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#229243 - 02/08/2004 15:41 v3a8 Release?
Shonky
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Registered: 12/01/2002
Posts: 2009
Loc: Brisbane, Australia
Soooo.... it's been about 3 weeks since the meet. Any chance on v3a8 being released to the rest of us plebs? I think it was mentioned that the empeg guys would let it go for a few weeks to see how good it was.

I think the main concern was any show stopping bugs but I don't believe there are any big ones. Even most of the big ones have already been worked around by the good Mr Lord.

Don't want to be pushy but .... uhm ... well ... I want it
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#229244 - 02/08/2004 16:52 Re: v3a8 Release? [Re: Shonky]
tfabris
carpal tunnel

Registered: 20/12/1999
Posts: 31565
Loc: Seattle, WA
D3wd iTs LIk3 t0Ta11y wAr3z3d oN biTT0rr3nT aLr3aDy...
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#229245 - 02/08/2004 17:42 Re: v3a8 Release? [Re: tfabris]
drakino
carpal tunnel

Registered: 08/06/1999
Posts: 7868
Who let Tony have it? He wasn't at the meet :-P

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#229246 - 02/08/2004 17:46 Re: v3a8 Release? [Re: tfabris]
JBjorgen
carpal tunnel

Registered: 19/01/2002
Posts: 3582
Loc: Columbus, OH
Now I just need a link to the .torrent...
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#229247 - 02/08/2004 18:12 Re: v3a8 Release? [Re: drakino]
andym
carpal tunnel

Registered: 17/01/2002
Posts: 3995
Loc: Manchester UK
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Who let Tony have it? He wasn't at the meet :-P


Isn't he one of the l33t aLpHa p0s5e anyway?
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#229248 - 02/08/2004 19:38 Re: v3a8 Release? [Re: tfabris]
JrFaust
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Registered: 07/02/2002
Posts: 193
Loc: New Richmond, WI
Quote:
D3wd iTs LIk3 t0Ta11y wAr3z3d oN biTT0rr3nT aLr3aDy...


Wow that makes my eyes hurt. What does that say in english?
My hack-fu is not strong.
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#229249 - 02/08/2004 19:42 Re: v3a8 Release? [Re: JrFaust]
ricin
veteran

Registered: 19/06/2000
Posts: 1495
Loc: US: CA
"Dude, it's like totally warezed on bittorrent already."
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#229250 - 02/08/2004 20:03 Re: v3a8 Release? [Re: tfabris]
JaBZ
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Registered: 08/08/2001
Posts: 452
Loc: NZ
dud3 53|\|d m3 4 1i|\|k +0 +|-|3 +0rr3|\|+ 41r34dy!

b.t.w check this out

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#229251 - 02/08/2004 20:34 Re: v3a8 Release? [Re: JaBZ]
pgrzelak
carpal tunnel

Registered: 15/08/2000
Posts: 4859
Loc: New Jersey, USA
That was actually painful to read. Hmmm... Google in leet speak. Scary!
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#229252 - 04/08/2004 06:48 Re: v3a8 Release? [Re: pgrzelak]
Shonky
pooh-bah

Registered: 12/01/2002
Posts: 2009
Loc: Brisbane, Australia
Umm so do you guys really have 3a8 or are we just being silly?

Could the empeg guys comment?
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#229253 - 04/08/2004 07:02 Re: v3a8 Release? [Re: Shonky]
SE_Sport_Driver
carpal tunnel

Registered: 05/01/2001
Posts: 4903
Loc: Detroit, MI USA
I can just picture Monty Python's "Silly Police" storming the boards!
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#229254 - 04/08/2004 08:24 Re: v3a8 Release? [Re: Shonky]
rob
carpal tunnel

Registered: 21/05/1999
Posts: 5335
Loc: Cambridge UK
We're a bit too busy with new products to think about releasing a car player alpha right now. Anyone with the CD is welcome to share that with friends/colleagues but please don't post it online. We will make a more official release when we have time to review lessons learned from the Amersfoort release.

Rob

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#229255 - 04/08/2004 09:00 Re: v3a8 Release? [Re: rob]
Shonky
pooh-bah

Registered: 12/01/2002
Posts: 2009
Loc: Brisbane, Australia
OK Thanks Rob. I can appreciate that.
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#229256 - 04/08/2004 14:47 Re: v3a8 Release? [Re: rob]
matthew_k
pooh-bah

Registered: 12/02/2002
Posts: 2298
Loc: Berkeley, California
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Anyone with the CD is welcome to share that with friends/colleagues

Anyone care to share with a friend? I'm anxiously awaiting Auto EQ.

Matthew

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#229257 - 04/08/2004 14:58 Re: v3a8 Release? [Re: matthew_k]
SE_Sport_Driver
carpal tunnel

Registered: 05/01/2001
Posts: 4903
Loc: Detroit, MI USA
I'm finally getting brave enough to try this too...

What was the agreed upon US mic?
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#229258 - 04/08/2004 16:25 Re: v3a8 Release? [Re: SE_Sport_Driver]
tfabris
carpal tunnel

Registered: 20/12/1999
Posts: 31565
Loc: Seattle, WA
Quote:
What was the agreed upon US mic?

