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OS/2 - eComStation News - January, 2006
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January 2006: Page 1 Page 2 Page 3 Page 4
2005: August September October November December
SW: WarpVision 1.0 RC1 Has Been Released
SW:
SW: USB "configurator" beta4 available
Event: The 2006 International Rexx Symposium
SW: SoundMax+VT823x+Uniaud= :-)
SW: Internet Application Integration package
SW: NLS language files for ClipView 3.1
SW: PM123 version 1.31_RC1 Has Been Released
SW: Maul Publisher for OS/2 V3.05
SW:Request for help to create codepages
SW: Papyrus for OS/2 in English
SW: ScummVM v0.8.1 released
SW: ISOFS 1.0.2
| SW: WarpVision 1.0 RC1 Has Been Released |
2006-01-24
++ From the VOICE OS/2-eCS News Service http://www.os2voice.org ++
From: "Sander Nyman"
WarpVision 1.0 Release Candidate 1 has been released, and is available at:
ftp://ftp.netlabs.org/pub/wvgui/wvgui1.0rc1.zip
The latest Windows codecs (Odin required), dated 1/10/2005, are here:
ftp://ftp.netlabs.org/pub/wvgui/wincodecs/wincodecs_new.zip
Be sure to read the READ.ME file for wincodecs. DO NOT PLACE THESE
FILES IN YOUR WARPVISION DIRECTORY.
To participate in the WarpVision discussion forum:
http://news.gmane.org/gmane.org.netlabs.warpvision.general
[Moderator's note: Please note this is a release candidate and not a
final release. If you try it, it is best to install it in a new
directory and not over a previous release. And this release requires
the GA release of LIBC06.DLL from
ftp://ftp.netlabs.org/pub/gcc/libc-0.6.0-ga2.zip . If you have
comments, problems or want to report successes please post to the
support forum listed above. To create a log file to help debug any
problems start the program: "video2.exe > std.log".
The changelog in the the \doc\wvgui.inf shows the following:
PLEASE! Remove VIDEO2.INI first!
22.01.2006
- Fixed wrong colors in MJPEG, MOV (RLE and rpza) etc codecs
- Added snapshot to TV tuner
- Added support of addition keys on Logitech keyboards (Media/Play
Pause/Mute/Volume)
- Added volume changing for all 6 channels in UNIAUD plugin via volume
slider
- New postprocessing added. Now works as filtes chain
- Matroshka support added
- Native Indeo2 codec added
- TV IN pause added
- WMV3/9 now works with DIVE and support OSD/subtitles, snapshots etc
- Added selection of prefer audio codec for DVDs
- Added experimental code for avoid stop playing due broken frames
- Added recording code (not turned on yet)
- Redesigned TVSHOW lib for hardware scaling support (needed for
recording)
- TVIN scaled to 352x288. Reduces cpu load at least twice. No need of
deinterlaicer. Ready for recording
- Fixed MOV with MP4A audio codecs (was jerky sound/sync)
- Fixed handling of large files (>2Gb)
- Fixed crash after stops TVIN when no uniaud installed
- Fixed ULTIMotion colors
- Fixed few seconds pause when stopping tvin or closing while tvin
works
- Fixed non starting second copy
- Added native QDM2 audio codec support (uses in QT)
- Fixed lost subtitles and subtitles parts (by KO Myung-Hun)
- Fixed CDDA
- Added WAVE audio output plugin.
- Added support for loading Video Output plugins
- Added H.263 video codec (known in mobile phones video recording as
3gp)
- Added AMR audio support (not finished yet)
- Added native COOK codec instead of WIN32
- Fixed HDV (MPEG TS) support
- Implemented SNAP and DIVE video out plugins. WO plugin in progress ]
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| SW: |
2006-01-24
++ From the VOICE OS/2-eCS News Service http://www.os2voice.org ++
From: "Sander Nyman"<2sanderDESPAM@DESPAMsbcglobal.net>
Uniaud (Universal Audio driver based on ALSA project) 1.1.4 Release
Candidate 1 has been released, and is available here:
ftp://ftp.netlabs.org/pub/uniaud/uniaud114rc1.zip
Note: This is NOT a full release. It requires the full version be
installed first, and these files copied over as an update. The full
(old) version is available here:
ftp://ftp.os2.kiev.ua/uniaud/uniaud20040122.zip
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| SW: USB "configurator" beta4 available |
2006-01-24
++ From the VOICE OS/2-eCS News Service http://www.os2voice.org ++
From: Peter Brown
This application is designed to help (re)configure USB drivers and
devices. It is not designed to install USB drivers, the drivers must
already be installed - it should help sort out driver parameters so
the drivers become useful though :-)
Please read the Readme.txt file included in the package before
attempting to install and use the application.
http://hobbes.nmsu.edu/pub/incoming/USBcfgb4.zip
Or later
http://hobbes.nmsu.edu/pub/os2/system/usbcfgb4.zip
Changes to beta3 are:-
Now checks screen resolution and sizes accordingly when started for
the first time. Resizes if the system is switched to 800*600 or lower;
also repositions app centre screen if the app was closed partially off
screen.
