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maclover5
LC Doctor/Hot Rodder


Australia
5830 Posts		 Posted - 15 Mar 2002 :  15:06:28
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Good work! The world needs more devlopers like you!

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Definately! Any other developer would have backed off at the first thought of a project as mad as this! But thanks to you, markymark, my LC630 is now a jukebox as well as a video powerhouse/multimedia workstation/DigitalHub!

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candyPunk
Full Member


USA
856 Posts		 Posted - 16 Mar 2002 :  20:17:44
I nominate markymark for a 68k Medal of Valor (I believe that would be valour for the aussies) for his outstanding services rendered to all 68k users!

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raWr
Junior Member


Tuvalu
491 Posts		 Posted - 17 Mar 2002 :  06:57:42
I'm off to test it on my Centris 650. One sec...

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raWr
Junior Member


Tuvalu
491 Posts		 Posted - 17 Mar 2002 :  10:13:37
it works fine.

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maclover5
LC Doctor/Hot Rodder


Australia
5830 Posts		 Posted - 19 Mar 2002 :  00:31:08
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it works fine.

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How big is the HD in your 650, anyway? If you really want to get the most out of this program, what you should do is get a machine based on the LC630 architecture (LC/Quadra/Performa 63x, 640, LC/Performa 58x), stick a big@$$ IDE drive in it, load it w/ MP3s, and have your 68k MP3 Jukebox!

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Trash80toG-4
NIGHT STALKER


USA
2899 Posts		 Posted - 19 Mar 2002 :  00:46:19
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get a machine based on the LC630 architecture (LC/Quadra/Performa 63x, 640, LC/Performa 58x), stick a big@$$ IDE drive in it, load it w/ MP3s, and have your 68k MP3 Jukebox!

good advice, but big@$$ and IDE is as redundant as fat and cop or teensytuschie and SCSI!

jt

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raWr
Junior Member


Tuvalu
491 Posts		 Posted - 19 Mar 2002 :  01:36:33
2.1 GB in the PowerMac, and that'll do just fine. Teh Centris has a 230 MB drive in it.

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Trash80toG-4
NIGHT STALKER


USA
2899 Posts		 Posted - 19 Mar 2002 :  06:34:45
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Found the problem with the controls.

Something else was interfering with the cache.

The Controls are ok for the next release.

I'm testing for bugs and stuff.

It should be released soon.


if the policeware standards make it thru congress, you may have one h**l of a product on your hands, markymark.

source: http://www.stoppoliceware.org/

take note of: (b) EXCEPTION.

quote:

PROPOSED TEXT OF THE SSSCA BILL
TITLE I--SECURITY SYSTEMS STANDARDS
SEC. 101. PROHIBITION OF CERTAIN DEVICES

(a) IN GENERAL.--It is unlawful to manufacture, import, offer to the public, provide or otherwise traffic in any interactivedigital device that does not include and utilize certifiedsecurity technologies that adhere to the security systems standards adopted under section 104.

(b) EXCEPTION.--Subsection (a) does not apply to the offer
for sale or provision of, or other trafficking in, any
previously-owned interactive digital device, if such device was
legally manufactured or imported, and sold, prior to the
effective date of regulations adopted under section 104 and
not subsequently modified in violation of (a) or 103(a).

if nobody at RIAA or their stooges in congress can figure a way to make 68k's playing MP3's illegal retroactively, there's one nice market that could open up for you. make sure you have a bulletproof shareware license for fair use of your code and start distributing an official release prior to this POS Legislation hitting the floor of congress. start rakin' in the fees. but be sure to keep it all on the up and up so your licensed users are grandfathered and the ******** at the RIAA can't sick the IRS on you. anybody with a cancelled check from before the signing of the legislation should be untouchable. i think you might be a little behind schedule, these @******$ are doing one heck of a narketing job for you! i still haven't looked at your stuff yet, tho i think i may!

