@Paul
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Thanks for the reply. Unfortunatly, I was using an older version of simplemail due to some bugs in the new version and I got locked out. I've put in a request to comcast to see if they will unlock me so I can try with the newer version.

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Sorry, I use Simplemail in pop3 mode so I can't be any help here. :(

I've been using SimpleMail for my email on OS4 and it's been working fine up until now. Recently my ISP (Comcast) has decided the security is outdated and they will no longer let me use SimpleMail for email. Still work with Yahoo mail.

SimpleMail source is available on git hub HERE
Looking at the OS4 makefile I can see that it can be compiled to use AmiSSL or OpenSSL. I'm wondering if it could be compiled to use a later version of one of those libraries which could allow it to work again.

Hence my question, is there someone who has compiled SimpleMail or can compile SimpleMail? Maybe we could get it updated a bit to use more modern version of security.

@AmigaOldskooler

Thanks for your continued efforts on the monthly round up. I think this is valuable to the community as it shows just how much activity there actually is each month in our little corner of the universe. I amazed and thankful for all the effort that each and every person puts in on each of their projects. Keep up the good work all!

@trixie
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Finally got a chance to download and try out the new version. Loving all the supported formats and the Save As with the ability to Configure the setting!
Small donation on the way. Bigger donation to come once recording gets implemented. That would really round out the applicatoin nicely. Keep up the great work! Thanks!

@trixie
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As usual, nice read. Nice expansion of supported formats. Can't wait to give it a try. Keep up the good work!

@PixelHi
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The Catweasel Mk-IV if you can find one. I have one in my X1000 and it works quite well for reading and writing Amiga floppies among others.

@kas1e
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I have an X1000 and so far am staying with the RadeonHD for a couple of reasons.

1. RadeonRX is not officially supported on the X1000. Takes changing a jumper on the motherboard if I remember correctly.

2. Can't access CFE, so I can't make changes to CFE without swapping graphics cards and I don't want to be switching graphics cards.

I do have a Radeon RX550 that I bought a year or more ago hoping to put it in a A1222 but, alas, not yet.

I would put it in my X1000 if it was officially supported, even if I had to change a jumper on the motherboard.

Unfortunately I reverted back to v3.7 driver because mplayer eventually freezes when playing using v5.14 driver. I asked if anyone else has seen this but got not reply. See post #199 for details.

@trixie
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Sounds good. I look forward to trying it out. I still would like to see a "Save as" button in the toolbar. Thanks for the continued work.

@walkero
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Was jusst thinking about this some more when I realized that Gemini reminds me of the old 1990's era Lynx text based web browser I originally used on my Amiga 1000 long ago. It rendered web pages of that generation very much like Gemini renders it's pages. What goes around comes around. Fun trip down memory lane....

Lynx on Wikipedia
Alynx Browser on Aminet

@walkero
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Ok, so Gemini is soemthing you want to tinker with. Fair enough. The thing for me is we already have Discord (For which I have to use a PC browser.) and the Amiga websites. Now your creating content where I have to fire up a third program to visit. I would rather not have to start up three different programs to view Amiga content I'd like to follow. Two is bad enough.

Anyway, you have peaked my intrest (got me tinkering) and I downloaded and tried out AmiGemini. I like it. It's fast and I like the way it displays the text in color. The one downside, which will keep me from using it, is that it doesn't take the URL as a command line argument. That means I can't create a context menu item to use it to view any Gemini links I might run across while browsing the Web. (such as the one you supplied). I did look at the source code and it looks like such a feature would be very easy to add. If it had that I would use it to display Gemini links.

Since I have the paid version of IBrowse I have set up a context menu link entry so that I can easily start up IBrowse, from Odyssey, to view the gemini links. It takes longer to start then AmiGemini and doesn't use the nice colors but it's usable.

Having said that, I will use it to view gemini documents when I run across a gemini link while browsing the web but I'm not likely to start up Ibrowse or AmiGemini on a regular basis to check out Gemini pages. Will your blog have the same content as your Gemini pages?

That's just my take. I do enjoy reading your content though and I will continue supporting you as you release new contributions to the community. Thanks.

@walkero
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Gemini is OK but it's not very convienent when I'm using Odyssey to browse, then run across a gemini link and have to go start up iBrowse. Plus iBrwose requres registration (which I have done) for a non time limited version, so it's not free.

Would something like weebly.com work for posting simple messages like you are trying to use Gemini for?

You can't use Odyssey to edit your pages but it's free for basic usage and it will display in Odyssey. If you end up liking it there are very resonalbly priced packages you can purchase to expand capabilities all the way to full store front support.
Just a thought.

@trixie
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No problem. I'm enjoying using Rave. The insert silence feature is very useful.

Perhaps a Save as button in the toolbar would be good as well. I most likely won't want to save at the default bitrate.

