SharedSound

What’s the situation with this now that ESP are no longer developing it?

• The latest publicly available version I know of is this 26bit version of v1.04
• However, my Iyonix came with a 32bit compatible version of 1.04
• I can also see an entry in ModuleDB, suggesting that Castle did have access to the source code. But unless I’m looking in completely the wrong place, the source doesn’t appear to be in ROOL’s CVS.
• ROL have a version 1.11 in RISC OS 6, which contains new features not found in 1.04 (RDPClient requires version 1.07 for sound support)

• Is there anything stopping the release of Castle’s copy of the SharedSound source code?
• Failing that, is there anything stopping people from publicly distributing the 32bit compatible v1.04 supplied with the Iyonix? (It seems to be ARMv7 safe, which is useful)
• And, as unlikely as it may be, is there any possibility of ROL making their version freely available? (in either binary or source forms)

...suggesting that Castle did have access to the source code.

ROL’s documentation on SharedSound2 also states that their v.1.07 (05 Aug 2003) includes "fixes from Robin [Watts] and Castle".

I’ve contacted both Robin Watts & Andy Pierson for clarification.

Robins Watts’s reply:

The SharedSound code was written originally by Andy Pierson of ESP, possibly "for" Acorn (in that I am not sure where the copyright lies).

I amended the code to offer 'useful' sound filling routines etc. As far as I'm concerned my changes can be released into the wild with no problem - so as long as you have permission for the basic module, you don't need to worry about permissions on my bits.

I'll try and find time to read through the thread etc, but I suspect that probably Andy Pierson is the guy to talk to.

HTH

Andy Pierson’s reply:

ESP did indeed originate SharedSound and we took it to 1.03 and hold the original copyright on this. We also have source up to 1.06 with various changes added by Robin. We have no problem making this available but I notice from the ROL list that it has gone on to version with various contributions 1.10. ESP does not have access to the source beyond 1.06 so you would need to ontact ROL or possibly Robin to obtain this.

I would be happy to put the latest module and source on the web if this helps. Maybe Robin has a more recent version....?

So far, so good – thanks for looking into this Trevor :)

Any progress on this? It would be nice to get something that we can run on the OMAPs

Last I heard (around a month ago) ROOL was investigating licence terms with Andy Pierson and Robin Watts. But AIUI ROOL staff are extremely busy with their day jobs, not to mention preparations for the Wakefield show so it could be a little while yet before the sources are released.

Did a working Arm7 SharedSound ever materialise? The 1.04 version which is the only downloadable one that I can find complains of being 26bit only :(

Hi. We’re still chasing the sources to this. I think we’re very close – with any luck, we’ll have it published in time for Wakefield.

A few months late, but I’m pleased to report that we have finally received permission to release SharedSound! I’ve spent this evening merging ESP’s latest sources, patching in licence headers etc, and the results are here.

I’ve only had chance to do a quick test on an Iyonix so I can’t confim whether it’s ARMv7 safe. Also, there isn’t a binary to download yet, either. But since ESP has kindly agreed to use the BSD licence, it would be possible to include it in future ROM builds.

Yay! One step closer for several games.