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[Files] RiVA 0.48 ReleasedANN.lu
Posted on 23-Apr-2004 22:26 GMT by Stephen Fellner23 comments
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A new version of RiVA has just been released with AHI support and some bugfixes. More information and the latest demo can be found at this webpage.
RiVA 0.48 Released : Comment 1 of 23ANN.lu
Posted by James Carroll on 23-Apr-2004 22:19 GMT
How hard is it to provide a 2 line explanation of what this program does?
RiVA 0.48 Released : Comment 2 of 23ANN.lu
Posted by Darth_X on 23-Apr-2004 22:30 GMT
http://amigos.amiga.hu/cobra/riva.html

RiVA appears to be an MPEG video player
RiVA 0.48 Released : Comment 3 of 23ANN.lu
Posted by l'Ours on 24-Apr-2004 07:22 GMT
In reply to Comment 1 (James Carroll):
Yes you're right, and what's an Amiga, too..
RiVA 0.48 Released : Comment 4 of 23ANN.lu
Posted by Peg2 on 24-Apr-2004 14:51 GMT
In reply to Comment 3 (l'Ours):
Amiga is an enemy and Genesi is our friend. Genesi goood, Amiga baaad.
RiVA 0.48 Released : Comment 5 of 23ANN.lu
Posted by Anonymous on 24-Apr-2004 15:23 GMT
I just registered RIVA :-). Great program!
RiVA 0.48 Released : Comment 6 of 23ANN.lu
Posted by trott3r on 24-Apr-2004 17:50 GMT
I have registered this program and the author is quite helpfull with queries so i would recommend you register since its only a tenner.
RiVA 0.48 Released : Comment 7 of 23ANN.lu
Posted by José on 24-Apr-2004 18:03 GMT
In reply to Comment 1 (James Carroll):
AFAIK this is the fastest MPEG player in existance for 68k Amigas.
It has existed for a LONG time, but it hadn't been updated for a while.
You should know it...
RiVA 0.48 Released : Comment 8 of 23ANN.lu
Posted by Anonymous on 24-Apr-2004 20:19 GMT
How about adding an option that opens the movie on the Workbench?
RiVA 0.48 Released : Comment 9 of 23ANN.lu
Posted by RiVA Author on 25-Apr-2004 18:45 GMT
In reply to Comment 8 (Anonymous):
If you have a gfxcard with PIP/Overlay support, it WILL open on the Workbench (in a window). Did you mean adding support for playback in a window on gfxcards without PIP?
RiVA 0.48 Released : Comment 10 of 23ANN.lu
Posted by José on 26-Apr-2004 01:26 GMT
Hey, what about MPEG2 support?:)
RiVA 0.48 Released : Comment 11 of 23ANN.lu
Posted by Anonymous on 26-Apr-2004 05:37 GMT
In reply to Comment 9 (RiVA Author):
>If you have a gfxcard with PIP/Overlay support, it WILL open on the Workbench
>(in a window). Did you mean adding support for playback in a window on >gfxcards without PIP

Yes, as neither WinUAE nor Amithlon has PIP/Overlay support (unfortunately).
RiVA 0.48 Released : Comment 12 of 23ANN.lu
Posted by RiVA Author on 26-Apr-2004 06:27 GMT
In reply to Comment 11 (Anonymous):
Window playback is the next thing which I planned to add. I'm not sure about MPEG2 in a 68k program, MPEG2 streams are much higher bitrate, what kind of a 68k system could cope with that?
RiVA 0.48 Released : Comment 13 of 23ANN.lu
Posted by Chip on 26-Apr-2004 06:53 GMT
In reply to Comment 12 (RiVA Author):
Amithlon? ;)
RiVA 0.48 Released : Comment 14 of 23ANN.lu
Posted by Anonymous on 26-Apr-2004 08:21 GMT
In reply to Comment 12 (RiVA Author):
@RIVA Author:

I registered RIVA two-three days ago, as there was a link to Reg.Net
on your homepage, and that it was still valid...