As a result of the above "vga compatability" the app has some visual
changes including new pages to put the changes onto - System, Devices
and Communications now have 2 pages, the Drives page has changed to 2
pages, CD/DVD and Other Drives.
Backups are now made with the filename config.nnn where nnn is a
sequential value between 001 to 999 inc. The higher value the filename
extension the more recent the backup is. If you ever generate
config.999 then the next attempt to create a backup will fail and a
message will be displayed bringing this large number of backups to
your attention...
Checks existing config.sys file for non-standard/default USB Device
Driver locations and stores the relevent details preventing USBcfg
from resetting Device driver paths to the standard/Default locations
when writing a new config.sys file.
Note: Does not hunt through the system for any driver files in
non-default locations but if the driver is already in the config.sys
file that location is used.
Checks for Drivers when a new Device is selected (user checks a
previously unchecked device driver checkbox), Displays a message if
the Driver is not in a Standard directory/Default directory (for most
devices [bootdrive]:\os2\boot) and will not be able to configure the
Device.
The Undo button is still "Global" - undo ALL changes; but it should
work a bit quicker now.
"Local" Undo allowing changes made to be undone by clicking the same
checkbox again now works.
Now searches \os2\boot and the system path for hcimonit.exe
(hcimonit.exe is supplied with the IBM USB Base Driver package).
Updated the Other Drives page, Removables options to include the 2 new
parameters, /CHS and /MS10_OFF, included in the USBMSD.ADD update,
Build 10.162
Added the gphoto2 usb driver, gph2usb.sys, to the application on
Devices, Page 2 of 2
*** Removed the Scanner from Devices, Page 2 of 2 - the driver
involved, USBSCAN.SYS, is no longer required with current builds of
sane (from http://smedley.info/sane.html)
Disabled the Ethernet configuration options. This device should be
installed and configured using MPTS, the details are shown for
completeness of information with the option to Add/Remove the Verbose
parameter being the only active option if the Ethernet driver is
already installed and in use.
Hope the above is of use.
Regards
Pete
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| Event: The 2006 International Rexx Symposium |
2006-01-24
++ From the VOICE OS/2-eCS News Service http://www.os2voice.org ++
From: mckinnisDESPAM@DESPAMsandia.net
The 2006 International Rexx Symposium
10 - 13 April 2006
Austin, Texas, USA
The 2006 International Rexx Symposium will return to sunny Austin,
Texas, USA for the first time in a decade! To accomodate the large
number of presentations offered, the seventeenth annual Rexx Symposium
has again been extended to four days. The program agenda represents
the best of an overwhelming number of quality presentations offered by
the best Rexx practitioners in the world. As usual, the Sunday before
the Symposium will feature free tutorials and a welcome reception.
The Symposium is the only technical conference dedicated to the Rexx
family of programming languages, drawing speakers and attendees from
around the world. It is the best place to learn valuable Rexx
programming techniques, keep up with the latest developments in the
Rexx community, and confer with your colleagues, many of whom are
luminaries in the field. The Program will feature a wide variety of
presentations ranging from tutorial introduction to real-world
practical applications, to research papers describing techniques and
features you will be using in the future.
For more information, visit http://www.rexxla.org/
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| SW: SoundMax+VT823x+Uniaud= :-) |
2006-01-24
++ From the VOICE OS/2-eCS News Service http://www.os2voice.org ++
From: "Sander Nyman"<2sanderdDESPAM@DESPAMsbcglobal.net>
If you are the proud owner of an ASUS (or any other) AMD Athlon64
motherboard based on the VIA chipset, here is some GREAT news
regarding yesterdays anouncement of the Uniaud (Universal Audio driver
based on the ALSA project) 1.1.4 Release Candidate 1 driver.
Previously, the only choice for OS/2 & eCS users with the VIA VT823x +
Soundmax AD1980 (or AD1981) chipset combination that ASUS, and some
other motherboard makers have been using was the Uniaud driver, which
yielded poor to very poor sound quality results for that hardware
(note that the Soundmax drivers on Hobbes are only for the Intel +
Soundmax chipset combination). The GREAT news is that the new Uniaud
1.1.4 RC1 drivers are nothing short of an enormous improvement. Sound
quality is EXCELLENT.
If you have this hardware, and you have been getting by with either no
sound, or poor sound quality, and were waiting for the Uniaud final
release, I can whole heartedly recommend that you do your ears a
favor, and upgrade to RC1 *NOW*.