Haven't found one yet. Anxiously awaiting.
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#229259 - 04/08/2004 16:36 Re: v3a8 Release? [Re: tfabris]
wfaulk
carpal tunnel

Registered: 25/12/2000
Posts: 16706
Loc: Raleigh, NC US
The RatShack 270-101 seems to be the right sort of thing and has only two leads, so maybe that'll work. I'll drop by the RS after work and pick one up.
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#229260 - 04/08/2004 16:55 Re: v3a8 Release? [Re: wfaulk]
tfabris
carpal tunnel

Registered: 20/12/1999
Posts: 31565
Loc: Seattle, WA
That's unidirectional...
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#229261 - 04/08/2004 17:05 Re: v3a8 Release? [Re: tfabris]
Waterman981
old hand

Registered: 14/02/2002
Posts: 804
Loc: Salt Lake City, UT
I have this one sitting here in front of me. It is made to go on a PCB, but I'm sure it can be worked around. I need to solder some wires to it and try it out.
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#229262 - 04/08/2004 17:38 Re: v3a8 Release? [Re: tfabris]
gbeer
carpal tunnel

Registered: 17/12/2000
Posts: 2665
Loc: Manteca, California
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That's unidirectional...


Why is Omni directional better in this usage? I sort of assumed the mic was placed in front of each speaker while some sort of calibration took place.
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#229263 - 04/08/2004 17:39 Re: v3a8 Release? [Re: gbeer]
wfaulk
carpal tunnel

Registered: 25/12/2000
Posts: 16706
Loc: Raleigh, NC US
Nope. Just hold it at your head, be quiet, and wait.
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#229264 - 04/08/2004 17:41 Re: v3a8 Release? [Re: gbeer]
tfabris
carpal tunnel

Registered: 20/12/1999
Posts: 31565
Loc: Seattle, WA
No, the mic is placed in a position that is close to where you would listen to the music (ie about your head location) and it sets a single global EQ setting based on that one sample.

If you placed the mic near a speaker, you would only get a nice EQ for that speaker, not for all the other speakers and not taking into account phase, reflections, and the upholstery soaking up frequencies.

If the mic is not omnidirectional, then it's almost as bad as sticking the mic in front of a speaker, i.e., it's not behaving like your ears behave and won't give as good of an approximation of the overall sound of the car's interior.
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#229265 - 04/08/2004 18:07 Re: v3a8 Release? [Re: matthew_k]
mcomb
pooh-bah

Registered: 31/08/1999
Posts: 1649
Loc: San Carlos, CA
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Anyone care to share with a friend?

Oh, oh, me too.

-Mike
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#229266 - 04/08/2004 19:09 Re: v3a8 Release? [Re: mcomb]
antbankz
new poster

Registered: 11/01/2002
Posts: 25
Loc: SA, Texas
It would be really cool if someone sent me "the ISO" of that CD. I love testing this stuff.

-Ant

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#229267 - 04/08/2004 20:12 Re: v3a8 Release? [Re: tfabris]
SonicSnoop
addict

Registered: 29/06/2002
Posts: 531
Loc: Triangle, VA
I wasnt really wanting to get into the alpha software but since it has the autoEQ I want to try it out. Would someone be so kind and share with me too? Also if it doesnt work out well for me can i easily go back to v2? Do I loose all the music on my players when changing versions? Thanks!
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#229268 - 04/08/2004 20:25 Re: v3a8 Release? [Re: SonicSnoop]
tfabris
carpal tunnel

Registered: 20/12/1999
Posts: 31565
Loc: Seattle, WA
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Do I loose all the music on my players when changing versions?

No, but your database rebuilds will get hosed and you might have to do this and/or this. I usually end up having to do both after bouncing back and forth between versions.

Also, this last time I bounced back and forth between 2.0 and 3.0 a couple of times, I got some severe playlist corruption, where playlists that were originally three levels down in the tree inexplicably appeared in the root. I hadn't gotten around to reporting that one yet because I'd been doing so much back-and-forth and synching with different emplode versions that I was afraid it was something I'd caused to happen myself. Anyway, I had to delete all my playlists and restore from a backup using riobackup.jar.
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#229269 - 05/08/2004 17:52 Re: v3a8 Release? [Re: mcomb]
AndrewT
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Registered: 16/02/2002
Posts: 867
Loc: Oxford, UK
Quote:
Quote:
Anyone care to share with a friend?

Oh, oh, me too.

-Mike


What he said

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#229270 - 05/08/2004 18:23 Re: v3a8 Release? [Re: matthew_k]
andym
carpal tunnel

Registered: 17/01/2002
Posts: 3995
Loc: Manchester UK
Quote:
Anyone care to share with a friend? I'm anxiously awaiting Auto EQ.


Not to put the empeg guys down, but a8 is really only useful if you have more than 16MB of memory. The auto eq whilst interesting, isn't really functional yet.
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#229271 - 05/08/2004 18:29 Re: v3a8 Release? [Re: AndrewT]
srhodes
enthusiast

Registered: 30/01/2000
Posts: 262
Loc: Derbyshire, UK
Typical. I've been away for a couple of months, I decide to investigate the use of Wendy Flags (sick of my gf moaning about some of my music) and what do I find? A newer version of emphatic and the lrcdb is finally up and running. So, I'm looking for the latest version of 3. Seems that there is too much weird behaviour before a8 and it's so tantalisingly close. Anyone with a CD wanna burn me a copy and send it? Do ya, huh? Do ya?

I can then give the animated logo graphic that SkunkNumber did for me a go as I tried a few times on v2 and gave up.
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#229272 - 05/08/2004 18:37 Re: v3a8 Release? [Re: srhodes]
tfabris
carpal tunnel

Registered: 20/12/1999
Posts: 31565
Loc: Seattle, WA
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I tried a few times on v2 and gave up.

V3 does not have any different behavior with regard to the animated logos. In fact, if you weren't able to get an animated logo working with V2, then V3 will just make things worse because it is alpha and is less stable than V2.

What you need, most likely, is merely the latest version of Jemplode; he recently fixed some bugs with animated logo handling. You need the latest Hijack, too, of course. Remember that instructions on how to install an animated logo are here. Just use Jemplode to open up the GIF file that Skunk made for you, and send it to the player.
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