HippoPlayer v2.48

[AmiClassic]

Originally Posted by DisasterIncarna

im using the replacetopaz option in MCP and using FIXED font as a replacement, works ok.

I am using MCP 1.33 (here this patch is called NoTopaz), I assume you are using MCP 1.48 (here is ReplaceTopaz).
Unfortunately, this patch sucks in both cases - try to use XEN font in it.
TopazPatch handles this without a problem.

XEN:

vs
FIXED:

[lesta_smsc]

Originally Posted by koobo

Updated Hippo available:
https://aminet.net/mus/play/hippoplayerupdate.lha

In this one: support for even more exotic music formats, an extra large pattern scope for Protracker, some fixes and minor changes. Details here:
https://aminet.net/mus/play/hippoplayerupdate.readme

Thank you for the update! This has been my goto player now and works very nicely. In fact, I like how I could play the channels by clicking on the name and moving along the name makes the notes change pitch. I managed to find the hidden message in Lotus 2 telling you "you will not copy this game" using this player lol.

Originally Posted by AmiClassic

I am using MCP 1.33 (here this patch is called NoTopaz), I assume you are using MCP 1.48 (here is ReplaceTopaz).
Unfortunately, this patch sucks in both cases - try to use XEN font in it.
TopazPatch handles this without a problem.

XEN:

vs
FIXED:

Which Workbench version and interface e.g. ClassicWB or other, are you using?

[DisasterIncarna]

for that XEN weirdness, this is because Xen.font is 6x8 pixels, and not 8x8, if you download https://aminet.net/package/text/font/Typeface124 and load xen.font, you can edit its parameters, and change then 6x8 to 8x8, the save it as Xen-Fixed, then run FixFonts and you have a working fixed width Xen font. This allows MCP to use Xen font properly and patches programs better than replacetopaz, replacetopaz seems to work on some programs and ruin others like filemaster3 which ends up with listers showing fine but text in menus all gone horribly wrong, using MCP with the corrected xen font seems to work.

Pre-Fixed font here: https://ufile.io/lmk5f9n6

[tomcat666]

Originally Posted by AmiClassic

FIXED:

What utility/settings do you use to get the window icons (close, move to back, ...) and the nice gradient on the window bars like that ?

[AMIGASYSTEM]

If you are referring to the window bar it isVisualPrefs+Birdie

[RoC]

Originally Posted by koobo

Hippel-COSO is supported, apparently already in v2.07 (26.6.1995)

My bad. These days I am using mostly Hippo on the WB13 and thought it was not supported. On my 3.20 it works just fin.


Apologies for the mix-up

[koobo]

Originally Posted by RoC

My bad. These days I am using mostly Hippo on the WB13 and thought it was not supported. On my 3.20 it works just fin.

Apologies for the mix-up

No worries!

As an exercise I tried to list all the currently supported formats:

- Activision Pro, Martin Walker
- AProSys
- Beathoven Sound System
- Ben Daglish
- ChipTracker
- CustomMade
- Dave Lowe
- David Whittaker
- DeliTracker Custom
- Delta Music v1, v2
- DIGI Booster, DIGI Booster PRO
- Digital Mugician v1, v2
- EarAche
- Face The Music
- FastTracker 2
- FredMon
- Future Composer v1.0-v1.4
- Future Player
- Game Music Creator
- GlueMon
- Hippel, Hippel 7v, Hippel-COSO
- Hippel ST, Hippel ST COSO
- In Stereo! v1, v2
- JamCracker
- Jason Brooke
- Jeroen Tel
- Kris Hatlelid
- Maniacs of Noise
- Mark II
- MaxTrax
- MED, OctaMED
- Medley Sound
- Music Assembler
- Musicline Editor
- MusicMaker
- Oktalyzer
- PreTracker
- ProTracker, NoiseTracker, SoundTracker, Old SoundTracker
- PSID
- PumaTracker
- Quartet, Quartet ST
- Richard Joseph
- Rob Hubbard 1, 2
- Sample files (WAV, AIFF, IFF, MP3)
- ScreamTracker 3
- Sidmon v1, v2
- Sonic arranger
- Sonix
- SoundControl
- SoundFX
- SoundMon v2, v3
- StarTrekker, Audio Sculpture
- StoneTracker
- Synth Pack
- Synthesis
- SynTracker
- MultiTracker/TakeTracker (8 channel Protracker)
- TcbTracker
- TFMX, TFMX 7v
- The Musical Enlightenment
- The Player 6.0A
- THX, AHX
- Tim Follin 2
- VectorDean
- Voodoo Supreme Synthesizer
- Wally Beben

Almost all of these should work on 68000+kick1.3. Exceptions: StoneTracker, DIGIBooster, MP3.

[oRBIT]

This is unreal... New HippoPlayer after all these years. That's awesome! Will try this for sure!

[AmiClassic]

Originally Posted by lesta_smsc

Which Workbench version and interface e.g. ClassicWB or other, are you using?

Workbench 3.1 - my own build.

Originally Posted by tomcat666

What utility/settings do you use to get the window icons (close, move to back, ...) and the nice gradient on the window bars like that ?

