music

[nukem996]

How do I make a media player in "pure c++"??? This has to be able to play stop fast forward rewind if you can only get one of those things to work I would still love to look at it. This would be come up in DOS. If you don't know how to do this but think you might know how then plz tell me. Note: im a new C++ programmer but im pretty good at vb 6.0.

For those of you who do not know what "pure c++" is, it is c++ that doesn't use anything that Microsoft's C++ gives you. You do all the code on your own and only use dll's that you made. In fact the only reason you use Microsoft's c++ is because it gives you a compiler.

Thx nukem

[parksie]

If you're new at C++ then you're going to kick yourself trying to do this. However, I did have some code lying around. What are you trying to play?

PS - look at the source code to cubic player: http://www.cubic.org

[Vlatko]

What do you mean use only dll's that you made. Do you mean no API.
In that case parksie is right , you're really going to kick yourself trying to do this.

[nukem996]

Well yes. But if I can run it on Linux and Windows it would be just what I'm looking for. I'm hopping in the future to be able to play all sound files. But right now since I only have mp3's and wav's if it can play both or just one it would be great. With this project I have gotten a lot further in vb. that cause I'm really good at vb, but a newbie at c++.
Thx nukem

[parksie]

In that case Cubic is exactly what you need. It plays both and works on Linux and DOS.

[nukem996]

parksie that is some amazing code!!! the one thing that i suggest is to make it play when you are not in the window, and to make it more visual. i have know that threw code you can do some amazing graphics this is how they do graphics in games. i think thats what you should add to it. thank you so much.
nukem

you can't really make an app in "pure C++", well the way you describe it....

you would have to make most of it in ASM...

C++ does not consist of much... it's the header files, and DLL's that gives it it's functionality...


and what I consider "pure c++", is not using any MFC(microsoft) or VCL(borland) and making the windows and stuff, using APIs, like CreateWindow(or CreateWindowEx)...


this is just my opinion tho...

[parksie]

Originally posted by nukem996
parksie that is some amazing code!!! the one thing that i suggest is to make it play when you are not in the window, and to make it more visual. i have know that threw code you can do some amazing graphics this is how they do graphics in games. i think thats what you should add to it. thank you so much.
nukem

Er...hehe...but...I didn't write any of it . Although my project for next year is a sequencer .

[nukem996]

Well tell who ever wrote it its great. And I noticed that it's an 8-bit program. And when I was playing my mp3's. It was really bad sound quality. So. . . I will try to go threw the code and turn it into a 32 bit. And since 62 bit have came out (not to the public yet) I will try to program it for that. And to test it on Linux all I have to do is wait till they mail my computer. It keeps being delayed or something when I get it ill put on Linux.

[parksie]

It's definitely 32bit - did you have it set up properly?

[nukem996]

im not sure where i saw it but im pretty sure thats what it said. im using the cp.exe. is thier another one that i should be using???

[parksie]

No - that is the correct one. It uses DOS4GW which allows it to access protected mode memory and basically do 32bit stuff

[nukem996]

it still has bad quality.

[parksie]

In cp.ini try setting the following options (they're near the top):

  ampegtomono=off
  ampegmaxrate=48000
  mixrate=44100           ; -sr44100
  mixprocrate=4096000     ; max channels*rate (for slow cpus) (4096000==64*64000)
  mix16bit=on             ; -s8-
  mixstereo=on            ; -sm-
  plrbufsize=500          ; milliseconds
  mixbufsize=500          ; milliseconds
  samprate=44100          ; -sr44100
  samp16bit=on            ; -s8-
  sampstereo=on           ; -sm-
  smpbufsize=2000         ; milliseconds

[nukem996]

mine looks like this:

; opencp 2.5.0 kb980717 configuration file
; modified version with dll autoloader support (the "link"-lists got a little
; shorter...)

[general]
link=dos4gfix mmcmphlp pfilesel cpiface cphlpif fstypes
ultradir=; path to ULTRASND.INI
dos4gfix=off
; datapath= ; path to opencp's pictures and animations.
; tempdir=


[defaultconfig] ; default configuration
link=plrbase mcpbase arcarj arczip arcrar arcumx arcbpa arclha arcace playcda playinp
prelink= ; preloaded dlls


[sound] ; default sound section
; these drivers will be loaded at startup. change parameters at the
; sections for the devices.
; take those drivers out of the list, you will not need, because it
; will speed up the loading process and require less memory
; you can also add new devices by copying the section and renaming it.
; (8 chars only)
; note: the first device found in each list will be uses as default

playerdevices=devpWSS devpGUS devpEWS devpESS devpPAS devpSB devpNone devpDisk devpMPx
samplerdevices=devsWSS devsGUS devsPAS devsSB devsNone
wavetabledevices=devwMixQ devwIW devwGUS devwDGUS devwSB32 devwMix devwNone

