Short: CyberSound driver for file output
Author: Patrik Axelsson
Uploader: patrik.bo@gmail.com
Type: mus/misc
Architecture: m68k-amigaos >= 2.0.0
Version: 1.1
URL: https://github.com/patrikaxelsson/file.driver
Replaces: mus/misc/file.driver.lha

A CyberSound sound driver which writes the audio stream as 16-bit PCM to a
file.

Created to be able to redirect output of GMPlay to PIPE:.


References:

- CyberSound: http://aminet.net/package/disk/cdrom/14Bit_CDPlayer
- GMPlay:     http://aminet.net/package/mus/midi/GMPlay13     


Installation:

Copy file.driver to DEVS:SoundDrivers/ or GMPlay/SoundDrivers/.


Examples:

> GMPlay MIDI-Files/Swamp_Thing.MID OUTPUT=file FREQUENCY=22050
> Play16 T:tune.pcm RAW BITS=16 TRACKS=2 FREQ=22050

> version FULL AUDIO:
AHI-Handler 4.2 (1997-04-09)
> SetEnv CyberSound/SoundDrivers/file_Destination AUDIO:TYPE/SIGNED/BITS/16/CHANNELS/2/FREQUENCY/22050
> GMPlay MIDI-Files/Swamp_Thing.MID OUTPUT=file FREQUENCY=22050

> SetEnv CyberSound/SoundDrivers/file_Destination PIPE:stream.pcm 
> Run GMPlay MIDI-Files/Swamp_Thing.MID OUTPUT=file FREQUENCY=22050
> <insert PIPE:-compatible cmdline player> PIPE:stream.pcm FREQUENCY=22050


History:

1.1 (2023-11-22):
 - Changed default destination to be less confusing
 - More examples
 - More efficient

1.0 (2023-11-01):
 - Initial release