if you've taken care of all this already, excuse my ignorance, i just thought i should get this posted quickly, the troops might be able to help figure some better angles than i have.
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USA
1559 Posts		 Posted - 19 Mar 2002 :  19:39:05
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make sure you have a bulletproof shareware license for fair use of your code and start distributing an official release prior to this POS Legislation hitting the floor of congress. start rakin' in the fees. but be sure to keep it all on the up and up so your licensed users are grandfathered and the ******** at the RIAA can't sick the IRS on you.


tee hee hee *evil smirk*

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USA
2899 Posts		 Posted - 19 Mar 2002 :  20:19:41
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tee hee hee *evil smirk*

make that legal evil smirk!

cheat neat!
jt

*wonders if that one was coherent? decides he really didn't even wanna look! beats feets!*

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markymark
Junior Member



223 Posts		 Posted - 20 Mar 2002 :  04:31:17

Wow!.

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thecube84
New Member


USA
56 Posts		 Posted - 22 Mar 2002 :  14:43:00
well... i was looking forward to your next release mark...

but sadly i sold my last 040

my duo 280c... in exchange for a duo 2300c!!! coool!!!

well i suppose ill just use quicktime on that

you have astounded and amazed me, though

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cinemafia
Guerrilla Recon Leader


USA
2965 Posts		 Posted - 22 Mar 2002 :  15:44:57
Hey, Alex, glad to see you finally sold the Duo!

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markymark
Junior Member



223 Posts		 Posted - 27 Mar 2002 :  23:26:54

I'm going to release MpegDec 2.5 very soon and I was wondering if anyone wants a PPC version.

A PPC version doesn't take much time to do but I havn't got a PPC mac to test it on.

So if anyone is interested in a PPC version and wants to test it let me know.

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cinemafia
Guerrilla Recon Leader


USA
2965 Posts		 Posted - 28 Mar 2002 :  09:44:12
Ooooh, version 2.5!

Actually, I would like to see a PPC version, it would be nice for PPC-upgraded 68k's.

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markymark
Junior Member



223 Posts		 Posted - 29 Mar 2002 :  05:34:04

It would only be useful for low end PPC macs.

On low end PPC macs it should run pretty fast.
Maybe it could be an alternative to something like grayamp.

Also I'm playing around with a 68k fpu version.

I don't know if it's faster or slower than the non fpu version as I've only got the fpuless 68040 with the fpu emulation bug in it.

I can't even use softFPU on it.

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markymark
Junior Member



223 Posts		 Posted - 30 Mar 2002 :  05:30:17

I uploaded MpegDec 2.1 to the Hotline Server.

This version is not the new release but has some improvements over MpegDec 2.0.

It accepts .mp3 extensions and 'MPG ' type mp3's imported from windoze and drag and drop folders are ok now and there is a new fpu version.

If somebody runs the fpu version please let me know how it ran.

MpegDec 2.1 will be included in the MpegDec 2.5 release as the AIFF AIFC file decoder.

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Trash80toG-4
NIGHT STALKER


USA
2899 Posts		 Posted - 30 Mar 2002 :  05:32:44
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I uploaded MpegDec 2.1 to the Hotline Server.

This version is not the new release but has some improvements over MpegDec 2.0.

It accepts .mp3 extensions and 'MPG ' type mp3's imported from windoze and drag and drop folders are ok now and there is a new fpu version.

If somebody runs the fpu version please let me know how it ran.

MpegDec 2.1 will be included in the MpegDec 2.5 release as the AIFF AIFC file decoder.


looks like you've been busy, workin' on a shareware license yet?

jt ™

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USA
1559 Posts		 Posted - 30 Mar 2002 :  13:19:35
why be shareware, when you can get the warm fuzzy feeling from providing a quality program for free!

