Short: MegaTracker Player, the Next Generation Author: Ian Schmidt, Fredrik Wikstrom (AmigaOS port) Uploader: Fredrik Wikstrom Type: mus/play Version: 4.3 Architecture: ppc-amigaos Usage: mtpng mtpng -h for additional options. Use CTRL-C to quit. Audio output is through AUDIO:/AHI-Handler. OS4 native AHI-Handler: os4depot.net/index.php?function=showfile&file=driver/handler/ahi-handler.lzx Changes: 4.3.1 (5-Nov-2008) - Fixed problem with ':' character at end of path name --- original readme file --- MTPng - MegaTracker Player, the Next Generation Version 4.3 ------------------- October 7, 2000 ----------------------------------------------- MegaTracker Player (MTP or MTPng) is a program which will play most Apple IIgs SoundSmith and MegaTracker songs on your more modern computer. Higher playback quality than the real hardware is possible - MTP does not emulate the IIgs or it's 5503 chip and instead is a fairly standard tracker player similar to MikMod with the exception that it supports the IIgs formats. (the output module interface is extremely similar to MikMod's to make porting easier). System Requirements ------------------- On Intel-based hardware a fast Pentium-class or better PC is required. Good results should be achived with a Pentium 133 MHz or better system; things may be iffy below that. On non-Intel systems I would guess at least a 100 MHz CPU. The program will compile and run properly on LinuxPPC, but the sound output seems to be wrong right now. If someone can fix this please let me know. MTP should at least compile on any Unix-like system with the Open Sound System (OSS) sound APIs. This includes nearly all versions of Linux, as well as FreeBSD. MTP should properly detect and handle big-endian (PowerPC, Alpha, etc) systems. I believe but cannot test that it's 64-bit clean and would work OK on Linux/Alpha and IA-64. How to Install -------------- Follow the same instructions for MTP as you would any GNU-style package. Specifically, unpack the archive and do the following: ./configure make (become root if necessary before the next step) make install New and Improved ---------------- See the ChangeLog file. Contact ------- Ian Schmidt ischmidt@cfl.rr.com Thanks ------ Mitchell Spector, James Brookes, Richard Wifall, Matt Conte, and Henk-Jan Ober. Legal ----- MTP is licensed under the GNU General Public License (GPL). This basically means that you are allowed and encouraged to distribute the source code and/or binaries. If you alter the source code you must make it available for download, or send the changes back to me for inclusion in the main source tree. See the COPYING file for full details.