his is the Release Note for Release 1.6.6 of Oggplay for Series60.

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**** This release will NOT work on Nokia 7650, Nokia 3650, Nokia NGage,   ****
**** Nokia NGage QD, Siemens SX-1 , Sendo X                     ****
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OggPlay is a music player for phones running on the Symbian Operating system.
It comes bundled with a .ogg file format decoder, but it detects and uses MMF
plugins which may come built-in your phone or that might have been installed
later on. MP3, AAC, MP4, M4A plugins are supported.

See the ReadMeFirst.html to see which file formats your phone supports.

This release will only work on phones that supports MMF framework.
     

History
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What's new in Release 1.6.6:
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More bug fixes
Added volume boost
Added support for double resolution (N90).
This is untested (N90 beta testers required!)

What's new in Release 1.6.5:
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WAV, AMR, M4a support.
Several bug fixes.

What's new in Release 1.6.4:
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Winamp playlist support.
Few bugs squashed.

What's new in Release 1.6.3:
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Fix for the too long filename crahsing the MMFController.
Somehow faster file scan.

What's new in Release 1.6.2:
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The ogg plugin can be used as a "random" ringing tone: everytime a phone call
is received, the ringing tone played will be randomly choosen from the list
of available .ogg files in the device. The file ReadMeFirst.html gives the
instructions for creating the ramdom ringing tones.

Fixed the crackling & popping sound (most notably on 6600, but also heard on
some other phones as well) that was introduced in release 1.6.1.


What's new in Release 1.6.1:
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Ogg files can now be reliably used as ringing tone.
Support for bluetooth headset.

This adress a feature of previous versions where ogg files could be set as ringing tone,
but they were simply not ringing when call was received. This has been fixed. And as expected,
when using ogg as ringing tone, vibration will work, if enabled.
Proper functionality of ringing tones has been verified on 2 different firmware versions of 6600,
and on one 7610.


What's new in Release 1.6.0:
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Support for MP4 format.
Support for M4A format, aka, the iTunes(TM) format. This format is exactly same as mp4,
but in order to use it, you磍l have to rename the file extension from m4a to mp4.

Capability to choose which plugin will be used. Note that the plugin that you choose might
not be fully compatible with OggPlay (OvController, for example).

A little bunch of bug fixes.

What's new in Release 1.5.1:
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Some bug fixes related to MP3 and AAC reading on the Nokia 7610:
+ Forward/Rewind now functional
+ Volume not going back to maximum level, when changing tune.

Ogg files can now be played using "Nokia Music Player", in the very
unlikely event that OggPlay UI is not preferred.

What's new in Release 1.5.0:
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OggPlay nows plays MP3 and AAC in addition to Ogg file format, depending
on the phone capabilities.


What's missing:
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Some features present in 1.0.0 have been dropped, since quite a lot of work is required to
make them work in a MMF plugin. They will be reintroduced in future releases.
These features are:
- Amplification (6, 12 db)
- Frequency analyzer



Links:
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For more information about Oggplay, please see the webpage at
http://symbianoggplay.sourceforge.net/

For help and open discussion about OggPlay see under 'Public Forums' on
http://sourceforge.net/projects/symbianoggplay/


-the S60 Oggplay developers.

This document covers the following topics:

• OggPlay Versions
• File Format Supported
• Audio Format Supported
• Random Ringing Tones
  

OggPlay Version

OggPlay is a music player for phones running on the Symbian Operating system. Latest versions comes bundled with a .ogg file format decoder, but it detects and uses MMF plugings which may come built-in your phone or that might have been installed later on.

OggPlay comes in several flavors, depending on HW and Operating System version of the phone it is running on. This text concentrates on Series60 MMF versions. Please consult Oggplay webpage for the other versions, new releases and much more details about OggPlay.

For Series60 phones, two different versions of OggPlay co-exists. One version for phones supporting the MMF, the other one for phones that do not support it.

Technical mambo-jambo: (skip to next paragraph if you’re not interested)

MMF (Multimedia Framework) is a feature of Symbian Operating System (SOS) that allows (among other things) 3^rd parties to use audio decoder plugins. With MMF, Oggplay can use the phone built-in audio decoders (MP3, AAC, MP4), as well as decoders installed by users. The MMF comes bundled together with the SOS 7.0S and above, in the phone firmware, and can't be installed in phones afterwards.

The user should carefully select which package to install on their phones, depending on their phone type. The table below shows which package you should install depending on your phone model. It is suggested, but not mandatory, to install the MMF Version, if your HW supports the MMF:
 

Phone Model	OggPlay  MMF  Version	OggPlay Non-MMF Version
Nokia 3650		X
Nokia 3660		X
Nokia 6600	X	X
Nokia 6620	X	X
Nokia 7610	X	X
Nokia 7650		X
Nokia N-Gage		X
Nokia N-Gage QD		X
Siemens SX-1		X
Nokia N70	X	X
Nokia N90	X	X

File Format Supported

For phones running Symbian OS 7.0S and over, Oggplay is able to use standard Symbian MMF plugins. These plugins can be either built-in your phone or installed afterward. Since Oggplay is able to both built-in and downloadable plugins, the file formats supported by Oggplay differs from phones to phones. The version of Oggplay that runs on a Symbian OS older than 7.0S does not currently support plugins. This might change in future releases. Next table shows the properties of each phone:

Phone Model	Ogg	MP3 Built-in Plugin	AAC Built-in Plugin	MP4 (m4a) Built-in Plugin
Nokia 3650	X
Nokia 3660	X
Nokia 6600	X
Nokia 6620	X	X	X	X
Nokia 7610	X	X	X	X
Nokia 7650	X
Nokia N-Gage	X	(1)	(1)
Nokia N-Gage QD	X
Siemens SX-1	X
Nokia N70	X	X	X	X
Nokia N90	X	X	X	X

(1): This phone does have built-in MP3/AAC reader, but it doesn’t allow 3^rd party developers to use it, thus Oggplay cannot use the built-in decoder

An MP3 Downloadable plugin is currently under development. Keep an eye on OggPlay webpage for release announcements!
 
Apple's iTunes format (M4A) can be decoded by OggPlay. However, you must rename the extension of each files to MP4.

Audio Format supported

OggPlay uses the highest audio quality provided by the phone. As a reference, CD sampling rate is 44100 Hz.

 

Phone Model	Highest Sampling Rate  (Hz)	Stereo
Nokia 3650	16000	No
Nokia 3660	16000	No
Nokia 6600	16000	No
Nokia 6620	44100	Yes
Nokia 7610	44100	No
Nokia 7650	16000	No
Nokia N-Gage	16000 (1)	No (1)
Nokia N-Gage QD	16000	No
Siemens SX-1	44100	Yes
Nokia N70	44100	Yes
Nokia N90	44100	Yes

(1): The buit-in audio player of this phone supports 44100Hz in Stereo, but it doesn’t allow 3^rd party developers to use it, thus Oggplay is restricted to use 16000Hz in Mono.

Random Ringing Tone