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diff --git a/setedit/mp3/libamp/readme b/setedit/mp3/libamp/readme new file mode 100644 index 0000000..3717c62 --- /dev/null +++ b/setedit/mp3/libamp/readme @@ -0,0 +1,139 @@ +amp MPEG audio decoder readme file (version 0.7.5) +(C) Tomislav Uzelac 1996,1997 + +amp is free software and can be _used_ freely by anyone. If you want to +do anything else with it, be sure to check the Legal section of this +document for legal issues. + +THERE IS NO WARRANTY FOR THIS PROGRAM. Please check out the Legal section +of this document. + +1. Introduction +2. Installation +3. Running +4. Feedback +5. Contributing +6. Legal + + +1. Introduction + +amp (Audio Mpeg Player) is an MPEG audio decoder which I originally started +putting together as a side project of the MPEG hardware design project at +FER/Zagreb - just to confirm my knowledge of the standard. It works with +both MPEG1 and MPEG2 audio streams (except for the multichannel extensions +defined in MPEG2), layers 2 and 3. + +There is a gui for amp, written in Tcl/Tk by Edouard Lafargue. It is +available at the amp home site ftp://ftp.rasip.fer.hr + +Another gui supported is the Sajber Jukebox, written by Joel Lindholm. + +The following people contributed their time and knowledge to amp: +Karl Anders Oygard, Ilkka Karvinen, Lutz Vieweg, Dan Nelson, +Edouard Lafargue, Andrew Richards, George Colouris, +Dmitry Boldyrev, Andy Lo A Foe, Thomas Sailer, Justin Frankel + +amp home location is + ftp://ftp.rasip.fer.hr/pub/mpeg/ + +and the mailing list: send 'HELP' in the body of the message to: + multimedia@rasip.fer.hr + +If you want to find out more about MPEG, best places to start are + http://www.mpeg.org + http://www.mpeg2.de + + +2. Installation + +Installation should be simple enough if amp was ported to your system, +just do a + +./configure +make + +You can edit the makefile further to suit your system. If configure fails +to make a usable Makefile, you'll _have_ to edit it yourself. + +Linux users should try real-time playing support, as described +in doc/realtime.txt. Some people that might pass on this feature are +those with slower machines (i.e. 486's), or SMP systems (see the +doc/linuxrealtime.txt file). +Some versions of the linux C library produce an error when compiling +amp with realtime support. A quick fix is to edit /usr/include/sched.h +and replace _P in the offending line with __P. + +./configure --enable-realtime +make +chown root.root amp +chmod u+s amp + +... this requires /dev/dsp to be both world readable and writeable. If you +have a special group for people allowed to use the sound device (for +instance, a group called sound), you can do a: + +chmod g+s amp + +or make your audio card world read/writeable (not recomended) + +chmod o+rw /dev/dsp* + +3. Running: + +'amp -h' gives you usage & options. If your computer is on the slower +side, direct playback might not work, but you can decode it +to .wav or raw pcm and play it later. + + +4. Feedback + +Send in your makefiles, opinions, bugreports, fixes; anything related to this +program. You can also send me unlimited amounts of money, sugar, milk, etc. + +If you find any mpeg audio files that amp has trouble decoding, please tell +me about this via e-mail <tuzelac@rasip.fer.hr>. + + +5. Contributing + +Please contribute to amp. If you want to know what is going on in amp +development, you can join the developers mailing list + + mpeg_audio_developers@rasip.fer.hr + +There are certain debugging facilities that I made in amp, but are disabled +in the current release (they are neither nice nor user-friendly). If anyone +enhances them (they are in dump.c) to the point that they're actually +usable I'll be happy to include the changes in the release. I think this +kind of debug output would be very useful to people studying these audio +algorithms. + + +6. Legal + +This software can be used freely for any purpose. It can be distributed +freely, as long as it is not sold commercially without permission from +Tomislav Uzelac <tuzelac@rasip.fer.hr>. However, including this software +on CD_ROMs containing other free software is explicitly permitted even +when a modest distribution fee is charged for the CD, as long as this +software is not a primary selling argument for the CD. + +Building derived versions of this software is permitted, as long as they +are not sold commercially without permission from Tomislav Uzelac +<tuzelac@rasip.fer.hr>. Any derived versions must be clearly marked as +such, and must be called by a name other than amp. Any derived versions +must retain this copyright notice. + +/* This license is itself copied from Tatu Ylonen's ssh package. It does + * not mention being copyrighted itself :) + */ + +THERE IS NO WARRANTY FOR THIS PROGRAM - whatsoever. You use it entirely +at your risk, and neither Tomislav Uzelac, nor FER will be liable for +any damages that might occur to your computer, software, etc. in +consequence of you using this freeware program. + + +Tomislav Uzelac +<tuzelac@rasip.fer.hr> |