There is a new Ambient Compile available, you can find the links to the compiles in the MorphOS Thread
Now you can edit the Mimetypes to your gusto. And the Listers are now more usable.

@ Gunne: Which functions are Rave3D accelerated?

A couple of hints:

You can make ShowGirls resident in memory using the resident-commands FORCE-switch. I haven't noticed any special instability so it's a worth trying for people who watch xxx-pictures daily. This way the pictures load instant as SG is already in the memory.

Second, if you want to play MP3's or OGG's from Ambient using SongPlayer, you have to do it by a small Arexx-script. There is no commandline option to add songs to playlist I'm afraid.
Instead of AMIGADOS command in filetype, use AREXX to execute the script. I am not at home now but will post the script later today.

Third, submenus are handy for unarchiving. You DID know that you can put several options which show up when you press right-mousebutton over the file? For example "Extract here..." "Extract to ram: ... "Ask where to extract..." etc.



Please share opinions and filetypes here. I ditched Magellan already .. and the possibilities are endless with the filetypes!

ThePlayer,

Im not absolutely sure which functions is Rave3D accelerated, if any ? I just made som different compilations using different flags.

But will try to find out, or you can try to find out perhaps

Anyway, progressing in Ambient have been very nice recently, haven't it ? Just understand it is work in progress also.

As Hooligan writes also, filetypes is very useful.

Gunne

Is there a way to add a certain menu entry for all files ?
(I'm using whatis.library to perform certain tasks
depending on filetypes already ...)

as promised, here they come:

filetype, which goes to MOSSYS:Ambient/filetypes as "MP3_OGG"

AMTD
1
Name Archive
Type archive/mp3
Match
Name #?.mp3
OR
Name #?.ogg
End
Action
Event DoubleClick
Command AREXX sys:rexxc/songplayer.rexx %sp
End
End



and this is the Arexx script which goes to SYS:rexxc/ as "Songplayer.rexx"

/* */

options results
parse arg mp3

P = ' ' || ADDRESS() || ' ' || SHOW('P',,)
IF POS(' SONGPLAYER.1', P) = 0 then do
address command
'run work:sfxtools/songplayer/songplayer gui'
'WaitForPort SONGPLAYER.1'
end
address SONGPLAYER.1

add mp3
next
play
exit

Both files also as an attachment. Happy listening!

 Attached file(s) 

*BUMP*


Come on guys.. share some cool filetypes.. I'll keep on keeping this on frontpage no matter what

Okay, here's one for three kinds of cheese:

filetype, which goes to MOSSYS:Ambient/filetypes as "CHEESE"

AMTD
1
Name Archive
Type archive/cheese
Match
Name #?.gouda
OR
Name #?.cheddar
OR
Name #?.edam
End
Action
Event DoubleClick
Command SLICE %sp
End
End

when you have to reboot to make changes available, its
abit boring playing around with the possibilities

@gunne

I'd like to give Ambient another go -- are your compliles publically available?

already tired about Scalos "little glitches"?

I have both Ambient and Scalos installed on 2 different boot partitions and,although Scalos offers an AmigaOS-like enviroment, Ambient is faster (on Classic)

Beeing on Scalos since a while, i "can't" switch back on Ambient for obvious reasons. (the speed gain given by Ambient, isn't enough to compensate the higher Scalos functions)

ah . . . on MOS-PuP of course!

Hooligan: here we go!

CPP_Doc
AMTD
1
Name CPP Document
Type text/cpp
Match
Name #?.cpp
OR
Name #?.cc
OR
Name #?.c
OR
Name #?.h
End
Action
Name Edit with MorphEd
Event DoubleClick
Command Workbench SDK:morphed/morphed %sp
End
End

HTM_Doc
AMTD
1
Name HTML Document
Type text/html
Match
Name #?.html
OR
Name #?.htm
End
Action
Name Open with V
Event DoubleClick
Command AMIGADOS run >NIL: MorphOS:Apps/Voyager/V %sp
End
Action
Name Open with AWeb
Event Menu
Command AMIGADOS run >NIL: Work:Internet/AWeb_MorphOS/AWeb local %sp
End
Action
Name Read HTML Source
Event Menu
Command Workbench SDK:morphed/morphed %sp
End
End