If possible, a way for the user to select a specific fixed bitrate would be good, or maybe some documentation of what bitrate or range of bitrates the different quality settings will use.

@trixie
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I've been playing with this new "Reverse" feature trying to find satanic verses when playing songs backwards. Haven't found any yet.

I did run into one issue where the bitrate was changed to 32k when I saved the file.

I loaded a song with a variable bitrate.
I then reversed the waveform.
At this point the save button is activated in the toolbar.
I clicked it and the waveform was saved over the original without warning, which suprised me a bit.
On playback I noticed that the quality had been degraded a lot.
Checking the bitrate I saw that it had been changed to 32k.

Note: This also occurs with other feature like fade, etc.

I also noticed that a 192k fixed bitrate song was reduced to 125k after saving.
Would it be possible to save at the original bitrate by default?

@trixie
Rave just keeps getting better and better!
Keep this up and I'll have to donate again.

@trixie
Nice read on the blog as usual.
I downloaded and tried out the new Rave features.

Not sure I'll use the Activity timing but like you mention it might be useful for bench marking different systems.

I had a 5 second, 8k, 16bit sample that was very low quality and contain lot's of aliasing artifacts, so I thought I would try out the resampling. I resampled it to 22050, then to 44100. It really does improve the quality. Worked amazingly well.
I'm going to take some lower quality piano recordings I made with my cell phone and resample them to improve the quility. Quite a handy feature.

I will definalty use the new fading features. Very useful for sure. The GUI was simple but I did notice one thing that seemed a little unexpected. Having a preset list is very nice and make it very quick and easy to use but I did notice that if I selected a preset, then set the Type or Shape using the gadgets, the selected preset remained highlighted and now it no longer matches the manual settings I just made. Maybe if the values are set manually the preset selection should be un-highlighted or the highlight preset should change to match selected values. A minor thing for sure though.

Step by step Rave continues to get better and better. Nice work!

Ok, here is one of those user requests that your concerned about so take it for what it's worth. Do you plan to add any filtering capabilities. Something like pop or noise reduction, low pass or high pass filtering. I recenlty made some audo recordings that have some white noise "hiss" in them. I was looking for some OS4 audio software that would allow me to filter out some of the noise but couldn't find any. I didn't look at SoX yet and I know it has those capabilities but it's command line only and I haven't sat down and figured out how to use it yet. I think adding some filter plugins to Rave would make it even more outstanding and unique among OS4 audio editing software.

In any case, keep up the good work. Rave is a great addition to the audio editing software library.

@Raziel
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Oops, sorry. Didn't read that close enough.
Hmm....I wonder why yours doesn't get picked up. I'll try to look at it a bit closer tonight when I get home.

@Raziel
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Nice Raziel. I didn't realize you wrote it. I'm using the onboard sound on my X1000, I believe Lyle's driver, and the only mode that seems to work for me is the "hdaudio 32bit stereo++"...or something like that. Not in front of my X1000 at the moment. All other settings that show up, including Unit 0 ones give me the "cannot allocate AHI" error.

Note, I am using the Enhancer "Sound" replacement for AHI. I have successfully made recordings through the front "Sound Input" connector on my X1000 with it.

@kas1e
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I've never seen this issue on my x1000. I obtained mine new from Amigakit back when they were first released. I ordered mine with an RS232 port at the time so that was not an issue. My x1000 is mostly original except for a the RedeonHD 7750 and an RTL8169 PCI Gigabit Ethernet Controller I swapped in. It's still working fine. I just clean it a couple times a year. Oh, I did have to replace the battery a couple of times. Hope I didn't just jinx it.

I guess it would be nice if the on board Ethernet worked but it hasn't really been a poroblem. It would be nice if they could change CFE to better support the newer RadeonRX cards. I've thought about upgrading to an A5000 since my only backup right now is a uA1 but the cost is a bit to much for what I might gain at this point. I'm hoping to get a 1222 as a backup some day.

@Gregor
Not all modes will work. Here is what I did. From the GUI use the Audio Mode button and try selecting vaious selections from the list that appears until you find one that works. Note that if you select one that doesn't work all the gadgets will be ghosted and you will need to restart the program. On my system non of the 16bit selections would work. I had to choose a 32bit one. It depends on the sound card you are using. Once you find a mode that works then convert it's Hex value to decimal and you should be able to use it in the tooltype setting. Note that once you set if from the tooltype you can no longer change it from the GUI because the Audio Mode button gets ghosted. Hopefully this will help you out.

As a side note. I wonder if the source code is available somewhere for this program?

@Gregor
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Nothing will get set until the mode is set correctly. Make sure you use a decimal value as it doesn't understand Hex. You can then set the input equal to the item number in the list. First item equals 1.