> On May 31, 2022, at 4:06 AM, Eric Auer <e.a...@jpberlin.de> wrote: > > > Hi! I just noticed that I had mailed you off-list, > but given that you say the release is not official > yet, how can we get the news back to the public > freedos-user list where e.g. Stas can see it? :-) > > Eric
Stas was following the GitHub discussion. I let him know through that channel. However, no reason to not post the information here. There may be some changes I want to make first. So, I haven’t official released it yet. In the meantime, it’s available if someone wants compile and use it. :-) Jerome > > > >> Hi, >>> On May 30, 2022, at 7:23 PM, Eric Auer <e.a...@jpberlin.de> wrote: >>> >>> >>> Hi! >>> >>>>> It seems our distro has no volume control or mixer tool yet, >>>>> so it would be nice to add one. We can start with the command >>>>> line tool SBMIX, although something with Text-graphical user >>>>> interface would of course be even more cool :-) >>>>> >>>>> https://www.bttr-software.de/products/sbmix/ >>>>> >>>>> Thanks! Regards, Eric >>>> Well, there are several such mixers available with suitable licenses. >>>> I wrote one myself back in the early 90’s. I recall it was a painful >>>> task... >>> >>>> I suspect the BTTR version is probably better. >>> >>> The BTTR version can set mixer / volume parameters from the command line, >>> which can be nice :-) However, it would be cool to also have an interactive >>> mode, maybe text-graphical, similar to the classic tools which came with >>> sound cards: Using cursor keys to navigate between different volume sliders >>> and slide them around, that is :-) >>> >>> Eric > > > >> Well, I did port my mixer driver to NASM. It can be loaded or compiled into >> a program. >> I also wrote a new command line utility to view and adjust mixer settings. >> It is in assembly and has the mixer driver compiled into it. That way it >> requires no extra files. >> The new utility (with built in mixer) all the status text and help text and >> switch processing. Comes in at under 2.5k and is to small to UPX compress. >> The original user who was wanting a mixer program has tried it and said “it >> works great for what he needs” >> Also, most of the functionality it provides also works under DOSbox. >> I won’t be officially releasing it for a few days, maybe a week or so. Going >> forward, it is going to be the normal release model for my new DOS stuff. It >> permits my Patreon Supports early access. It also allows me to possibly find >> and fix any bugs or make changes before releasing to the general public. >> But, if you want to take a look, you can grab the sources from >> https://gitlab.com/DOSx86/sbpmixer >> and run the build script (BAT or sh) to create the driver and binary. Only >> need NASM in your path for the compile. >> Maybe someday I’ll add a text UI to it. Or possibly, a separate program. Or >> maybe not. We will see. >> :-) >> Jerome > _______________________________________________ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
