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          This file announces the release of wavplay 1.3.

                       Warren W. Gay VE3WWG
             ve3wwg@vaxxine.com, www.tripod.com/~ve3wwg

		    GNU GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE
		       Version 2, June 1991

		        (See file COPYING)

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wavplay-1.3  completely  replaces wavplay-1.0 and its two patches.  This
release  has been  provided  as  an  interim  release,  with the patches
applied, some  small  fixes,  and small enhancements.  This release also
addresses a couple of small issues related to Linux kernel changes.

This software still has some bugs and limitations -- see file BUGS.


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WHAT'S NOT INCLUDED :
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Many of you have asked about compressed formats.  Support for this is to
be included in GnuWave.  However, GnuWave's development is going to be a
longer term project due to its complexities, and so I've so far resisted
putting that effort into wavplay at the present time.  So at the present
time, wavplay still does not address ADPCM wav files.


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CHANGES SINCE WAVPLAY 1.0 :
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See file NEW for a more complete description.  This release is primarily
a  bug  fix  release, but  does  include  a few small enhancements.


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WAVPLAY/WAVREC REQUIREMENTS :
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	- Probably any kernel released as 1.2.13 or later is a safe bet,
	  but real time support requires 2.x.x or later.
	- Requires appropriate and working sound drivers installed
	- GCC 2.7.2.3 was used for development and testing
	- C libraries (no g++ libraries required)

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XLTWAVPLAY *ADDITIONAL* REQUIREMENTS :
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	- Mouse
	- Working X Server
	- X based libraries (X, Xt etc.)
	- libXmu.so (unless you uncomment NO_EDITRES option in Makefile)
	- libXm.so (LessTif/or MOTIF)

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HISTORY :
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1.3	Bug fix release, includes 1.0 + 2 patches, and other small
	bug fixes. Added sched_setscheduler() call.

1.0	The  current release, which includes:

	wavplay				Improved
	recplay				Improved
	xltwavplay			MOTIF/LessTif client (new)

0.22	A modification release by Per Harald Myrvang (perm@bigfoot.com)

	In  this  release,  patched  a  few fixes to the problematic WAV
	header  code,  as  well as added options -Q, -i and -D for quiet
	mode, information display only mode, and debug modes.

0.21w1	A   modification   release   by   myself   of  Andre  Fuechsel's
	(af1@irz.inf.tu-dresden.de) work.

	For  the  most part, this release did not change the WAV aspects
	of  the  program,  but merely added semaphore locking facilities
	and made the  program  more shell friendly.  The executable name
	was changed from the original 'play' to 'wavplay'.

	Andre's  Xplay  was  dropped  from  this  release,  since it was
	available in his original work.

0.21	Andre Fuechsel (af1@irz.inf.tu-dresden.de)

	Apparently  a bug fix release for Xplay.  This appears to be the
	first public release.

0.2	Andre Fuechsel (af1@irz.inf.tu-dresden.de)

	According  to  Andre's  README, it was "(not announced)".  Andre
	also notes that:

	"Some  code  comes  from  the  recplay.c written by Liam Corner,
	posted in the 'Audio Utilities for Linux 2.0' - Package."

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WAVPLAY USAGE :
------------------------------------------------------------------------

Usage:	wavplay [options] [files...]

Options:
	-h	This info (or use --help)
	-q	Quiet mode (no messages)
	-s rate	Sampling rate
	-S	Stereo (undoes -M)
	-M	Mono (undoes -S)
	-b bits	Set number of bits (8/16)
	-k key	Set IPC Key for lock
	-R	Remove and recreate semaphore locks.
	-l	Lock for play.
	-u	Unlock for play.
	-L	Lock for record.
	-U	Unlock for record.
	-i	Display info about wav file(s) only

	-V	Display version and Copyright info (or use --version)

WAV parameters are normally taken from the input file(s),
but command line options can override them if required.

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WAVREC USAGE :
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Usage:	wavrec [options] output_file

Options:
	-h	This info (or use --help)
	-q	Quiet mode (no messages)
	-s rate	Sampling rate
	-S	Stereo (undoes -M)
	-M	Mono (undoes -S)
	-t secs	Set time limit
	-b bits	Set number of bits (8/16)
	-k key	Set IPC Key for lock
	-R	Remove and recreate semaphore locks.
	-l	Lock for play.
	-u	Unlock for play.
	-L	Lock for record.
	-U	Unlock for record.

	-V	Display version and Copyright info (or use --version)

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XLTWAVPLAY USAGE :
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	xltwavplay &


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INSTALLATION :
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See the included file INSTALL for details about installation.

End of README.
