Hyperradio js OXP

OVERVIEW

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I've often missed some background music while playing Oolite. Yes, it was possible to use other software for this (like Winamp, iTunes,...), but that's not the way it should be. Oolite was a little bit 'incomplete'. That was yesterday.

This device connects your ship-systems to the hyperradio-stations. By sending it's ID your ship receives a coded hyperwave that is stored into the integrated memory. You are licenced to use this device for a period of 20 days. When the time is expired, you should make a short break at your local dealer for a new licence. Long journeys will become a lot more fun...

Thanks to the dev-team for the new sound-stuff.

HANDLING

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- Step 1: Just place your soundfiles in the OXPs Music-folder.
Please note that the versions before v1.05 have used the Sounds-folder. If you have your soundfiles already there, just rename the folder or copy/move the files in the Oxps Music folder.

- Step 2: Open descriptions.plist in the OXPs Config-folder (you can use a simple text-editor) and add your filenames to the array.
Please note that the OpenStep-Architecture (Example) is used for all Java-Script versions now.

Example (new form):

 hyperradio_songlist =
   (
     "example.ogg",
     "example2.ogg",
     "my_song.ogg",
     "my_next_song.ogg" // Note that the last entry does not have a commata at the end
   );

Save your additions. That's it. Totaly easy.

- Step 3: Fire up Oolite. Buy the Hyperradio (it is not everywhere available), launch from the station and go to the SYSTEM_DATA_SCREEN (F7). The connection has to be established, so wait a few seconds. When the connection is stable (the music is playing) step back to the cockpit view (F1). When the song is over... F7, back to F1,...

DOWNLOAD

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Hyperradio1.05.zip (407 KB) - This version runs ONLY under Oolite v1.71-test or higher!

TESTED FORMATS

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This is a list of all formats that have been tested for the Hyperradio. Working formats are marked with YES, not working formats as no.
Thanks to all users who have sent in reports.

22.05KHz - 96KHz, Mono and Stereo

Format	Header	WIN	MAC	LINUX
ogg	Ogg-vorbis	YES	YES	YES
raw	headerless A-Law	no	no	no
raw	headerless U-Law	no	no	no
raw	headerless 16-Bit DWVW	no	no	no
raw	headerless 24-Bit DWVW	no	no	no
raw	Signed 16-Bit PCM	no	no	no
raw	Signed 24-Bit PCM	no	no	no
raw	Signed 32-Bit PCM	no	no	no
raw	32-Bit Float	no	no	no
raw	64-Bit Float	no	no	no
wav	MS Signed 16-Bit PCM	YES	no	YES
wav	MS 4-Bit ADPCM	YES	no	YES
wav	MS 4-Bit IMA ADPCM	YES	no	YES
wav	MS 32-Bit Float	no	no	no
wav	MS 64-Bit Float	no	no	no
wav	MS U-Law	no	no	no
wav	MS A-Law	no	no	no
wav	MS Signed 24-Bit PCM	no	no	no
wav	MS Signed 32-Bit PCM	no	no	no
wav	MS 32kbs G721 ADPCM	no	no	no
wav	MS GSM 6.10	no	no	no
wav	NIST A-Law	no	no	no
wav	NIST U-Law	no	no	no
wav	NIST Signed 16-Bit PCM	no	no	no
wav	NIST Signed 24-Bit PCM	no	no	no
wav	NIST Signed 32-Bit PCM	no	no	no
flac	16-Bit L5	no	no	no
flac	24-Bit L5	no	no	no

Tested Systems: LINUX UBUNTU, MAC OS X, WIN 2000 and WIN XP.

Not included formats: AIFF, AU, AVR, CAF, HTK, IFF, MAT4, MAT5, MP3, OKI, PAF, PVF, SD2, SDS, SF, VOC, W64, WAVEX, XI and MS 8-Bit PCM.wav
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NOTES

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Using IN_GAME_MUSIC is a special thing. Currently it is possible to use the Ogg-Vorbis (.ogg) and Wave (.wav) -format. This file should not contain more than two channels, because Oolite does not support any surround-audio-files. It seems that Oolite reduces these files to stereo. And various kbps are handled by using a average kbps-rate.

Creating background music:
The background music max db should be between -12 and -8 db, because a lot of players are using customsound-OXPs and the player should hear if something happens. And the new functionallity of Oolite will cause that more and more OXPs will use their own sounds. That means that sounds (like laser fire) should be between -6 and -3 db at a max. Higher values can result in digital clipping, but if you are familiar with mastering you can use higher values, but better not.
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RESTRICTIONS

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1. Don't use it in interstellar space. There is a known bug and Oolite v1.71 will crash!

2. Because of the handling of variables in Java-Script don't use filenames with a leading zero or other numerics.

 Example:
   01.ogg -> interpreted as 1 (without 0 and .ogg)	does not work
   a0.ogg -> interpreted as a0.ogg			works
   So the best would be to use a syntax like:
     artist-songname.ogg

3. Please take care that your descriptions.plist is valid. That means that there is a entry hyperradio_songlist with some songtitles in the array. If the array is empty Oolite will crash!!!
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