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25.Dec.2021
George Sokianos

AmigaOS 4.1: SDK V53.34 released
As George Sokianos writes, he has created a new Software Development Kit (SDK) for developers that combines all previous versions and a lot of fixes and updates. It can be downloaded from the Hyperion Entertainment website. The changes since version 53.30 (9/5/2015):

SDK 53.33 (10.3.2021) - internal

Updated AmiSSL SDK v4.7
Updated expat v53.6
Updated minigl SDK v2.24 2021-01-26
Updated MUI SDK 2020R3
Added execsg SDK 54.18
Added dos SDK 54.112
Added SDK from AmigaOS 4 Final Edition Update 1 (v53.31)
Added SDK from AmigaOS 4 Final Edition Update 2 (v53.32)
Added the missing dlfcn.h
Added missing libdl.so link under local/newlib/lib
Updated newlib to 53.62

SDK 53.34 (15.12.2021)

Updated AmiSSL SDK v4.11
Updated MUI SDK MUI-5.0-20210831
Added execsg SDK 54.26
Added dos SDK 54.117
Updated SDK Includes and Autodocs

(dr)

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24.Dec.2021
Discord Game launcher: X-bEnCh 1.2 Final Public Release
Jim Neray's X-bEnCH is a graphical user-interface with up to 640 colours (AGA; 128 on OCS/ECS-computers) which can replace the Workbench for launching WHDLoad-games and other applications and requires low hardware resources. An integrated command line as well as the file manager Xpl0rEr (video) are also available.

Since the release of version 1.1 three years ago numerous changes and bug fixes have been made, which are described in detail in the archive in the 'History.txt'. Among others these include AmigaOS 3.2 fixes and a new and faster scan mode.

Download: xbench1.2f.lha (1 MB) (dr)

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24.Dec.2021
IndieRetroNews

Arcade shooter: 'Bean Versus The Animator' Xmas special
In mid-July we reported on the release of the arcade shooter Bean Versus The Animator. Now the developers have followed up and released an exclusive single-level episode of Bean Versus The Animator for Christmas: 'It's Snow Joke!':

An A500+ is required, 1.5MB Chip RAM is recommended if you want to run the game from Workbench. (dr)

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24.Dec.2021
Reddit

Xmas puzzle: Shuffling Around the Christmas Tree
If you still need some support to get into the right Christmas mood or maybe want to do some puzzling on the Amiga together with the family after unwrapping the presents: Shuffling Around the Christmas Tree by the demo group Desire not only reached second place at the Syntax Demopoarty at the end of November, but could also perform this little Christmas miracle.

This interactive puzzle slideshow presents artwork by Terry Redlin. After a short display time of the respective picture, the pieces are mixed up. Now you have to try to restore the picture:

You use the mouse to move the arrow at the edge of the image to the row or column that should be moved and then perform the action by pressing the mouse button. The puzzle is available as adf-version and as HD-version as exe-file. The adf version requires an Amiga 500 with 512 KB of chip RAM, while the HD version requires 1 MB of RAM for it to boot from harddisk. (dr)

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24.Dec.2021
https://blog.alb42.de (ANF)

AmiTube 0.6: YouTube client for 68k-Amigas
Marcus 'ALB42' Sackrow's AmiTube enables watching YouTube videos on an 68k Amiga. To do so, they are converted to Commodore's CDXL format and downloaded (video).

Now version 0.6 is available which among other adds a German localization and preview icons. Detailed changelog:

Localization (german included)
Preview Icons (need jpg Datatype)
All formats Download buttons on main gui
Check for Free space on HD, warn before downloading if not enough space
Icon tooltype MOVIEDIR to set directory for movies
smaller network buffer for low memory systems

The latest version always is available on the AmiTube website.

Please not that conversion is executed on the developer's personal server, thus he asks to restrict oneself to few and short videos. Furthermore the program must not be shared but always be downloaded from the author's website at the title link. (dr)

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23.Dec.2021
Thomas Wenzel (ANF)

Audio player: AmigaAMP 3.30 released
Thomas Wenzel has released version 3.30 of his audio player AmigaAMP for AmigaOS 3.9 and AmigaIS 4 at the title link. Changes include ARexx macro support and automatic fallback from MHI to AHI.

Bugfixes:

Pulldown menus now work across all ReAction windows
If a datatype can't load the cover image from memory, then AmigaAMP will write it to T: as a file and try to load it from there
Fixed radio station name taken from stream metadata in playlist
Up to ten reconnect attempts when shoutcast server reports 'unavailable'
Fixed handling ID3v2 tags in front of FLAC files
Fixed loading / adding whole directories
Fixed initial state of EQ/Playlist buttons in skin mode
Automatically save current equalizer setting when saving prefs
Reworked visualisation routines for better synchronicity
Fixed SSL connections that require Server Name Indication

New features:

Automatic fallback from MHI to AHI for uncompressed audio and tracker modules (68k version)
Multi-select playlist in ReAction mode
Snapshot windows directly via pulldown menu entry
Popup menu for "Add..." button in ReAction playlist window
ARexx macro support: Macros must have .rexx extension and start with a line saying "/* AmigaAMP ARexx Macro */"
Automatic adding of .pls to saved playlist filename
Now using octave-spaced equalizer band frequencies

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