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ashben
January 29th, 2001, 11:20
Hi Guys,

I'm working on this new audio player on lines of WinAmp but totally web-centric and internet ready. Just wondering what features would you like to see in an audio player (mp3,wma,wav,cda only). I know that WinAmp and JetAudio rock and we don't need *another* audio player, but I just wan't to experiment.

So, would love to hear from all! Thanx.
Nick
January 29th, 2001, 12:53
Asben, you would be a GOD if you could make a player that supported RealAudio so people could use it to replace RealPlayer. RealPlayer eats so much friggin' RAM if you replaced it you would be the coolest.
ashben
January 29th, 2001, 23:51
Originally posted by Nick
Asben, you would be a GOD if you could make a player that supported RealAudio so people could use it to replace RealPlayer. RealPlayer eats so much friggin' RAM if you replaced it you would be the coolest.

Thanks for your suggestion Nick. I'll keep it mind.
Coolin
January 30th, 2001, 00:25
Midi's are rising up in popularity also, try supporting that. Also, I would like to have that song selector like the one you see in Winamp, where you can chose what song you want to play by easily selecting it in the list. Other players make you go through dozens of menus to play a song you want.
ashben
January 30th, 2001, 06:16
Originally posted by Coolin
Midi's are rising up in popularity also, try supporting that. Also, I would like to have that song selector like the one you see in Winamp, where you can chose what song you want to play by easily selecting it in the list. Other players make you go through dozens of menus to play a song you want.

I thought midi's are history with the arrival of digital audio (like : mp3, wma and ogg). Anyways, thanks for your suggestion. As you mentioned the audio player would have a playlist for easy song selection.

My idea is not to complicate the application with too many goodies but rather build a "most wanted" player with minimal but mostly used features.
Nick
January 30th, 2001, 10:00
Hmm, maybe you should make two versions ashben. A souped up feature loaded one and a stripped down one... Just an idea.
ashben
January 30th, 2001, 10:52
Originally posted by Nick
Hmm, maybe you should make two versions ashben. A souped up feature loaded one and a stripped down one... Just an idea.

I thought about it but decided on doing just one release. Thanks for the tip!
Nick
January 30th, 2001, 15:04
Please do try to get Real Audio support though. I am so sick of this ****ing RealPlayer bull---- :(.
Koolguy
January 30th, 2001, 15:11
Also maybe include some tools that allow the user to convert diffirent audio files to diffirent formats (ie. wav to WMA)
ashben
January 30th, 2001, 23:00
Originally posted by Koolguy
Also maybe include some tools that allow the user to convert diffirent audio files to diffirent formats (ie. wav to WMA)

The audio player would include a "code" utiltiy to encode and decode audio. You may be able to burn CD's from mp3's, convert wav's to mp3's etc.

Later on I'll also add OGG support with an OGG encoder (wav -> ogg, mp3 -> ogg).
Koolguy
January 31st, 2001, 00:48
Sounds good, I will download it for sure. :-)
Coolin
January 31st, 2001, 00:58
What decoder engine are you going to use?
ashben
January 31st, 2001, 04:08
Originally posted by Coolin
What decoder engine are you going to use?

I'm working on a custom encoder and decoder engine. Infact this and the web interface are the only things taking time. The basic structure of the audio player is ready. If the encoding and decoding modules take too much time then for now I'll release the first beta version with BladeEnc as the backend encoder and Native-CDDA as the backend decoder (CD to Wav).
Coolin
January 31st, 2001, 21:26
If you don't have the time for an MP3 decoder, I heard that MAD has better sound than the Franheoffer (however you spell it) decoder engine. And it's free too!
Koolguy
January 31st, 2001, 22:37
Good luck with the rest of the project ashben.
ashben
January 31st, 2001, 23:40
Thanks you all! I'll post at the forum as soon as I release the first Beta version around the 2nd week of February.
Coolin
February 1st, 2001, 00:10
I'll gladly beta test it for you ashben.
ashben
March 6th, 2001, 12:18
Ok guys! Its launched. We'll, I'm really excited about the whole project, all the more since I've been working with developers from around the globe on this baby.

Its called "broid" and you may check it out at http://www.broid.com ;-)

Sorry, but this beta does not include RealAudio support or an encoder engine as we discussed, but these & more features are in the pipeline.

Let me know how you find it?
ashben
March 6th, 2001, 12:19
... and please post on the related subject at the developer forum at http://forums.ashben.net