Again, as I previously stated, RC1 is NOT a full release. You will
first need to install the full (old) version:
ftp://ftp.os2.kiev.ua/uniaud/uniaud20040122.zip
Then grab the new release at Netlabs:
ftp://ftp.netlabs.org/pub/uniaud/uniaud114rc1.zip
And finally, copy the new files over the old files.
Also, I failed to mention yesterday that there is a newsgroup
available for the Uniaud project at:
http://news.gmane.org/gmane.org.netlabs.uniaud.general
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| SW: Internet Application Integration package |
2006-01-24
++ From the VOICE OS/2-eCS News Service http://www.os2voice.org ++
From: madodelDESPAM@DESPAMptd.net
Chuck McKinnis has a utility to configure Internet applications to
allow them to link to one-another. This is particularly useful for
launching FireFox from a link in Thunderbird. Doesn't seem to work
the other way for me though (FireFox email link to Thunderbird). It
can also install Rich Walsh's Run! package which "sets the current
drive, directory, and BeginLibPath to the directory containing the .exe"
http://7cities.net/~mckinnis/os2/index.html
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| SW: NLS language files for ClipView 3.1 |
2006-01-25
++ From the VOICE OS/2-eCS News Service http://www.os2voice.org ++
From: "Dave Saville"
I am pleased to announce that the following language files are
available for ClipView 3.1
German
French
Swedish
Dutch is being worked on.
Please note that these will *only* be available from my site. (So I
can track downloads - Hobbes does not count them :-( )
http://www.deezee.org/clipview.html
Enjoy
--
Regards
Dave Saville
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| SW: PM123 version 1.31_RC1 Has Been Released |
2006-01-29
From: Sander Nyman<2sanderDESPAM@DESPAMsbcglobal.net>
PM123 version 1.31 Release Candidate 1 has been released, and is
available at:
ftp://ftp.ptv.ru/pub/glass/pm123/pm123-1_31_rc_1.zip
PM123 is an excellent open source PM based digital audio player for OS/2.
It plays MP3s, WAV-files and audio CDs. PM123 supports skins, audio
streaming, plugins, visualization and more!
Originally developed by Samuel Audet, it is being maintained by Dmitry
Steklenev.
You can find more information on PM123 here:
http://sektori.com/pm123/index.php
New since version 1.30:
- Improved some remote control commands.
- Selected files now can be removed from the playlist and deleted
from disk.
- Fixed addition of the new playlist to the current playlist.
- The information about supported types of files delivered by the
decoders is used now by PM123.
- All open/save dialogs have correct list of file types.
- File names with multiple dots (e.g. "test.now.mp3") are now
included in the open/save file dialog list.
- PM123 PDK is included to main program distribution.
- PM123's manual is converted to OS/2 native format.
- Help system is implemented.
- PM123 accepts directory as commandline parameter.
- Player window now can be moved by left click-dragging.
- Integrated last source codes of the Generalised Bitmap Module.
- The playlist manager now remembers the font and colors dropped on
it from the font and color palette.
- It's now possible to stop use of the playlist after beginning it's
use.
- Duplicate items will not be added to the lists of recent files.
- Playing of a file does not stop if this file is removed from the
playlist and the player is not in a mode of use of this playlist.
- The playlist window doesn't close when using alt-f4 to close the
ID3 tag editor.
- The name of the loaded playlist file is displayed in the title of
the playlist window.
- Added ID3 tag charset conversion.
CDDAPLAY:
- The FreeDB online search now can be turned off.
- GUI is not freezed while getting the servers-list.
- If the CD disk is not found in the FreeDB, this negative hit is
cached up at restart of the program.
- Settings of the module do not resetting as a result of
reinstallation of the program.
ANALYZER:
- Fixed the minimal value of update frequency and percent of spectrum
display. Zero values caused crash of the program.
- The spectrum analyzer uses new FFT library and works more accurately.
- Added the new display mode with thick bars and using a logarithmic
scale of frequencies.
MPG123:
- The MP3 decoder does not stop at playing some broken files.
REALEQ:
- New presets are used immediately after loading an equalizer from a
file.
- If the "zero" has been pressed then the current preset will not be
loaded after restart of the program.
Regards,
Sander Nyman
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| SW: Maul Publisher for OS/2 V3.05 |
2006-01-29
From: "Peter Koller"
Maul Publisher is an industrial strength desktop publisher capable of
creating virtually all of the printing seen on everyday household items.
You can use it to easily lay out newspapers, cards, books, labels,
stamps, posters, charts, forms, and even designs like building plans or
furniture arrangements.
Version V3.05 is now available:-
Improved load and scan options for object wizard.
New Global option - save startup size and position.
Twain enabled tables handler.
