Hmmm, sorry about my last answer, it didn't cover the points exactly right.
One major difference is probably that in one format (SMAF-16 or MA-2) the tracks
are labeled 1234 and in SMAF-4 the sole track is labeled 0. Why they switched from
'M' 'T' 'R' 0x00 to 'M' 'T' 'R' 0x01 in the header is beyond me, but so it is.
That was the biggest hurdle I had between different formats. Since I haven't used
those Java classes, I can't help much more, but there are a lot of other possibilities
of what the differences are. It could be something else.
If I remember right the phrase player is limited to 4 voices rather than 4 tracks, but
I could be wrong. But it should be able to play a background tune and a beep, but I remember
us having some sort of problem when we were experimenting with it.
Reginald Ernest Reodica wrote:
> Thank you for taking your time to answer my inquiry. Yes, you're correct it
> is the Java application in the J-Phone.
>
> I'm actually looking for a converter from the SMAF/MA-2 to, what I think is
> the SMAF/Phrase. The reason is that I tried to play an .mmf file that
> readily plays in the JSCL MediaPlayer with the PhrasePlayer and there seems
> to be an error. I looked at some documentations that Yamaha has provided
> and based on my lousy translator, it seems that there is a difference
> between the two, I think the header chunk or something.
>
> I'm interested in getting the PhrasePlayer to work because it has a
> multi-track playback and I need my application to play a certain background
> and simultaneously emit a 'beep' sound everytime a button is pressed. I
> actually had implemented it but I was limited to the SMAF/Phrase that Yamaha
> has provided. That's why I'm looking for a converter/composer so that I can
> make my own music.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Paul Bryan Lester [mailto:pbl1@livedoor.com]
> Sent: Wednesday, December 19, 2001 9:18 AM
> To: keitai-l@appelsiini.net
> Subject: (keitai-l) Re: mmf file Format
>
> So busy..... But by chance are you referring to all the JPhone Java
> stuff. If so (I haven't looked at it but) I think the JSCL Media Player may
> play back any kind of SMAF file including those with animation and wav files
> while the PhrasePlayer may be limited to SMAF which is midi-like only.
>
> The phrase played may be even further limited to SMAF-4 voices and I'm
> not
> sure if it uses the MA1 SMAF-4 format or 4 voices of the MA-2 SMAF-16
> format..... More info is available on Yamaha's site on SMAF related stuff
> and there is some docs in English. I assume it would use MA-2 SMAF-16
> though.
>
> A composer for the latter would be totally useless in this context if I
> am
> correct.
> Since anything you could "compose" could be played back by the former. The
> latter are classes which allow you to dynamically edit SMAF files during
> runtime
> without a composer and without SMAF knowledge (as far as I know).
>
> (This is my guess, I haven't looked into didly squat--- but your
> question
> seems pretty elementary and I am hoping someone else will correct my
> answer...)
>
> Well its back to work for me....
>
> Reginald Ernest Reodica wrote:
>
> > Does anybody know the difference between the mmf file format that the
> JSCL
> > MediaPlayer and the PhrasePlayer uses. Where can I find a composer for the
> > latter?
> >
> > thanks,
> > reg
> >
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