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MP3 - General / Re: Resurrecting/Preserving the Helix MP3 encoder
Last post by KevinB52379 -
Quote from: Case on
Thanks for the link. I installed ZoomText inside a virtualized Windows 11 and tried triggering the machine freeze, but I don't see any difference in behavior with different hmp3 compiles. Putting a conversion job running for my entire FLAC library keeps the machine fully usable and I can abort the task without issues. I tested both GCC and clang compiles for a few minutes.

@Chase - I appreciate you taking a look.  Honestly, I have no idea. 

The only builds that works are the clang versions and VS2022 helix builds from @JoshuaChang.

I also find it odd that I can encode with LAME, Vorbis, FAAC, FDKAAC, Opus, Musepack and speeds stay consistent with no system hang...it's just so weird to me.

If I want to use Helix, I guess I'm going to have to use @JoshuaChang versions if he would be willing to provide future builds.

I just love the speed and quality of Helix, but I could also use LAME in the future as well.

@Chase - Quick question, are there quality differences between the original Helix and the current 5.2.3 version?  I know LAME tags have been implemented, and gapless playback, right?  But was just curious if there are any quality/speed improvements?

Thank you again for trying to troubleshoot with Zoomtext, I am very appreciative of the time you took to try and help!
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MP3 - General / Re: Resurrecting/Preserving the Helix MP3 encoder
Last post by Case -
Thanks for the link. I installed ZoomText inside a virtualized Windows 11 and tried triggering the machine freeze, but I don't see any difference in behavior with different hmp3 compiles. Putting a conversion job running for my entire FLAC library keeps the machine fully usable and I can abort the task without issues. I tested both GCC and clang compiles for a few minutes.
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3rd Party Plugins - (fb2k) / Re: OpenMPT Module Decoder
Last post by Case -
That repository is mentioned in the link I posted. Those are the Java player sources. Only other source is the original undocumented assembler code for the tracker, from the same guy. I hope you understand that re-creating the player from the assembler code would require insane amount of work.

Your Youtube video explains and shows the guy running the original tracker in Amiga emulator.

I'm not stopping you from creating a bug report, just warning that getting correct stereo playback may not be so simple.
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MP3 - General / Re: Resurrecting/Preserving the Helix MP3 encoder
Last post by KevinB52379 -
Quote from: Case on
Thanks for the update and happy to hear you got it solved. ZoomText sounds very invasive if it can cause the system to slow down. Would be fun to figure out what the problem is, but the software seems to be expensive and I don't even see demo option.

@Case  - I mentioned before that I am legally blind, so Zoomtext is a vital piece of software for me to have in order to use the computer. 

You are correct, Zoomtext is expensive.  I purchase a Home license, which is a subscription based plan.  So I buy 5 years at a time for $500.  For me, it's wroth it.

You can download a trial version of Zoomtext, but the caveat is that it doesn't expire in a certain amount of days, but instead, it can only run 40 minutes at a time, and then the system must restart to reset the activation timer.

I am not quite sure why this is happening with Zoomtext.  To be honest, I've had other issues with other things and Zoomtext, and I'm usually told I'm the only one who reports such issues, or that the program I'm having issues with (in this case Helix) is NOT officially supported by the Zoomtext software.

I do know that Zoomtext mirrors the screen and obviously enlarges it.  So I believe there may be some type of mirroring driver installed so it interfaces with windows and the screen.  I know for a fact there are services running in the background.

My guess to as to why exiting Zoomtext didn't work, is because it isn't completely unloading everything in the background, so services, etc are still running.

Anyway, if you're interested in trying Zoomtext, it can be downloaded here:
https://software.vfo.digital/ZoomText/2024/2024.2402.66.400/5082DF51-83F9-4DC5-BE8B-545B0CCC1345/ZT2024.2402.66.400-Offline-x64.exe
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MP3 - General / Re: Resurrecting/Preserving the Helix MP3 encoder
Last post by Case -
Thanks for the update and happy to hear you got it solved. ZoomText sounds very invasive if it can cause the system to slow down. Would be fun to figure out what the problem is, but the software seems to be expensive and I don't even see demo option.
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3rd Party Plugins - (fb2k) / Re: OpenMPT Module Decoder
Last post by LigH -
I see ... a demo player as reference may not be as optimal as a verbose specification though (and who knows, maybe even incomplete on purpose?).

I searched a little for "Symphonie module documentation / specification" but did not yet find them. Found a github repo of "compileable" sources at most. So it seems chances are that the player which allowed Nikol Nazarov to record MP3s from these modules is more elaborate than your OpenMPT module's source.

Shall I make a new issue on the tracker, linking the samples there as well?

PS: I tried to write Patrick Meng an email. But the bluewin address failed.
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MP3 - General / Re: Resurrecting/Preserving the Helix MP3 encoder
Last post by KevinB52379 -
Hi everyone!

@Wombat , @Case , @JoshuaChang

I figured out the issue!

The issue is totally on my end, and I apologize to everyone, and I appreciate everyone looking into this issue.

It turns out that the issue occurs with my screen magnification software, which is called ZoomText.

Closing down the software wasn't enough, I had to uninstall it completely, and then use the Windows built in magnifier so I could at least try encoding again.

This time @Case last binary he uploaded worked perfectly.

I had tried uninstalling Process Lasso, AVG Internet Security, and then because the issue seemed to be with the way things were updating on the screen so slowly (If not at all), I decided to try and uninstall Zoomtext.

Still, I wonder why @JoshuaChang version doesn't cause this issue, and his clang binary has been the fastest by far with @Case version being second (the latest 64 bit build he uploaded to this thread).

Anyway, I just wanted to say I'm so sorry for driving people crazy and have everyone go through hoops to try and help me troubleshoot the issue.