Can this oggplay cli program be compiled... (not needed!)

[pakt]

I'm considering what applications we should have in a special version of Puppy for low-powered machines like the MicroClientJr. Some apps like Gxine are just too resource hungry to be included.

However, I noticed that Puppy uses Gxine to play .ogg files. For other formats we have simple cli apps like 'madplay' (.mp3), 'wavplay' (.wav) and 'aplay' (.au) (even if I can't get that to work on the MCjr).

So I looked around on the net and found this cli program 'oggplay.c': http://mirrors.techiesabode.com/linuxga ... huveb.html
It uses the libvorbisfile library which Puppy already has.

Could this program be compiled to work in Puppy?
Paul

[GuestToo]

how about Xiph's own ogg123?
http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?t=13067

[pakt]

That's a winner, G2!

I'm playing the Shadows 'Wonderful_land.ogg' on the MCjr right now with the earphone jack connected to my stereo - WOW!

Thanks for providing this little jewel!
Paul

[Braden]

Just the record, the answer to your original question is yes; it compiled on my relatively-stock (only added OpenSSH and Zlib) 2.12 install.

The command is

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gcc oggplay.c -oggplay -lvorbisfile -I/usr/include/vorbis -L/usr/lib

[pakt]

Thanks for that Braden. Just out of curiosity, how big was the binary?
The ogg123 binary is 24228 bytes.

Paul

[Braden]

It's 8407 bytes.

Considerably smaller, but I don't think even Puppy will notice a 16KB difference.

I imagine that's how bloat starts though: a few dozen people say "Ah, no one will care about 15 megs" and now the product is 3GB instead of 800MB.

[pakt]

Yes, size does count...

Braden, would you mind posting your binary? I would like to see (uh, hear) how well it works

[Braden]

Okay, here you go.
I actually don't have sound (SSH'd in from work, slow day) so I haven't tested it

[GuestToo]

to be fair, ogg123 is a powerful progam included in the vorbis tools package and written by the ogg guys at Xiph (there should be a vorbis tools dotpup or pupget package somewhere, maybe by plinej ... if there isn't there should be) ... ogg123 can be used not just to play ogg files, but to convert ogg files to wav's, au's etc etc ... so ogg123 is a much more powerful program than the example programs on that web page, which are really intended to be simple examples of how to program in C

ps. Puppy already comes with mpg123 installed

[Dougal]

ps. Puppy already comes with mpg123 installed

Not the last time I checked (2.10)...
It has mpg123 as a link to gxine.

I asked Barry to add it ages ago (around 1.08) and he said he will, but it must have been forgotten.

I think the Vorbis-Tools package could be good to have in Puppy too (many dotpups require parts of it), but that's up to Barry and space limitations...

[pakt]

Braden, thanks for providing the oggplay binary.

I've tested it now and it works, but in slowmotion and with a lot of distortion which I think is due to it outputing text while it plays. This is what I mean:

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# ./oggplay /mnt/sda1/wonderful_land.ogg 
title=Wonderful Land
artist=The Shadows
genre=Other
date=2004
album=Classic Hits

Bitstream is 2 channel, 44100Hz

Decoded length: 6048756 samples
Encoded by: Xiph.Org libVorbis I 20040629

Writing 2304 bytes for the 1 time.
Writing 4096 bytes for the 2 time.
Writing 4096 bytes for the 3 time.
Writing 4096 bytes for the 4 time.
Writing 4096 bytes for the 5 time.
Writing 4096 bytes for the 6 time.
Writing 4096 bytes for the 7 time.
<--snip-->

I think it may be useful to get this working as minimum-resource alternative to ogg123.
Paul

[GuestToo]

last time I checked (2.10)...
It has mpg123 as a link to gxine

you are right, in Puppy 212 mpg123 is just a symlink to gxine ... i just noticed that it existed, i didn't notice it was just a symlink

pakt, i think that particular ogg player is extremely limited, and would not be particularly useful unless it were heavily heavily modified ... i think it would be better to write a completely new program and not bother to try to base the new program on that one ... i think that program was intended to be just a simple example of how to write a C program, i don't think it was intended to be a practical and useful ogg player

ogg123 is a powerful and useful program, written by the people who created ogg ... i doubt if you could find a better program ... you might find a smaller program, but at 28k, maybe there wouldn't be much point ... but you might find another program that has different functions, and might be more suitable for your purposes

[pakt]

Point taken, G2. As you said, ogg123 has a lot of functions in spite of its small size.