MP3_Sound (requires the famous ARexx script in S:, and all the players
linked on the ANR home page at #AmigaZeux)
AMTD
1
Name MP3 Audio Stream
Type audio/mp3
Match
Name #?.mp3
OR
Name #?.mp2
OR
Name #?.mod
OR
Name #?.mid
OR
Name #?.ogg
OR
Name #?.xm
OR
Name #?.s3m
OR
Name #?.ym
OR
Name #?.gym
OR
Name #?.sc68
OR
Name #?.spc
OR
Name #?.nsf
OR
Name #?.gbs
OR
Name #?.hes
OR
Name fc13.#?
End
Action
Name Play with AmiNetRadio
Event DoubleClick
Command AMIGADOS rx Sys:S/ANR.rexx url %sp
End

End

PDF_Doc
AMTD
1
Name PDF Document
Type text/pdf
Match
Name #?.pdf
End
Action
Name Show PDF
Event DoubleClick
Command Workbench sys:Apps/Apdf/apdf %sp
End
End

LHA_Archive
AMTD
1
Name LHA Archive
Type archive/lha
Match
Name #?.lha
End
Action
Event DragNDrop
Command AMIGADOS lha x %sp %D
Command INTERNAL LoadURI %D
Flag cd destination
End
Action
Name Extract to...
Event DoubleClick
Command AMIGADOS lha x %sp
Command INTERNAL LoadURI %D
Flag cd destination
End
Action
Name List archive contents
Event Menu
Command AMIGADOS lha l %sp
End
Action
Name Extract to Ram Disk
Event Menu
Command AMIGADOS lha x %sp ram:
Command INTERNAL LoadURI ram:
End
End

ZIP_Archive and LZX_Archive are more or less the same. In BZ2_Archive
and TAR_Archive I implemented only the double click.
In AVI_Video_Stream I put the option -ao ahi_dev , so I can launch
multiple instances of MPlayer (one at a time in overlay) and hear all
the audio streams.
Obviuosly you might need to change the paths.

@Framiga: I guess you're not referring to a recent Ambient compile,
right?

Kind regards,
Andrea

Has someone a working Mimetype for RAR-Archives?
I tryed it with Unrar and the following script but i had no success.

AMTD
1
Name RAR Archive
Type archive/lha
Match
Name #?.rar
End
Action
Event DragNDrop
Command AMIGADOS run >nil: unrar x %sp %D
Command INTERNAL LoadURI %D
Flag cd destination
End
Action
Event DoubleClick
Command AMIGADOS run >nil: unrar x %sp
Command INTERNAL LoadURI %D
Flag cd destination
End
End

Have a look at the options you have to enter for unrar. There exist different unrar packages. Mine uses an 'e' for extraction, so maybe yours too and you have to replace your 'x' with it.

Could you tell me where is this build of Ambient? I didn't find it in the linked thread, even on the offical home page (http://morphosambient.sourceforge.net/).

EDIT: Sorry, I've found it :)

[ Edited by GK_LKA on 2006/1/15 19:42 ]

Hi,

Nice scripts

I made a slightly change to ANR.rexx script, so it waits for the port, and not shows the error message if ANR not already started.

See the other threads about filetypes.

Gunne

The only reason I tried Ambient again was to try out the mimetype support -- but two quick crashes scared me away (got crashes when choosing "about" and when trying to "put away" a shortcut on the desktop).

Anyway -- since I had gone to all the trouble to do a new install of MOS, I went ahead and installed the most recent version from the "official" site. That version didn't crash at those two places -- so I stuck with it.

I also ignored the things that I don't like about Ambient and ended up having a lot of fun with it! It really IS very stable and whereas I'd like better (or different) icon handling, it gets the job done.

When I first tried out MOS last year -- I never got past desktop configuration stuff before I gave up in frustration. THIS time, I ignored all that and just started messing around with software!

After I got internet access working & the internet apps installed, the first thing I wanted to try was MPlayer. Amazingly, it just WORKS! Stuck an encrypted Harry Potter DVD in and it worked flawlessly. I was blown away.

I also tried Showgirls -- but didn't have much luck -- main screen was a hugh black box, and it couldn't display glow icons correctly (just black dots) so maybe I'm missing a icon dataype or something. I've heard great things about Showgirls, so I won't give up on it!

I wish I had more time today, because I'd also like to try out 3D support, that F1 driving game, Quake, Scumm, and a few other things I can't think of right now.

I put the desktop PC in my daughter's room, and put the Peg in it's place (it now has the LCD display!) -- so it'll be a LOT easier to play around with now.

Now I can't wait for the "official" Ambient build to support mimetypes!

Nice work, guys!

