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.

Note: Oolite v1.71 has some new sound/music functionality, so the Hyperradio will get some new features.
The latest version v1.04 is just a compatibility version with Oolite v1.71, because the engine has changed
a little bit. So stay tuned...

HANDLING

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- Step 1: Just place your soundfiles (.ogg or .wav -> see list of formats) in the OXPs Sounds-folder.<br\> - Step 2: Open descriptions.plist in the Config-folder (you can use a simple text-editor) and add your filenames to the array.

Example (old form):

 <key>hyperradio_songlist</key>
   <array>
     <string>example.ogg</string>
     <string>my_first_sound.ogg</string>
     <string>my_second_sound.ogg</string>
     <string>My_first_music.ogg</string>
     <string>my_second_music.ogg</string>
   </array>

Example2 (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
   );

Please note that the OpenStep-Architecture (example2) is used in all new versions.

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

- Step 3: Fire up Oolite. Buy the Hyperradio (if you can), launch from the station and press F7 (SYSTEM_DATA_SCREEN) and step back to the cockpit view (F1). When the song is over... F7, back to F1,...

!!!! 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
   Tchaikovsky-Swan_Lake_Act_II_Scene_Moderato.ogg
   Leon_Willett-Dreamfall.ogg

DOWNLOAD

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There are 3 different version available:
Don't use them together, because they are using the same namespaces and variables.

Hyperradio_1_04.zip (405 KB)
This version runs ONLY under Oolite v1.71!
It uses Java-Script and has some functionallity that can't be done with the old legacy scripting method.

Hyperradio_1_03.zip (405 KB)
This version runs ONLY under Oolite v1.70!
It uses Java-Script and has some functionallity that can't be done with the old legacy scripting method.

Hyperradio_legacy_1_00.zip (405 KB)
This version runs on Oolite v1.65 - v1.70.
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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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