not sure I see the point of going into this much detail if it never comes to market.

Girls who do this maneuver, are called, a "Tease" in the states.

[ElPolloDiabl]

Is this card better than the delfina sound card that was available about 2 years ago?

[spirantho]

That's like asking if a Video Toaster is better than a Cybervision 64.

It is a streaming audio card, not a general purpose sound card like the Delfina.

[kamelito]

That's like asking if a Video ToastLLer is better than a Cybervision 64.

It is a streaming audio card, not a general purpose sound card like the Delfina.

If you kill the system like in most game or demo is it possible to use the card that way? Let's say you put the music in RAM and stream from it without AmigaOS? Any plan to release the hardware spec ? (register etc)

Kamelito

[spirantho]

The chip in the Prisma is well documented, so it's quite easy to use. I'm more than happy to help provide pointers etc. for using it.
You could make your own interrupt routine without the OS and spool from RAM very easily.
I wouldn't recommend killing the system if you can help it though!

[kamelito]

What would be nice is to have it emulated under UAE. That way it would be a lot simpler to play with it than bringing back my 3000 for the basement since I don't have place for it
By play with it I mean patch existing games to handle the prisma instead of Paula. Any USB version planned for PC/MAC?
Kamelito
PS nice shop by the way.

[cgutjahr]

patch existing games to handle the prisma instead of Paula.

The card is meant for decoding audio streams - existing Amiga games do not have audio streams that need decoding. If there's an audio "stream", it's usuallly played straight from CD. without ever going through the Amiga's audio hardware.

[wawrzon]

That's like asking if a Video Toaster is better than a Cybervision 64.

It is a streaming audio card, not a general purpose sound card like the Delfina.

this is the result of advertising it as a "sound card". no wonder people expect sound card functionality. if it was advised as an audio stream decoder the expectations wouldnt be wrong and people would not ask "stupid questions"..

[wawrzon]

What would be nice is to have it emulated under UAE. That way it would be a lot simpler to play with it than bringing back my 3000 for the basement since I don't have place for it
By play with it I mean patch existing games to handle the prisma instead of Paula. Any USB version planned for PC/MAC?
Kamelito
PS nice shop by the way.

what would that be good for? uae can decode compressed audio streams or video for that matter with the available 68k software with no problem and with no need of emulating any custom spacialised hardware.