93/06/22

             History file for SmartPlay v3.1 by Xtreme Intelligence
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  The whole philosophy behind this program has changed  quite  a bit since
  the first versions of SmartPlay. The 1.0 version (6KB) released 92/10/03
  was a plain ST/NT/PT player, without any real userinterface. Since then,
  SmartPlay  has  been  totally re-written at least two times, got a quite
  advanced & configurable userinterface, and  many unique options has been
  invented. All suggestions  from  the  BETA  testers  and other users has
  made SmartPlay a quite small & powerful moduleplayer for the Amiga..


VERSION 3.1 - Rel. 930622:
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        Program size:  35512 bytes > 7096+
         Source size: 134057 bytes > 27158+

  Since Last release: 90 days of hard(!) work..

- The outlook & userinterface is  once  again  really improved, and is now
  more logical to use. Unused functionbuttons will now be properly shaded.

- The Configuration window got  more  options, and a new outlook. Both the 
  ProgramList editor,  and  the  Configuration  windows  are  now  running 
  independently from the mainprogram.

- Small WorkBench support added. SmartPlay will not crash when loaded from
  WB anymore, and  will  handle  the WB messages properly. No tooltypes or
  stuff like that implemented yet (coming in v3.2).

- RandomPlay, DoubleBuffer and Fader modes added.

- A listwindow  containing  the  names of the samples were added on public
  demand. It is now accessible from the gadget containing the names of the
  modules, author, type etc. on the mainwindow.

- XPK support implemented, and the PowerPacker decruncher does now use the
  xpkmaster.library too.

- The fastmemory replaylibrary "SPlay_FAST.library" is now really improved
  and supports all CIA speed, and jump commands. All !PM! modules are also
  supported trough the new  fastlibrary. The  modules  are now loaded into
  fastmemory in the same way as to chipmemory,  loading  &  allocating the
  samples one by one into memory. The player will not need the 260KB chip-
  buffers for all  modules  played  trough  fastmemory anymore, so the new
  "Chip Save" mode should be quite useful even for daily use.

- (Octa)MED(Pro) MMD0/1 4c and IFF-SMUS files are now supported trough the
  two new replaylibraries, SPlay_OMED.library & SPlay_SMUS.library.

- Useful Auto-Flush mode added for the SPlay_xxxx. replaylibraries. If the 
  "Flush SPlay_Libs" Flag is set in the configuration, all  used libraries
  will be detached from the system, and all memory will be freed on exit.

- The Volume and Balance knobs  are  now  really  working in Realtime. The
  volume is now more logarithmic, and will  fade  the samples regarding to
  the default volume of the used sample. This makes the Volume gadget more
  useful as the  music  now  will sound the same, not loosing any samples,
  when set at low volume.

- The .PRG programfiles can now be  loaded  from the PLAY button as normal
  modules. This makes it easy to  create  programs containing modules from
  different paths, and get fast access to them right from  the mainwindow.
  Several  programfiles  may  be  linked  together  by  inserting  another
  programfile as the last entry in a program.

- A position indicator, showing the amount of played positions added.

- PS=PUBSCREEN/K argument added to commandline.

- Improved windowposition handling.

- ST/NT/PT SONG files will now be properly loaded. The ST15 inst. identify
  routine fixed.

- Minor bug in the ProTracker/NoiseTracker identify routine fixed.

- Errors on first module will now continue program properly if requested.

- Annoying bug with the modulelist scrollbar (290+ modules in one program)
  fixed.

- The  modulename  &  author information  should  not  disappear at random
  intervals anymore.

- The old ForceFilter option is now replaced by an automatic routine.

- End-Of-Module detection improved.

- Module/Author/Played/Type cyclegadget text updateroutine fixed.

- Borders will not disappear anymore at ZoomUp using the ZOOM gadget.

- Only the first gadget will be executed if there are multiple gadgets
  pressed before SmartPlay is ready to execute them all.

- ST/NT modules used to end up looping the first pattern - fixed.

- Fixed some bugs in the !PM! PowerMusic decoding.

- Memory handling improved.

- CIA interrupts will now set all bits correctly on startup.

- Some replaylibraries got more/new volume/position functions.

- The L+R mousebutton stop/next function improved

- Removed the crap-text typed in the CLI window on startup.

- "Old Config found.." requester improved.

- Many other bugs, and  bad Enforcer hits removed. This version should run
  much more stable than the previous ones.

- Phew..


VERSION 3.0 - Rel. 930316:
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        Program size:  28416 bytes > 6216+
         Source size: 106899 bytes > 24463+

  Since Last release: 41 days of hard(?) work..