P.S. I also spent a few of hours on the "look" too! -- still the only "Ken's Icons" MOS box around! ;)

MimeTypes

AMTD
1
Name Text File
Type txt
Match
Match sAMTD
END
Action
Name Edit whit Golded
Event DoubleClick
Command WORKBENCH Golded:Golded %sp
End
End

Ok, today I've put some time into Mimetypes,too

AMTD
1
Name HollywoodScript
Type text/hwscript
Match
Name #?.hws
End
Action
Name Edit ...
Event DoubleClick
Command AMIGADOS run >nil: rxs sys:utilities/miao/MUINDIC %sp
End
Action
Name Start ...
Event Menu
Command AMIGADOS run >nil: Hollywood:system/Hollywood window %sp
End
End

AMTD
1
Name Archive
Type archive/lzx
Match $4C5A58
OR
Name #?.lzx
End
Action
Name Extract LZX
Event DoubleClick
Command AMIGADOS run >nil: c:lzx x %sp dh2:
End
End

AMTD
1
Name MP3
Type sound/mp3
Match $494433
OR
Match $FFFA92
OR
Match $FFFB50
OR
Match $FFFB90
OR
Name #?.mp3
End
Action
Name Play ...
Event DoubleClick
Command AMIGADOS run >nil: rx songpl %sp
End
End

The arexx-script songpl is used to
send the file to songplayer and makes sure
only this one file is played

PS: Not one of my best It's looking
for the env-variable "Toolbar.Songplayer"
so you need to

setenv save Toolbar.Songplayer User:Sound/songplayer/SongPlayer

(Use your path) ...

/* */

parse arg name

if ~show('L',"rexxtricks.library") then call addlib('rexxtricks.library',0,-30,0)

if name = '' then do
address command
'requestfile NOICONS POSITIVE=Play >t:songpl.tmp'
call readfile('t:songpl.tmp',file)
name = file.1
end

signal on error

call checksp()
call checkst()
if mode = 'PLAY' then call spm('STOP')
call spm('OPEN' name)
call spm('PLAY')
exit
checksp:
if show('p','SONGPLAYER.1') then return
songplayer = getenv('Toolbar.Songplayer')
if songplayer = '' then songplayer = 'SongPlayer:SongPlayer'
if exists(songplayer) then do
address command
line = 'run >nil:' songplayer 'AHI=0x0012000c ICONIFIED GUI'
line
do while ~show('P','SONGPLAYER.1')
address command 'wait 2'
end
if ~show('P','SONGPLAYER.1') then exit1('Songplayer not launched')
end
else call exit1('Songplayer not found')
return

spm:
parse arg mode
address 'SONGPLAYER.1'
mode
return

checkst:
address 'SONGPLAYER.1'
GET_STATE
spstatus = result
return

error:
exit1:
parse arg ermsg

if ermsg = '' then ermsg = 'Fatal Error'
say ermsg

Hooligan:
You posted somewhere in another Thread a nice mimetype definition for archives, if I understood that correctly it was supposed to browse archive files on douebleklick as if they where drawers. However I tried that script, but all that happend was an empty drawer to be oppened.
So I wonder whether I need some additional tools to get this working? XAD is allready installed (currently I use it together with VoodooX). This "VFD" Thingy, is it Ambient internal or a separte Programm? Or what went wrong here?

Guruman had this script, my personal mimetype just shows the listing of archive in a window. How ever, it might be doable to implement actual movement inside the archive.. I use a script in Magellan which does this... wonder if this could be used.

That would be cool.

Hmm.. the script for Dopus is quite lengthy.. I was hoping it would be 3-4 times smaller

It can prove to be impossible to do ..

The script is an attachment if some Rexx-god want to have a go with it.

 Attached file(s) 

Hooligan:
*Ouch* thats too much ;) Especially when, according to that filedefiniton you posted, it is just a single line:

Command INTERNAL loaduri vfs:///%sp?type=xad&mode=list NEWWIN

After a bit of trying I found out that vfs is indeed an internal Ambient thingy (guess I am going to play a bit with it, perhaps this way its also possible to mount iso files ;) ) However that xad part seems to fail here. As if you said Guruman made this, perhaps he can comment how that is supposed to work?

Bladerunner :
This thing is just an empty shell for now, just providing an interface for later changes, and it is not finished. So better stick with voodoo-x or whatever in the meanwhile.

Adapting magellan's arcdir is also not possible for now. Ambient lacks some interface to add virtual entries.

[ Edited by Fab on 2006/1/16 16:40 ]

Fab:
Thank you :) So I won`t spent anymore time to find out whether this method actually works or not. However If I understood you correct, this feature may be available sometime? Very cool then.