[M4IF Technotes] osmose player capabilities

[Jean-Claude Dufourd]

Hi Jim,
It is amazing how fast even unannounced releases are spreading...
Jim Bowen wrote:
> Does anyone know if the osmose player is capable of playing .mp3 audio 
> files?

Yes, it does. An MP3 decoder is included in the complete install.
It is only of medium quality: on some machines, it does not work.
> I tried to write a bifs file that would make a scene with a 
> single audio object (very similar to the one found at 
> http://www.comelec.enst.fr/~dufourd), and I created an nhnt file (which 
> looks to me to be correct), but kept getting a message saying "unknown 
> decoder type".

The kangaroo and karate files on the osmose page are using mp3 audio.
> Does this player only support AAC audio files?

This player supports everything ;-), but we do not release the AAC 
decoder as executable. The AAC decoder can be built from source code 
distributed by the FAAD open source project.
Best regards
JC
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