27.May.2025
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Module-player: NostalgicPlayer 3.0.0 for Windows
NostalgicPlayer is a tool for playing music files on Windows that supports a wide range of formats, including Amiga-specific file types such as MOD (Protracker, Noisetracker) and MED (OctaMED), as well as modern formats such as MP3 and FLAC. The player was first developed by Thomas Neumann in 1993 on the Amiga, and later continued on BeOS and Windows. NostalgicPlayer requires Windows 10 or 11, .NET Desktop Runtime 9, and, of course, a sound chip or sound card in your PC.
New features and bugfixes in version 3.0.0 of NostalgicPlayer:
- Some Ron Klaren modules did not play correctly, e.g. Battle Squadron.
- Fixed different issues when loading samples in mo3 modules.
- When a module is paused and you change position, the time is updated immediately.
- The Amiga filter implementation has been updated from a simple low-pass filter to a Butterworth filter, so it is now closer to the real Amiga filter.
- Totally rewrite of the internal mixer routines to support multiple channels in both sample files and speaker setup. That means when playing e.g. a 7.1 channel sample file, each channel will be directed to the right speakers. If you do not have all the speakers required, NostalgicPlayer will down-mix the channels and place them in speakers close to the original position. Support from 1 to 14 channels as input and 1 to 7 channels as output + subwoofer channel for both input and output.
- Multiple channel support added for these sample formats: FLAC, Ogg Vorbis, Opus, RIFF-WAVE (PCM) and RIFF-WAVE (IEEE).
- Changed the surround option, so you now can select between Dolby Pro Logic and Real channels. Real channels means modules using the surround effect, will be played directly in the rear speakers. So if you have more than 2 speakers, I recommend to set this to Real channels.
- Level meter and Oscilloscope visualizers now supports multiple channels.
- Added a volume normalizer, which will turn down the volume a little bit if overflows are detected when mixing.
- Added support for TFMX-MOD files.
- Updated LibSidPlayFp to version 2.14.0.
- Updated LibXmp to version 4.6.3.
- Added support for ArcFS archive format.
- Added missing module formats in LibXmp: Archimedes Tracker, Astroidea XMF, Coconizer, Digital Symphony, Digital Tracker, Digitrakker, Epic MegaGames MASI, Epic MegaGames MASI 16, Funktracker, Galaxy Music System 4.0, Galaxy Music System 5.0, Liquid Tracker, Liquid Tracker NO, Megatracker, Poly Tracker and Real Tracker.
The NostalgicPlayer is available free of charge, and the source code is also available on GitHub. (nba)
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