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Trash80toG-4
NIGHT STALKER


USA
2899 Posts		 Posted - 30 Mar 2002 :  13:39:56
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why be shareware, when you can get the warm fuzzy feeling from providing a quality program for free!

uuhhh???. . . $? <insert rolling eye emoticon from unplugged>

jt ™

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~Coxy
Leader, Tactical Ops Unit


Australia
2822 Posts		 Posted - 30 Mar 2002 :  20:39:24
$ is always a good incentive, but people will love you more if you do it for free.

Mmmmm, love...

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markymark
Junior Member



223 Posts		 Posted - 31 Mar 2002 :  06:25:26

Isn't Shareware that stuff that puts up annoying nag screens or has time limits or has disabled features.

Ewwwww!.

I never use it.

MpegDec is free and is under the GNU General Public License (GPL).

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Trash80toG-4
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USA
2899 Posts		 Posted - 31 Mar 2002 :  07:01:29
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Isn't Shareware that stuff that puts up annoying nag screens or has time limits or has disabled features.

Ewwwww!.

I never use it.

MpegDec is free and is under the GNU General Public License (GPL).


cool!

try GraphicConverter, you might start.
RAMDisk was worth every penny.

maybe there's a good topic in this!

jt ™

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~Coxy
Leader, Tactical Ops Unit


Australia
2822 Posts		 Posted - 31 Mar 2002 :  20:02:39
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Isn't Shareware that stuff that puts up annoying nag screens or has time limits or has disabled features.

Ewwwww!.

It's funny, if you're not going to pay in the first place then all the nag screens in the world won't change your mind... I guess you're right about not liking it!

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USA
1559 Posts		 Posted - 31 Mar 2002 :  22:26:58
Hmmm...I wonder if American was a Communist nation whether or not there would be any shareware...

I bet there would be only free-ware...everybody shares everything with the community...

But then again, everybody would be working on the "government" 's land picking cotton or apples or something...so probably no time for computers...

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Australia
2822 Posts		 Posted - 01 Apr 2002 :  00:38:23
What about a Stateintosh in every... uh... loungeroom?

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markymark
Junior Member



223 Posts		 Posted - 01 Apr 2002 :  04:55:40

In the end the choice is up to the user.

For graphics there is NIH Image (freeware) or PhotoShop ( not freeware) or some other shareware graphics stuff.

The more choices the better.

I use Linux most of the time so I get exposed to a lot of freeware stuff and so I don't have to search for a shareware version or buy a commercial version of something when there is a freeware alternative just sitting there waiting to be used like the Gimp graphic program for graphics.

Sometimes it's useful to have both commercial and freeware programs.

Like for example Photoshop and the Gimp.

Maybe one of them does some effect better than the other so they can be used in tandom.

I use things like that quite a bit.

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Trash80toG-4
NIGHT STALKER


USA
2899 Posts		 Posted - 01 Apr 2002 :  05:31:07
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Sometimes it's useful to have both commercial and freeware programs.

Like for example Photoshop and the Gimp.

Maybe one of them does some effect better than the other so they can be used in tandom.

I use things like that quite a bit.


yeah, i've got boxes and boxes of software that didn't perform as advertised. i've got a licensed ACDsee from my eyemodule so i'm having a hard time deciding between using that and paying $40 for graphicconverter. I've got canvas, corelpaint, and x-res and i can't wait to try gimp, but i won't use photoshoop because i've bought every rev of illustrator since 88 and a couple for streamline (which is WAY overdue for an upgrade btw) and i'm really pissed that they've never offered a reasonably priced photoshop bundled with any of my upgrades. those morons could have gotten the cost of the full version back in upgrade fees from me by now if they'd done that back around AI3.0!

have you used star office? how does that compare to clarisworks?


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~Coxy
Leader, Tactical Ops Unit


Australia
2822 Posts		 Posted - 01 Apr 2002 :  05:44:10
I guess that's true... I bet most of Adobe's software R&D costs are quite low now... each new version on Photoshop doesn't really add much feature wise, just updates for G4s (5.5) and OS X (7), etc, etc.

