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14.Sep.2002 Carsten Siegner (ANF) |
CD recording software: MakeCD 3.2 beta 10 released Already on August, 24th 2002 had a new beta version of MakeCD been released. In this version have new CDR and CDRW drivers been implemented (especially for Yamaha recorders). (ps) (Translation: wk) [News message: 14. Sep. 2002, 14:54] [Comments: 0] [Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version] |
14.Sep.2002 Carsten Siegner (ANF) |
Audio: Ogg-Vorbis encoder/decoder for Amiga On August, 14th 2002 had the first stand-alone encoder/decoder for the new audio media format "Ogg-Vorbis" been released. This media format was until recently only implemented in the program "Lame". Now you can also listen directly to the Ogg-Vorbis files. The only requirement is a full AHI installation. The processor power needed is very high, probably higher than for MP3. There's an 060 and a MOS version of both the encoder and the decoder. Next to one of these you need the ixemul.library. Advantage of the new format is the better sound quality at the same bit rate than with MP3. Furthermore it can encode/decode Dolby Digital 5.1 sound. (ps) (Translation: wk) [News message: 14. Sep. 2002, 14:53] [Comments: 0] [Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version] |
14.Sep.2002 Oliver Hummel/Amithlon ML (ANF) |
Statement by Bernd Meyer regarding the upcoming AmithlonXL package According to Bernd Meyer it is unclear to him for now whether the yesterday by VMC on amiga-news.de announced AmithlonXL is just an "add on" CD similar to the Elbox Multimedia CD or in fact a full emulator package. In case that it should be a full emulator package, Bernd Meyer points out in his statement that VMC/Haage&Partner wouldn't have any license for the distribution of those parts of Amithlon that are basing on his work (e.g. optimized Jit), furtheron both sides don't have any license by Amiga Inc. for the distribution of the needed Kickstart/Workbench files. Additionally he won't make future updates meant for users of the original Amithlon available for an AmithlonXL package. Editorial comment: We all cannot judge which of both sides (Bernd Meyer vs. VMC/H&P) is right or wrong here resp. respectively which of the sides is misinterpreting the concluded contracts. In any case it is clear that there are obviously two very different points of view existing. We ask therefore our readers to be very objective in possible comments and to do without any recriminations and insults. Here the complete statement: Regarding so-called "AmithlonXL" ================================ * I have absolutely no knowledge of this "product" beyond that which is publicly available on Amiga news sites. * I am not in any way involved with this "product". * At the current time, it is unclear (to me at least) whether this is supposed to be an add-on for existing Amithlon users (akin to the Elbox "Multimedia CD", simply offering a collection of new drivers), or whether it is meant to be something including emulator executable and ROM files. * If it is just a collection of drivers, I have no problem with it. About bloody time, I'd say. * If, however, someone is planning to distribute my IP (as contained in the emulator executable), I'd strongly advise to reconsider, as neither Harald Frank nor Haage&Partner have any license to do so. Furthermore, to the best of my knowledge, neither of those parties have a license from Amiga Inc for the distribution of kickstart images. * The announcements on www.amiga-news.de and www.ann.lu also talked about the demo machine being equipped with a Dual Head Matrox card. I sincerely hope that this is not an indication that my multi-head capable gfx driver for Amithlon is considered or presented as part of "AmithlonXL", as the license attached to that driver quite clearly prohibits it. * Let me also reiterate that of the contents of the amithlon_contrib* packages released by me, ONLY the parts under the GPL are available for inclusion with any Harald Frank or H&P product, and that inclusion of those parts would require the strict adherence to the licensing terms of the GPL. * Obviously, I won't be supporting an "AmithlonXL" which violates my intellectual property rights in any way. This would certainly include making sure that the proprietary parts of any further contrib packages I release for the users of the original Amithlon would not work with such an "AmithlonXL". Personally, I despise crap like that, but what can I do? * I would finally like to ask everyone to recognize that at the current time, to the best of my knowledge "AmithlonXL" is purely a Harald Frank idea --- I have yet to see a single word about it from Haage&Partner. So please don't abuse H&P over something they, for all I know, might not even know about. Bernd Meyer, Main Amithlon programmer(ps) (Translation: wk) [News message: 14. Sep. 2002, 13:26] [Comments: 2 - 16. Sep. 2002, 03:43] [Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version] |
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