As AMIGASYSTEM wrote: VP+Birdie+OS4 theme.

Originally Posted by DisasterIncarna

for that XEN weirdness, this is because Xen.font is 6x8 pixels...

Why should I be condemned to 8x8 fonts? I use ones that suit my system design, so I wish I could use my favorite fonts in Hippo.
If creator of XEN wanted this font to be so sloppy, he would create one
I don't know what ReplaceFont has to do FileMaster? FM has its own font requester and you can choose what you want.
My FM looks like this: [ Show youtube player ] (in order not to deviate from topic - this my old video tutorial HippoPlayer Jukebox for CDTV only in polish )

[lesta_smsc]

Originally Posted by AmiClassic

Workbench 3.1 - my own build.

I've got 3.1 but interface isn't like this! Is this ClassicWB?

[oRBIT]

Feature-suggestions:
1) Remember last directory where you picked your last played mod (instead of the configured directory in prefs).
2) Remember last played module. Pressing play immediately on startup plays the previously played song.

[koobo]

Originally Posted by oRBIT

Feature-suggestions:
1) Remember last directory where you picked your last played mod (instead of the configured directory in prefs).
2) Remember last played module. Pressing play immediately on startup plays the previously played song.

Thanks for the ideas

[DisasterIncarna]

Originally Posted by AmiClassic

Workbench 3.1 - my own build.

As AMIGASYSTEM wrote: VP+Birdie+OS4 theme.

Why should I be condemned to 8x8 fonts? I use ones that suit my system design, so I wish I could use my favorite fonts in Hippo.
If creator of XEN wanted this font to be so sloppy, he would create one
I don't know what ReplaceFont has to do FileMaster? FM has its own font requester and you can choose what you want.
My FM looks like this: [ Show youtube player ] (in order not to deviate from topic - this my old video tutorial HippoPlayer Jukebox for CDTV only in polish )

ofc you dont have to, i just do this because i dont like the visual effect proportional fonts has on the buttons of various programs with the patch applied, i like them spaced out because im OCD about having more centered/aligned text in buttons

[DisasterIncarna]

btw, back to hippoplayer, can we rename the "Load/Save Program" part to what more people today recognise that as, Load/Save Playlist? also the resulting playlist/program file that is saved starts its first line as "HipPrg" probably to identify it as such? can you change it so if HiP is launched with that program/playlist file, then it auto loads the playlist and auto starts playing. Currently this does work, but only with the playlist used as an arg when ran from CLI/Shell, IE: HIP MYPLAYLIST.PRG (doesnt seem to work the same way via workbench).

Only ask, as i went into deficons, made an entry for #?.hippl (your prg/playlist file when i save one), and got it to launch HiP when i double click your program/playlists files when i double click them, currently however HiP doesnt recognise the playlist this way unless manually loaded or renamed to .prg.

[AMIGASYSTEM]

Originally Posted by DisasterIncarna

Only ask, as i went into deficons, made an entry for #?.hippl (your prg/playlist file when i save one), and got it to launch HiP when i double click your program/playlists files when i double click them, currently however HiP doesnt recognise the playlist this way unless manually loaded or renamed to .prg.

You can create a "Datatypes" Descriptor so that a def_hippl.info can be associated with HipPlayer

[DisasterIncarna]

Originally Posted by AMIGASYSTEM

You can create a "Datatypes" Descriptor so that a def_hippl.info can be associated with HipPlayer

yeah done that, but doing so hip doesnt read the playlist file, but if i run HIP PLAYLIST.PRG, PLAYLIST.HIPPL or whatever i name it from CLI/Shell, HIP runs and loads the playlist, but the same doesnt work when run via workbench/deficons. (for me at least)

[AMIGASYSTEM]

Can you tell me how to save a playlist?, thanks

[daxb]

Originally Posted by oRBIT

2) Remember last played module. Pressing play immediately on startup plays the previously played song.

What you can do already by using Hippos ARexx port, is to get the filename (complete path) of the currently played module/file. If you save it before you quit Hippo you can load it for the next start. You just need to quit Hippo via your script.

Currently this does work, but only with the playlist used as an arg when ran from CLI/Shell, IE: HIP MYPLAYLIST.PRG (doesnt seem to work the same way via workbench).

Herer with HippoPlayer 2.45 it works when I start Hip from WB. You may need to activate it in HippoPrefs (General -> Startup).

[DisasterIncarna]

Originally Posted by AMIGASYSTEM

Can you tell me how to save a playlist?, thanks

Rightmouse on the PRG button, LMB = Load a Playlist, RMB = Save one, they are called "module programs", but really mean "Music Playlist".

As with the previous unelegant runindosbox solution i made earlier, i currently have an intermediary launch exe that runs hip from cli using its cli argument "HIP PRGM <filename", which currently works for me, ittl do as a crappy stand-in, until HiP makes this solution irrelevant.

[DisasterIncarna]

quick note, HiP also seems to freeze/lockup when playing some (but not all) MP3's, was listening to a load of the matt gray reformation mp3's for them to freeze HiP when trying to change song/quit the program, workbench isnt locked up, just HiP.