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candyPunk
Full Member


USA
856 Posts		 Posted - 02 Apr 2002 :  20:31:55
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I guess that's true... I bet most of Adobe's software R&D costs are quite low now... each new version on Photoshop doesn't really add much feature wise, just updates for G4s (5.5) and OS X (7), etc, etc.

5 added Imageready for free, and 6 added vector shapes and the layer styles that apply to them(they weren't there for text before, were they? Maybe you shouldn't quote me...). Both also made the interface slightly better. I agree that the versions aren't very big deals, though. The stuff they keep adding is sure nice, but it's really small stuff. Oh, wait, the vector stuff in photoshop sort of bites. Anyway, your point stands, but give them an ounce of credit.

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~Coxy
Leader, Tactical Ops Unit


Australia
2822 Posts		 Posted - 03 Apr 2002 :  07:40:41
I agree, but those 'new features' didn't really cost them anything: Image Ready for example, and Illustrator has a lot of code relating to vector text already...

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candyPunk
Full Member


USA
856 Posts		 Posted - 03 Apr 2002 :  20:00:17
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I agree, but those 'new features' didn't really cost them anything: Image Ready for example, and Illustrator has a lot of code relating to vector text already...

You are absolutely correct.

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candyPunk
Full Member


USA
856 Posts		 Posted - 03 Apr 2002 :  20:25:17
Back on topic...

2.1 works better! Thank goodness for the FPU addition!

With 2.0 on Q800 (33mhz 040)
Best quality possible was downsample by 2, stereo, quality 1
Can't use downsampling by 4 AT ALL

With 2.1 on same machine
Downsample by 1 worked with mono-singlemix and quality 1
Downsample by 2 OK with stereo and quality 2

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markymark
Junior Member



223 Posts		 Posted - 03 Apr 2002 :  20:58:20

Thanks for the results.

It seems the fpu version is better for fpu macs.

Also the fpu version is easier on the system by letting the fpu do most of the work the integer part of the 68040 can process other things at the same time.

MpegDec 2.5 is finished I'm just waiting for some testers results about possible bugs.

If anyone wants to try out a PPC version of MpegDec 2.5 with no downsampling or quality options email me and I'll send a PPC Beta version to you.

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USA
1559 Posts		 Posted - 03 Apr 2002 :  21:01:20
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MpegDec 2.5 is finished I'm just waiting for some testers results about possible bugs.

You should let us be your testers!

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Australia
2822 Posts		 Posted - 03 Apr 2002 :  21:35:27
Sounds good, well done. You've made our 68k machines better, and allowed us to brag to PC 'friends.'

"Does your 33 MHz 486 play MP3? It doesn't?"

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markymark
Junior Member



223 Posts		 Posted - 05 Apr 2002 :  07:37:15

Uploaded MpegDec 2.4 Beta to the hotline server.

It still could have a few bugs.

Also there is a highly experimental PPC version.
Use at own risk warning is needed as it is completely untested.

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markymark
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223 Posts		 Posted - 06 Apr 2002 :  07:52:47

Well the PPC version seems to run ok but has choppy audio output.

It seems to be the same chopiness (is that a word) as running the 68k version on a PPC under 68k emulation.

I think it's got something to do with speed.

On the PPC's mpegdec has a lot of free time and I think this is causing the problems with sound output coordination.

MpegDec has hardly any free time on a 68k so this problem doesn't happen.

A fix is being worked on.


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markymark
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223 Posts		 Posted - 07 Apr 2002 :  19:18:08

The PPC version seems to run ok now.

The new sound output stuff I did for the PPC version will be included in the final 68k version.

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hylas
Starting Member


USA
2 Posts		 Posted - 21 Apr 2002 :  11:54:40
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MpegDec 2.0 has been released.

No more scary command line.
This version is drag and drop.

http://hyperarchive.lcs.mit.edu/HyperArchive/Archive/gst/snd/mpegdec-20.hqx


Thanks for the great app, thank you for your hard work too.
No more jokes about the under"ware"
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