Hyperradio js OXP
OVERVIEW
I've often missed some background music while playing Oolite. Yes, it was possible to use other software
for this (like Winamp, iTunes,...), but that's not the way it should be. Oolite was a little bit 'incomplete'.
That was yesterday.
HANDLING
Just place your soundfiles (.ogg or .wav) in the OXPs Sounds-folder.<br\> Open descriptions.plist in the Config-folder (you can use a simple text-editor) and add your filenames to the array.
Example:
<key>hyperradio_songlist</key>
<array>
<string>example.ogg</string>
<string>my_first_sound.ogg</string>
<string>my_second_sound.ogg</string>
<string>My_first_music.ogg</string>
<string>my_second_music.ogg</string>
</array>
Save your additions. That's it. Totaly easy.
Step to the game. Buy the Hyperradio, launch from the station and press F7 (SYSTEM_DATA_SCREEN)
and step back to the cockpit view (F1). When the song is over... F7, back to F1,...
!!!! Because of the handling of variables in Java-Script don't use filenames with a leading zero or other numerics.
Example:
01.ogg -> interpreted as 1 (without 0 and .ogg) does not work a0.ogg -> interpreted as a0.ogg works So the best would be to use a syntax like: artist-songname.ogg Tchaikovsky-Swan_Lake_Act_II_Scene_Moderato.ogg Leon_Willett-Dreamfall.ogg
DOWNLOAD
There are 2 different version available:
Don't use them together, because they are using the same namespaces and variables.
Hyperradio_js_1_02.zip (406 KB)
This version runs ONLY under Oolite v1.70!
It uses Java-Script and has some functionallity that can't be done with the old legacy scripting method.
Hyperradio_legacy_1_00.zip (405 KB)
This version runs on Oolite v1.65 - v1.70.
TESTED FORMATS
This is a list of all formats that have been tested for the Hyperradio. Working formats are marked with YES, not working formats as no.
Please help to fill in the Mac- and Linux-Part.
| Format | Header | WIN | MAC | LINUX |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| raw | headerless A-Law | no | ||
| raw | headerless U-Law | no | ||
| raw | headerless 16Bit DWVW | no | ||
| raw | headerless 24Bit DWVW | no | ||
| raw | Signed 16Bit PCM | no | ||
| raw | Signed 24Bit PCM | no | ||
| raw | Signed 32Bit PCM | no | ||
| raw | 32Bit Float | no | ||
| raw | 64Bit Float | no | ||
| wav | MS Signed 16Bit PCM | YES | ||
| wav | MS ADPCM | YES | ||
| wav | MS IMA ADPCM | YES | ||
| wav | MS 32Bit Float | no | ||
| wav | MS 64Bit Float | no | ||
| wav | MS U-Law | no | ||
| wav | MS A-Law | no | ||
| wav | MS Signed 24Bit PCM | no | ||
| wav | MS Signed 32Bit PCM | no | ||
| wav | MS 32kbs G721 ADPCM | no | ||
| wav | MS GSM 6.10 | no | ||
| wav | NIST A-Law | no | ||
| wav | NIST U-Law | no | ||
| wav | NIST Signed 16Bit PCM | no | ||
| wav | NIST Signed 24Bit PCM | no | ||
| wav | NIST Signed 32Bit PCM | no | ||
| ogg | Ogg-vorbis | YES | ||
| flac | 16Bit L5 | no | ||
| flac | 24Bit L5 | no |
NOTES
Using IN_GAME_MUSIC is a special thing. Currently it is possible to use the Ogg-Vorbis (.ogg) and Wave (.wav) -format. This file should not contain more than two channels, because Oolite does not support any surround-audio-files. It seems that Oolite reduces these files to stereo. And various kbps are handled by using a average kbps-rate.
Creating background music:
The background music max db should be between -12 and -8 db, because a lot of players are using customsound-OXPs and the player should hear if something happens. And the new functionallity of Oolite will cause that more and more OXPs will use their own sounds. That means that sounds (like laser fire) should be between -6 and -3 db at a max. Higher values can result in digital clipping, but if you are familiar with mastering you can use higher values, but better not.