- As SmartPlay  once  again  got  radically  modified,  the version number
  changed to 3.0.  The userinterface is  really  improved, and you may now
  select your modules right out of the programlist just by clicking on the
  mainwindow! A small listgadget was added for this purpose, and the other
  buttons where somewhat shuffled around. All proportional gadgets, as the
  volume and balance knobs, are now updated in realtime.  This should make
  them even more comfortable to use..

- SmartPlay also got a FASTMEMORY replayer for ST/NT/PT modules, so you'll 
  now be able to play  REALLY  big  modules  on your 512K chip Amiga. This
  option is not fully tested yet, but works fine on a normal 7.09Mhz A500,
  without any loss of performance on highspeed serial transfers and normal
  multitasking. Read more in the DOC file about this nice option..
 
- SmartPlay will now properly allocate the AudioChannels,  so there should
  be _no_ problems with other programs alert-sounds. The channels are only
  allocated as long as SmartPlay is playing a module, so all  channels are
  deallocated again when you STOP or PAUSE your module. The REPEAT PROGRAM
  option in the configuration was replaced by a more useful ALLOC CHANNELS
  ON/OFF switch.

- The EXTRACT command  for  the  LhA  is now configurable form the config-
  window. For LZ and LhA, the line "-N e >NIL:" should work just fine, but
  if you are using the new LhA standard, the -q option can be used instead
  of the -N and >NIL: commands. (If you have enough memory, a -b400 option
  added to this string will make the I/O buffer big enough for big modules
  too..! You can add any LhA supported option to this string..)

- More -lhx- standards supported.

- The height of the ReqTools filerequesters will now be the default height
  defined in the ReqTools preferences. The  ReqTools  prefs program is now
  also included in the SmartPlay archive.

- All error-requesters will now be centered on the SmartPlay window.

- Some problems with the proportional gadgets, using  big  ScreenFontSizes
  removed.

- The SidMon1.0, SidMon II, BPSoundMon, SoundFX v1.3, PowerMusic, Promizer
  v1.8, and old  SoundTracker  15instrument  formats  added. ST/NT/PT SONG
  files are now supported too.

- The  smartreplay.library  is  now  obsolete, as smartplay now uses small 
  Splay_xxx.libraries instead of one big lib containing all the replayers.

- A bunch of other small bugs & problems fixed.


VERSION 2.1 - Rel. 930203:
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        Program size: 22200 bytes > 5020+
         Source size: 82436 bytes > 17244+

  Since Last release: 62 days of hard(?) work..

- In this version some new features was added, and some bugs from the  2.0
  version was removed. The problems while loading some Med&Octamed modules
  is now removed.

- Digital Sound Studio (MMU0) modules now supported trough the SmartRePlay
  library (lib.version 2.0). A bug in the FutureComposer replayer fixed as
  well.

- LhA packed modules now supported.  A minor problem with some PowerPacked
  modules removed.

- The CD-Interface got a new outlook. The CHIP-Mem usage was also reduced,
  when the images where reorganized.

- The configuration  menu  was  replaced with a configuration window. Some
  new options added to the configuration.

- Balance and Volume gadgets added to the Main-Window.  The values will be
  stored in the configuration file.

- Both the Configuration, and the Program List windows  will now be opened
  at the same position of the screen as the Main-Window.

- Zoom code fixed. In the 2.0 version, the CD-Interface window didn't grow
  enough, if it was un-zoomed at a bad position of the screen.

- Some problems with really big screenfontsizes removed.

- The next/prev SongPosition buttons on the interface window is now unused
  when playing other than normal ST/NT/PT modules.

- An annoying bug was removed, which caused SmartPlay to crash if there was
  no ReqTools.Library available. (Thanx to Sheikh for reporting this bug).


VERSION 2.0 - Rel. 921203:
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        Archive size: 54690 bytes
	Program size: 17180 bytes
         Source size: 65192 bytes

- The 2.0 version was a major update of the SmartPlay program.  Now Smart-
  Play features a nice CD-Style userinterface,  and a easy-to-use program-
  list editor. As the code was completely re-written, there was some funny
  small bugs in this version.


VERSIONS 1.0-1.5a Rel. 921003-921110:
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- These old versions from v1.0 (Program size 6364 bytes:) to 1.5a was only
  designed to play ST/NT/PT modules,  without any windows or programlists. 
  The versions between 1.5 and 2.0 was  skipped,  when the program was re-
  written from  scratch.  The bugfixes etc. of these previous versions are
  not included in this history file anymore.


                                               - Xtreme Intelligence 1993