ampegtomono=off
ampegmaxrate=48000
mixrate=44100 ; -sr44100
mixprocrate=4096000 ; max channels*rate (for slow cpus) (4096000==64*64000)
mix16bit=on ; -s8-
mixstereo=on ; -sm-
plrbufsize=1000 ; milliseconds
mixbufsize=1000 ; milliseconds
samprate=44100 ; -sr44100
samp16bit=on ; -s8-
sampstereo=on ; -sm-
smpbufsize=2000 ; milliseconds
defplayer= ; -sp
defsampler= ; -ss
defwavetable= ; -sw
midichan=64 ; number of channels used for midi playback
itchan=64
cdsamplelinein=off ; if you turn this one on, cp will sample line in
; instead of cd in when playing cdaudio
bigmodules=devwMixQ ; this wavetable device will be used if a module
; was tagged "big" with alt-b in the fileselector.
; (use if wavetable ram is not enough by far)
wavetostereo=1 ; conv mono waves to stereo. turn off with sbpro
waveratetolerance=50 ; samprate can vary up to 50/1000
amplify=100 ; -va100
panning=100 ; -vp100
volume=100 ; -vv100
balance=0 ; -vb0
reverb=0 ; -vr0
chorus=0 ; -vc0
surround=off ; -vs-
filter=1 ; -vf1 (AOI)



[screen] ; default screen section
usepics=daposer.gif
compomode=off ; compomode will remove all texts and display
; fileselector comment as the name (put compo # there!)
startupmode=text ; mode
screentype=2 ; screenmode

; palette=0 4 1 5 2 6 3 7 8 c 9 d a e b f ; text mode color mapping
; palette=0 6 6 6 6 6 6 e 6 6 e e e e e e
; palette=0 2 2 2 2 2 2 a 2 2 a a a a a a
; palette=1 2 4 7 5 3 6 7 9 a c f d b e f

analyser=on
mvoltype=1
pattern=on
insttype=0
channeltype=1





[fileselector] ; default fileselector section
; files with these extensions will be scanned by the fileselector
; you might add 001 002 003 004 if you are a fan of imphobia
modextensions=MOD S3M XM IT MDL DMF ULT AMS MTM 669 NST WOW OKT PTM žM MXM MID WAV RMI MP1 MP2 MP3 SID DAT PLS M3U PLT
movepath= ; default path to move files
screentype=2
typecolors=on
editwin=on
writeinfo=on
scanmdz=on
scaninarcs=on
scanmodinfo=on
scanarchives=on
putarchives=on
playonce=on
randomplay=on
loop=on
path=.


;device configuration:
;[handle]
; link=... (internal) link drivers
; subtype=... subtype
; port=... primary port (hex)
; port2=... secondary port (hex)
; irq=... primary irq
; irq2=... secondary irq
; dma=... primary dma
; dma2=... secondary dma
; bypass=... bypass detect on/off
; keep=... when 1, keeps driver resident

[devpSB]
link=devpsb
sbrevstereo=off ; some sb pros reverse stereo...
; subtype: 1:sb 1.x, 2:sb 2.x, 3:sb pro, 4:sb16

[devpESS]
link=devpess

[devpEWS]
link=devpews
reverb=75 ; reverb amount
surround=10 ; v-space amount
; (the above do NOT work in a windows 95 DOS box,
; please adjust the mixer by yourself)

[devpWSS]
link=devpwss
wss64000=off ; 64khz playing
; subtype: 0:wss, 1:gus daughterboard, 2:gusmax

[devpGUS]
link=devpgus

[devpPAS]
link=devppas

[devpDisk]
link=devpdisk
diskManual=off ; press alt-s to start diskwriter if enabled

[devpMPx]
link=devpmpx
diskManual=off ; press alt-s to start diskwriter if enabled
layer=2 ; 1 or 2
mode=1 ; 0:stereo, 1:joint stereo, 2:dual channel, 3:mono
freq=44100 ; 32000,48000,44100
rate=112000 ; ampeg bitrate
model=2 ; psychoacoustic model: (1 or) 2
crc=off
extension=off
copyright=off
original=off
emphasis=0

[devpNone]
link=devpnone

[devsSB]
link=devssb
sbrevstereo=off ; some sb pros reverse stereo...

[devsGUS]
link=devsgus

[devsWSS]
link=devswss
wss64000=off ; 64khz sampling

[devsNone]
link=devsnone

[devwGUS]
link=devwgus
gusFastUpload=off
gusGUSTimer=on

[devwDGUS]
link=devwdgus
; port2=250 ;must specify secondary port
; subtype: 0:2d, 1:3d

[devwIW]
link=devwiw
iwIWTimer=off ; turn this on for Win9x bg playing
iwEffects=on ; uses some iw mem and channels
iwForceEffects=off ; 28 channels max.

[devwSB32]
link=devwsb32

[devwNone]
link=devwnone

[devwMix]
link=devwmix
mixResample=off
subtype=0
postprocs=
postprocadds=

[devwMixQ]
link=devwmix
subtype=1
mixResample=off
postprocs=
postprocadds=


; archiver configuration
; %% -> %
; %a -> archive path
; %n -> filename
; %d -> destination path

[arcZIP]
get=pkunzip %a %d %n
put=pkzip %a %n
delete=pkzip -d %a %n
deleteempty=on ; pkzip will not remove empty archives, this will delete
; all 22 byte archives.


