HippoPlayer v2.30

by Hippopotamus Design

Bug fixes:
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- Numerous!
- More urouhack compatible.
- Fixes in the sort routine and in the recursive file add.
- Added some security to the PS3M killer mode. Don't know if it made any
difference.

Major improvements:
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- New GUI look.

  • Mega major enchancements in the sample player: IFF, AIFF, RIFF
    WAVE, mono/stereo 8/16-bit support, stop cont, end detect, duration
    calculation. 8/14-bit playing.

  • Protracker sample playing in the module info window! Finally after
    lot's of public pressure :)
    Click a sample to play. The horizontal position of the mouse pointer
    defines the note.

  • Support for THX Sound System modules. Great chip tunes!
    Needs 68020+ to work.

  • Archives (LhA, LZX, Zip):
    · A proper file identification in the archive extraction.
    · LhA, LZX and Zip archives without the suffix (.lha, .lzx, .zip)
    can be now loaded. This feature needs some changes in the archiver
    commands, so be sure to change them!

  • CyberSound calibration file support for PS3M. Totally amazing
    14-bit quality!

  • 'About' uses the module info window routines, no more reqtools.

  • DIGI Booster sample names can be viewed in the module info window.

  • Much improved guide-file. Hi Marius! :)

Minor improvements:
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- Scopes now support quitting when HiP tells them to. Also the can be quit
by clicking right mousebutton on the active scope window.

  • Shift + I not only opens the moduleinfo window but also activates it.

  • Pressing RMB on the module info window or about window will cause
    the window to be closed.

  • Prefs: the string gadgets are now cyclable with TAB.

  • Right mousebutton on the prefs gadget |Pr| will remove/restore the main
    window filebox.

  • Keyboard changes:
    · Two new key functions: [G] and [H] for playmodes 'list repeatedly'
    and modules in random order'.
    · New key assignments:
    · Clear modulelist = [C]
    · Delete module = [D], [BACKSPACE]
    · Volume = [V], [B]
    · New = [N]
    · Prefs = [R]

  • A new XPK load progress indicator.

  • In 'Play modules in random order' mode the modules already played
    will be marked with '#' in the list.

  • Adding files and dirs works more logically now.

  • Added some reason to the init error management.

New support stuff:
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- New MWB icon by Trevor Morris.
- New ARexx-script: Suffer.rexx by Marcel Döring.
- New ARexx-scripts: hip_play1b.rexx, hip by Filip "Eliot"
Oscadal.
- New version of the HippoPlay.filer ARexx-script by Janne Simonen.

Credits

Last edited on 22 Sep 2019 by menace. See all edits