Installer clears readonly attributes from archives.
Fixed 12hr (am/pm) clock.
Added ability to justify text on a path.
Changed the behaviour of locked bitmaps to make them useable as dropshadows.
New rectangle scale method in frame handler allows orthogonal scaling.
Improved orthogonal frame scaling, and made it the default.
Right click on the dropshadow text button to get the dropshadow dialog.
New figure shading fill mode.
Right click on rounded rect button to edit selected rounded rectangle
corners.
New 3d effect border mode.
Changed object painting order to better accomodate 3d effect borders.
Improvements to the way codepages are handled fixes many spellcheck
problems.
To upgrade Maul:-
Download maulebin305.zip, and either maulelen305.zip or maulelde305.zip
or both, depending on the language(s) you want.
Try
http://www.manglais.com/download.php
or later
http://hobbes.nmsu.edu/cgi-bin/h-search?key=maule
Unzip all the files in the .\maul\install directory where maul was
installed and run the installer. You need to install the binary executive
and library files, as well as the appropriate language packs. It is safe
to install later versions of Maul V3.xx over earlier ones.
Please take the trouble to report any bugs that you may find!
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| SW:Request for help to create codepages |
2006-01-29
From: Peter Koller
Maul Publisher is an industrial strength desktop publisher capable of
creating virtually all of the printing seen on everyday household items.
You can use it to easily lay out newspapers, cards, books, labels,
stamps, posters, charts, forms, and even designs like building plans or
furniture arrangements.
Maul Publisher codepages
In order to correctly support the large number of codepages available in
OS/2, Maul Publisher needs to have some basic codepage information.
Unfortunately, the system does not provide sufficient detail to allow
Maul to directly filter words for spell checking and case conversion.
Hence you will find a series of codepages listed at this location:-
http://www.manglais.com/cpg/index.html
Hopefully, these codepages will also be useful for other application
developers who may want use them for case conversion and character
recognition.
If you wish to help to create codepages, please download the most
appropriate similar codepage from those available and modify it as
required. You will need to find a copy of the booklet "IBM OS/2 Warp4
Keyboards and Code Pages". This was provided with original versions of
both Warp3 and Warp4. If you haven't got it, try
http://hobbes.nmsu.edu/pub/os2/dev/info/codepages.zip
When you have created a new codepage, please send it to me,
Peter Koller
Thank you very much for your help!
Yours,
Peter
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| SW: Papyrus for OS/2 in English |
2006-01-29
From: 75640_1417DESPAM@DESPAMbellsouth.net
Responding to my inquiry about a Papyrus version for OS/2 in English,
Ulli Ramps wrote:
"There will be a version, for 90% - but first, we will finish version
12, so that the new version for os/2 will be based on the version 12 code."
The reference to "90%" is confusing, but the message is clear: Papyrus
is coming. [version 11 is offered now].
John Macey
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| SW: ScummVM v0.8.1 released |
2006-01-30
From: "Paul Smedley"
ScummVM is a program which allows you to run certain classic graphical
point-and-click adventure games, provided you already have their data
files. The clever part about this: ScummVM just replaces the executables
shipped with the game, allowing you to play them on systems for which
they were never designed!=20
ScummVM lets you run these adventures: Adventure Soft's Simon the
Sorcerer 1 and 2; Revolution's Beneath A Steel Sky, Broken Sword 1 and
Broken Sword 2; Flight of the Amazon Queen; Wyrmkeep's Inherit the
Earth; Coktel Vision's Gobliiins and games based on LucasArts' SCUMM
(Script Creation Utility for Maniac Mansion) system. SCUMM is used for
many games, including Monkey Island, Day of the Tentacle, Sam and Max
and more. Compatibility with supported games is continually improving,
so check back often.=20
Among the systems on which you can play those games are Windows, Linux,
Mac OS X, Dreamcast, PocketPC, PalmOS, AmigaOS, BeOS, OS/2, PSP, PS2,
SymbianOS/EPOC and many more...=20
The OS/2 & eComStation build of ScummVM 0.8.1 is available from the
ScummVM website at http://www.scummvm.org/
A list of changed in 0.8.1 is at
http://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?release_id=3D388756
The download page is http://www.scummvm.org/downloads.php
Enjoy!
Paul Smedley
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| SW: ISOFS 1.0.2 |
2006-01-31
++ From the VOICE OS/2-eCS News Service http://www.os2voice.org ++
From: Paul Ratcliffe
ISOFS V1.0.2 has been released. This update means it is now capable of
reading from ISO files which are bigger than 2GB.
http://home.clara.net/orac/os2.htm#isofs
ISOFS is an installable filesystem for OS/2 for seamless read only
access to the contents of ISO image files, as suitable for burning on
CD, or as extracted from CD.
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