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- Release 0.8, 02.08.1995 by Thomas Engel (tomi@shinto.nbg.sub.org)
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- The MPEGHelper application
-
- ATTENTION..you need gnutar and gzip to unpack this package.
-
-
- This is a frontend to the MPEG L3 sound codec tools from the
- Fraunhofer Gesellschaft IIS. These tools are SHAREWARE. Only
- this frontend is GNUware.
-
- I do appologize for not having completed the documentation in the
- style I use to do it. That's mainly because there are tons of other thing
- to do :-(.
-
- So please read the online help and the included manual pages to
- find out about the parameters of the codec tools and MPEG L3 in detail.
- L3 MPEG allows a 90% (!) space saving for CD quality sounds, but realtime playback requires a fast machine (HPPA, SPARC20 or P5).
-
- The handling of the frontend should be quite simple. Open a file, choose
- the tools and start the conversion. Thats it.
-
-
- The Package
-
- Version 0.8 comes in two packages. The main MPEGHelper.0.8.NIHS.tar.gz
- archive includes:
-
- - MPEGHelper.app. A FAT binary for NeXT, Intel, HP and Sparc hardware
- with FAT l3enc/dec binaries.
-
- - An Examples directory containing two simple examples of compressed
- MPEG L3 sounds. They are small to keep the size of the package low.
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- - Online help...minimal
-
- - Some documentation.
-
- The source package MPEGHelper.0.8.s.tar.gz comes with:
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- - Full sourcecode (without the license sensitive sections).
-
- On where to find the latest releases please see the 'About this Project'
- section. A seperate packages with the FhG UNIX tools only and one with more example files is availble too.
-
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- About this Project
-
- The latest version of this application will be available at the
- ftp.nmr.embl-heidelberg.de, ftp.informatik.uni-muenchen.de,
- ftp.fhg.de or ftp.cs.orst.edu anonymous ftp servers. There is a
- WWW page were you can find out more about the status of this...and
- all the other projects I'm working on:
-
-
- http://wwwcip.informatik.uni-erlangen.de/user/tsengel/
- Projects/Projects.html
-
-
- Compiling
-
- This version includes all the source code necessary to recompile the
- program from scratch. It does not come with all the libraries and it
- only has quad fat precompiled code for the registration sensitive
- areas!
- You might need to get the MiscKit project (Version 1.5.0 or higher)
- from the archives.
-
- For more details on the MiscKit collection see the common NeXT ftp
- servers, get the Objective-C or NeXT FAQs or take a look at the
- EduSteps developer area:
-
- http://www.nmr.embl-heidelberg.de/eduStep/Developer/Kits/
- MiscKit/MiscKit.html
-
- If you would like to submit something to this collection you should
- contact the current maintainer: Don Yacktman <Don_Yacktman@byu.edu>
-
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- In Case of Trouble
-
- If you have any questions you can contact me.
-
- Thomas Engel
- Netpunstr. 9
- D-90522 Oberasbach
- Germany
-
- E-mail: tsengel@cip.informatik.uni-erlangen.de
- tomi@shinto.nbg.sub.org
-
- (NeXTMail welcome)
-
-
-
- Warranty and copyright
-
-
- Copyleft
-
- All source code is distributed under the GNU General Public License.
- This does not apply to the ObjectWare used, which most likely comes
- with its own licensing rules (e.g. code that belongs to the MiscKit
- project).
-
- You are free to extend and modify this application. But don't
- redistribute a modified version under the same name unless I gave you
- the permission. I don't want to have different, confusingly
- incompatible versions running around the world.
-
- Anyway...comments are highly appreciated.
-
-
- No Warranty
-
- This software is provided 'as is' and the programmer is not
- responsible for any harm this program may cause. You - the user - are
- responsible for everything that may happen to your business,
- hardware, software, car, CD collection or what ever may be worth your
- attention or money. Using this product is at your own risk and your
- private fun.
-
- There should be no serious bugs inside but remember that a
- carbon-based unit did the coding.
-
-
- Travelware
-
- Like all my projects this app is free and should be considered as travelware.
-
- 1. Let it travel to as many people as you know.
-
- 2. Send me an E-mail or postcard if you use it. I will try to
- keep you informed about new releases.
-
- 3. If you have a free bed or some free space on your floor...give
- me a hint. I might come and visit you on my next trip to the
- US...locations on Hawaii, near Seattle or WhistlerMnt. (Canada)
- preferred.
-
-
-
- Enjoy it.
-
- Tomi
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-