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Announcing the release of wavplay 1.0
Warren W. Gay VE3WWG
GNU GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE
Version 2, June 1991
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Currently in ftp://sunsite.unc.edu/incoming/Linux/ but hopefully
installed as ftp://sunsite.unc.edu/pub/Linux/apps/sound/wavplay-1.0.tar.gz
by the time you read this.
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At long last, is a new version of wavplay to correct many of the evils
of the old version of the same.
This version represents almost a total rewrite. Some of my original code
survived (most notably the locks.c module), but not much else. The
original sources by Andre Fuechsel have been completely replaced with
code from myself and code kindly provided by Erik de Castro Lopo
combination resulted in fixing many outstanding problems, including a
stereo play bug and the elimination of most WAV header file problems
that were being reported.
The current version should play almost all existing WAV files, with the
exception of those rare files that may contain SLNT or LIST chunks. This
may be addressed at a later version, if samples of these rare beasts can
be provided by someone, and they prove to be less than rare.
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WHAT'S NOT INCLUDED :
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Some of you have asked about compressed formats. Sadly this is still not
supported, since I do not have any documentation or example software to
code from. If someone can scare up documentation, postscript or
otherwise, or even readable sample code, then perhaps this can be added
in a future version.
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SUMMARY OF NEW FEATURES SINCE 0.21W1 :
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-wavrec actually works now :)
-many wav header bug fixes (thanks to Erik de Castro Lopo's
-rewritten sound driver code (fixes bad stereo handling)
-q quiet option (inspired by release 0.22)
-i information option (inspired by release 0.22)
-x debug option (inspired by release 0.22)
-client program xltwavplay now provided
-xltwavplay is MOTIF/LessTif based
-xltwavplay allows interactive recording sessions
-xltwavplay is editres ready
-wavplay runs in server mode for xltwavplay client to allow
almost realtime of WAV file play and record functions (buffering
in the /dev/dsp allows this to work)
--help option is now supported (wavplay/wavrec)
--version option is now supported (wavplay/wavrec)
-make of xltwavplay is optional (some users don't/can't run X)
-xltwavplay has similar look and feel to the xltmix program for
the Soundblaster-16 (if you have the SB16/32, you might want to
consider getting xltmix as well from sunsite to complement your
tools)
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WAVPLAY/WAVREC REQUIREMENTS :
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- Probably any kernel released as 1.2.13 or later is a safe bet.
- Requires appropriate and working sound drivers installed
- GCC 2.7.2 was used for development and testing
- C libraries (no g++ libraries required)
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XLTWAVPLAY *ADDITIONAL* REQUIREMENTS :
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- Mouse
- Working X Server
- X based libraries (X, Xt etc.)
- libXmu.so (unless you uncomment NO_EDITRES option in Makefile)
- libXm.so (LessTif/or MOTIF)
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Title: wavplay/xltwavplay - WAV file Play & Record applications
Version: 1.0
Entered-date: 14APR97
Description: This package is a major upgrade for the currently
popular wavplay and wavrec programs. The last submitted
version was 0.22. The programs wavplay and wavrec
have undergone a number of improvements, and bug
fixes (almost a total rewrite). NEW with this release
is the X based tool xltwavplay, which uses the MOTIF
or LessTif libraries. The xltwavplay program operates
in client/server fashion with wavplay so that the GUI
interface does not hang, and leaves the user in full
point and click control. Now you can point and click
play/record WAV files with simple conveniance. You
can PAUSE the playing, or override the sampling rates
to generate raised or lowered voices to amuse your dog.
Supports 8 or 16 bit samples, Mono or Stereo. The
traditional wavplay support for locking semaphores is
included in xltwavplay to avoid clashing with wavplay
being run from a separate cron job or other process.
NOTE: You do not have to have X if you just want the
wavplay/wavrec shell mode programs.
Keywords: audio sound stereo control panel wav record play
Primary-site: sunsite.unc.edu /pub/Linux/apps/sound/
58kB wavplay-1.0.tar.gz
1553 wavplay-1.0.lsm
Alternate-site:
Original-site:
Platforms: LINUX 1.2.13 or later, GCC 2.7.2
Copying-policy: GPL2
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