[arcARJ]
get=arj e %a %d %n
put=arj a %a %n
delete=arj d %a %n
moveto=arj m %a %n

[arcRAR]
get=rar e -std %a %d %n
put=rar a -std %a %n

[arcLHA]
get=lha e %a %d %n

[arcACE]
get=ace32 e %a %n %d
scaninsolid=false ; scan in solid archives? (better no



[filetype 0]
color=1
name=MOD
interface=_plOpenCP
pllink=playxm
player=_xmpPlayer


[filetype 1]
color=4
name=MODd
interface=_plOpenCP
pllink=playxm
player=_xmpPlayer


[filetype 2]
color=4
name=MODt
interface=_plOpenCP
pllink=playxm
player=_xmpPlayer


[filetype 3]
color=4
name=M31
interface=_plOpenCP
pllink=playxm
player=_xmpPlayer


[filetype 6]
color=4
name=M15
interface=_plOpenCP
pllink=playxm
player=_xmpPlayer


[filetype 7]
color=4
name=M15t
interface=_plOpenCP
pllink=playxm
player=_xmpPlayer


[filetype 8]
color=4
name=WOW
interface=_plOpenCP
pllink=playxm
player=_xmpPlayer


[filetype 9]
color=2
name=S3M
interface=_plOpenCP
pllink=playgmd
player=_gmdPlayer
ldlink=loads3m
loader=mpLoadS3M_


[filetype 10]
color=3
name=XM
interface=_plOpenCP
pllink=playxm
player=_xmpPlayer


[filetype 11]
color=1
name=MTM
interface=_plOpenCP
pllink=playgmd
player=_gmdPlayer
ldlink=loadmtm
loader=mpLoadMTM_


[filetype 12]
color=2
name=669
interface=_plOpenCP
pllink=playgmd
player=_gmdPlayer
ldlink=load669
loader=mpLoad669_


[filetype 13]
color=5
name=ULT
interface=_plOpenCP
pllink=playgmd
player=_gmdPlayer
ldlink=loadult
loader=mpLoadULT_


[filetype 14]
color=6
name=DMF
interface=_plOpenCP
pllink=playgmd
player=_gmdPlayer
ldlink=loaddmf
loader=mpLoadDMF_


[filetype 15]
color=5
name=OKT
interface=_plOpenCP
pllink=playgmd
player=_gmdPlayer
ldlink=loadokt
loader=mpLoadOKT_


[filetype 16]
color=3
name=MID
interface=_plOpenCP
pllink=playgmi
player=_gmiPlayer


[filetype 17]
color=6
name=CDA
interface=_plOpenCP
pllink=playgmd
player=_cdaPlayer

[filetype 18]
color=4
name=MIDd
interface=_plOpenCP
pllink=playgmi
player=_gmiPlayer

[filetype 19]
color=2
name=PTM
interface=_plOpenCP
pllink=playgmd
player=_gmdPlayer
ldlink=loadptm
loader=mpLoadPTM_

[filetype 21]
color=6
name=MDL
interface=_plOpenCP
pllink=playgmd
player=_gmdPlayer
ldlink=loadmdl
loader=mpLoadMDL_

[filetype 22]
color=3
name=AMS
interface=_plOpenCP
pllink=playgmd
player=_gmdPlayer
ldlink=loadams
loader=mpLoadAMS_

[filetype 23]
color=2
name=INP
interface=_plOpenCP
pllink=playinp
player=_inpPlayer

[filetype 24]
color=6
name=DEVp
interface=_plrIntr

[filetype 25]
color=5
name=DEVs
interface=_smpIntr

[filetype 26]
color=3
name=DEVw
interface=_mcpIntr

[filetype 27]
color=5
name=IT
interface=_plOpenCP
pllink=playit
player=_itpPlayer

[filetype 28]
color=6
name=WAV
interface=_plOpenCP
pllink=playwav
player=_wavPlayer

[filetype 30]
color=6
name=MPx
interface=_plOpenCP
pllink=playmp
player=_ampegpPlayer

[filetype 31]
color=6
name=SID
interface=_plOpenCP
pllink=playsid
player=_sidPlayer

[filetype 32]
color=3
name=MXM
interface=_plOpenCP
pllink=playxm
player=_xmpPlayer

[filetype 33]
color=3
name=MODf
interface=_plOpenCP
pllink=playxm
player=_xmpPlayer




[filetype 128]
color=7
name=PLS
handler=_fsAddPLS

[filetype 129]
color=7
name=M3U
handler=_fsAddM3U

[parksie]

That looks okay, apart from:

playerdevices=devpWSS devpGUS devpEWS devpESS devpPAS devpSB devpNone devpDisk devpMPx

Try reordering them to put the one for your sound card first (ie, Sound Blaster is devpSB).

What sound card do you have?