HippoPlayer
About
HippoPlayer first appeared in 1994.
It has since had numerous amendments, up to and including the final v2.45.
"HippoPlayer (HiP) is a multiformat module player for the Amiga. It works perfectly under Kickstart 1.2 and has all the same and even more features than the players requiring Kick2.0+ to run."
Although work on HippoPlayer ceased in 2000, the author has freely distributed a keyfile on his homepage - though not having a keyfile makes no difference!
Features
(Taken from the HippoPlayer documentation)
Some features in HippoPlayer: -
- Screamtracker ]I[, Fasttracker 1 & 2, Taketracker, Multitracker, 1 to 32ch
- SID-emulation by Håkan Sundell & Ron Birk (works even on kick1.2)
- TFMX-modules, normal and the seven channel ones
- A bunch of 4-8 channel sample & synth music formats
- Easy to use, nice 3D-interface
- Full keyboard control
- AppWindow, drop modules into the window
- ARexx
- Public screen support
- Internal multitasking
- Loads and decompresses XPK, FImp, PowerPacker, LhA, LZX and Zip files
Supported Formats
(Taken from the HippoPlayer documentation)
Explanation of the list: -
- The music can be stopped and continued.
- Modules can have more than one song.
- Volume can be controlled.
- Songend can be detected.
- You can jump forwards and backwards in the song.
- Play 2x or 4x faster with LMB/RMB and '>'.
- Music can be played thru the AHI device.
The module formats marked with a star ( * ) have the replay code inside the module itself. I can't guarantee will they work or not. This is also the reason why they are not in the player group file (no replay code).
Built-in Replayers
| Replayer | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | Author |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| David Whittaker * | x | x | - | - | - | x | - | David Whittaker |
| Delta Music v2.0 * | x | - | x | - | - | x | - | Bent Nielsen |
| Fred * | x | x | - | - | - | x | - | Frederic Hahn & JC |
| Hippel * | x | x | - | - | - | x | - | Jochen Hippel |
| Maniacs of Noise * | x | x | x | - | - | x | - | Maniacs of Noise |
| Mark II * | x | - | - | - | - | x | - | Cachet Software |
| MED 1-64ch | x | x | - | x | x | - | - | Teijo Kinnunen |
| Music Assembler * | x | - | x | - | - | x | - | Oscar Giesen & Marco Swagerman |
| MusiclineEditor | x | x | x | - | - | - | - | Conny & Christian Cyréus |
| Old Soundtracker | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | K-P Koljonen |
| Protracker | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | K-P Koljonen |
| SID | x | x | - | - | x | - | - | Håkan Sundell & Ron Birk |
| SIDMon v1.0 * | x | - | - | - | - | x | - | Reinier van Vliet |
| Sonic Arranger * | - | x | - | - | - | - | - | Carsten Schlote |
Replayers in 'Player Group File'
| Replayer | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | Author |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Art Of Noise 4 channels | x | - | x | - | - | - | - | Bastian Spiegel |
| BP SoundMon v2.0 | x | - | x | x | x | x | - | Brian Postma |
| BP SoundMon v3.0 (v2.2?) | x | - | x | x | x | x | - | Brian Postma |
| DIGI Booster | x | - | x | x | x | - | - | Tomasz Piast (Tap) |
| DIGI Booster Pro | x | - | x | x | x | - | x | Tomasz Piast (Tap) ** AHI ONLY! ** |
| Fasttracker 1 | x | - | x | x | x | - | x | Jarno Paananen |
| Fasttracker 2 | x | - | x | x | x | - | x | Jarno Paananen |
| Future Composer v1.0-v1.4 | x | - | x | x | - | x | - | SuperSero (of the Superions) |
| Hippel-COSO | x | x | x | x | - | x | x | Jochen Hippel |
| IFF 8SVX/RIFF WAVE/AIFF samples | x | - | x | x | - | - | x | K-P Koljonen |
| JamCracker | x | - | - | x | - | x | - | M. Gemmel |
| MP2 & MP3 | x | - | - | x | - | - | x | Stephane Tavenard |
| Multitracker | x | - | x | x | x | - | x | Jarno Paananen |
| Oktalyzer | - | - | x | x | - | - | - | Armin Sander |
| Taketracker | x | - | x | x | x | - | x | Jarno Paananen |
| TFMX | x | x | x | x | x | - | - | Chris Hülsbeck |
| TFMX 7ch | x | x | x | x | x | - | - | Chris Hülsbeck & Jochen Hippel |
| The Player 6.1A | x | - | x | - | - | - | - | Jarno Paananen |
| THX Sound System | x | x | x | x | x | - | - | Martin Wodok (Dexter/Abyss) |
| Screamtracker 3 | x | - | x | x | x | - | x | Jarno Paananen |
External Players
Sadly, HippoPlayer doesn't support external players.