However, when reading through the readme on Aminet for this it says:

"I would like to thank everyone who have registered in the past, if you
would like to receive an updated full version, please send an email to
riva@aioworld.com and I will send you the latest registered version."

So, what's all this about?

Thanks...
RiVA 0.48 Released : Comment 15 of 23ANN.lu
Posted by RiVA Author on 26-Apr-2004 09:16 GMT
In reply to Comment 14 (Anonymous):
You mean you registered twice? All updates are free of charge, so anyone who has registered RiVA at any time will naturally get all future versions. This is the same with all shareware programs AFAIK and it is also stated in the RiVA guide.
RiVA 0.48 Released : Comment 16 of 23ANN.lu
Posted by RiVA Author on 26-Apr-2004 09:19 GMT
Someone with a @web.de email address must have made a typo when specifying their email address, because the mail I sent to him bounced back. If you read this, please contact me!
RiVA 0.48 Released : Comment 17 of 23ANN.lu
Posted by Anonymous on 26-Apr-2004 09:55 GMT
In reply to Comment 15 (RiVA Author):
>You mean you registered twice? All updates are free of charge, so anyone who >has registered RiVA at any time will naturally get all future versions. This >is the same with all shareware programs AFAIK and it is also stated in the >RiVA guide.

Great! Well, I took that message as you had stopped taking money for the product, and that you gave out registred versions by e-mail... Oh well! :-)
Good to hear it wasn't the case.

Also, I have received the registered version in the mail, however, it's very peculifar. Who is Istvan? Your twin brother?
RiVA 0.48 Released : Comment 18 of 23ANN.lu
Posted by Chip on 26-Apr-2004 10:01 GMT
In reply to Comment 17 (Anonymous):
The author of the riva is called: Stephen Fellner. He is an elite guy, who translates his name to english, because Istvan = Stephen. ;)

Is it correct, Pityu? :)
RiVA 0.48 Released : Comment 19 of 23ANN.lu
Posted by RiVA Author on 26-Apr-2004 10:22 GMT
In reply to Comment 17 (Anonymous):
This is because I'm both a New Zealand and Hungarian citizen :) Istvan is hungarian for Stephen.
RiVA 0.48 Released : Comment 20 of 23ANN.lu
Posted by José on 26-Apr-2004 13:29 GMT
In reply to Comment 12 (RiVA Author):
Well, if the Coldfire accelerators ever make it there seems to be alot of interest among Amiga users in them and there will be 200mhz and above versions IIRC, so maybe that would cope with MPEG2.
How would an overclocked 060 near 80mhz would cope by the way?
RiVA 0.48 Released : Comment 21 of 23ANN.lu
Posted by RiVA Author on 26-Apr-2004 13:46 GMT
In reply to Comment 20 (José):
Even an overclocked 060/66 can only just reach 15fps on MPEG1 (352x288x25fps PAL or 352x240x30fps NTSC) with worst audio quality, this is half speed, you would need a 120+MHz 060 to play it without skipping. I don't know how the latest Coldfire processors perform at the same MHz az 060. They don't support all 680x0 instructions/addressing modes, so a lot of stuff would have to be emulated. Probably with a 200MHz Coldfire you can play MPEG1 without skipping with good audio quality (e.g. 44kHz). You'd really need something like a 400MHz 060 to cope with MPEG2 (SVCD/DVD). Even the top CyberstormPPC cards (604e/233) are just way too slow for SVCD/DVD. For that stuff you need something in the order of a G3 or G4...
RiVA 0.48 Released : Comment 22 of 23ANN.lu
Posted by Anonymous on 26-Apr-2004 14:16 GMT
In reply to Comment 21 (RiVA Author):
>You'd really need something like a >400MHz 060 to cope with MPEG2 (SVCD/DVD). >Even the top CyberstormPPC cards >>(604e/233) are just way too slow for >SVCD/DVD. For that stuff you need>something in the order of a G3 or G4...

Or Amithlon on a decently specced PC! :)
RiVA 0.48 Released : Comment 23 of 23ANN.lu
Posted by Anonymous on 26-Apr-2004 17:38 GMT
I simply wanted to say that it's really great software !
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