[17 Feb 2008] HW Designer: Sound problem

[Clyde]

Note: This is an archived post that was originally sent to the Hollywood mailing list on Sun, 17 Feb 2008 20:48:15 +0100

Hi again!

I want to use a mp3 in my presentation, but I have problems using it. When I import the mp3, I am ask of which type it is. When I choose "Soundstream" and I test the file (or run the presentation) it lacks and sounds slowly and strange overall. And when I choose "Soundsample" (for test reasons; I know it would be better for a 2 min mp3 to have it as a stream) I get the an error message which says a special 16 bit sound.datatype, but I neither find it at Stephan Rupprechts site nor on the HWD CD-ROM. But when I start the mp3 with AmigaAMP, it plays absolutely correctly. The mp3 is a 192 kbps, 44 khz file. Is this the problem?

Thanks a lot in advance!

Micha

[airsoftsoftwair]

Note: This is an archived post that was originally sent to the Hollywood mailing list on Wed, 20 Feb 2008 00:52:42 +0100

Hi again!

I want to use a mp3 in my presentation, but I have problems using it. When I import the mp3, I am ask of which type it is. When I choose "Soundstream" and I test the file (or run the presentation) it lacks and sounds slowly and strange overall. And when I choose "Soundsample" (for test reasons; I know it would be better for a 2 min mp3 to have it as a stream) I get the an error message which says a special 16 bit sound.datatype, but I neither find it at Stephan Rupprechts site nor on the HWD CD-ROM.

Oh, better forget about loading a MP3 as a sound sample. That's asking for trouble

Stephan Rupprecht's sound datatype is available on his web (check Google).

But when I start the mp3 with AmigaAMP, it plays absolutely correctly. The mp3 is a 192 kbps, 44 khz file. Is this the problem?

What system is this? Native Amiga or WinUAE? AHI settings correct? Do Protracker modules sound correctly?

[Clyde]

Note: This is an archived post that was originally sent to the Hollywood mailing list on Wed, 05 Mar 2008 20:47:09 +0100

Hi there!

I want to use a mp3 in my presentation, but I have problems using it. When I import the mp3, I am ask of which type it is. When I choose "Soundstream" and I test the file (or run the presentation) it lacks and sounds slowly and strange overall. And when I choose "Soundsample" (for test reasons; I know it would be better for a 2 min mp3 to have it as a stream) I get the an error message which says a special 16 bit sound.datatype, but I neither find it at Stephan Rupprechts site nor on the HWD CD-ROM.

Oh, better forget about loading a MP3 as a sound sample. That's asking for trouble

Yeah, I know. It was just for testing reasons.

Stephan Rupprecht's sound datatype is available on his web (check Google).

Ok, I found version 41.8 of the sound.datatype. My system has installed version 44.25, so I guess it shouldn't be the problem.

But when I start the mp3 with AmigaAMP, it plays absolutely correctly. The mp3 is a 192 kbps, 44 khz file. Is this the problem?

What system is this? Native Amiga or WinUAE? AHI settings correct? Do Protracker modules sound correctly?

I use the latest version of AmiKit on WinUAE. I am quite sure that the AHI settings are correct (at least everything plays fine, no matter what I start (game, mp3 with AmiAMP, ...)). Protracker modules sound correctly - I can run the examples that come with hollywood without a problem and sound is crystal clear and perfect. So I still have no idea, what the prob is with this mp3. Maybe really the bit rate?

Greetings, Micha

[Clyde]

Note: This is an archived post that was originally sent to the Hollywood mailing list on Wed, 05 Mar 2008 21:00:49 +0100

Ok, I tested it with a 128 kbit mp3 - same strange misbehaviour. When I save the project as a presentation for windows and start the pres under win, the sound is played correctly. If I save the project as AOS3 and start it in Amikit, the sound is a bit slow and somehow scrambled. But if I open it under Amikit with AmigaAMP, the mp3 sounds perfect. I am quite sure that AmigaAMP uses the same AHI device and settings as the Designer and its compiled executables do, right?

I am quite helpless ... :-/

Thanks in advance!

Greetings, Micha

[airsoftsoftwair]

Note: This is an archived post that was originally sent to the Hollywood mailing list on Sun, 09 Mar 2008 00:31:40 +0100

I use the latest version of AmiKit on WinUAE. I am quite sure that the AHI settings are correct (at least everything plays fine, no matter what I start (game, mp3 with AmiAMP, ...)). Protracker modules sound correctly - I can run the examples that come with hollywood without a problem and sound is crystal clear and perfect. So I still have no idea, what the prob is with this mp3. Maybe really the bit rate?

Hmm, works here. I tried several mp3s with HollyAmp under AmiKit and they all played fine. So I don't think it is a general problem of Hollywood under AmiKit. Does it really fail with ALL mp3s or just with some?