AMPE 0.9.5 SDK is now Available

We have just released the latest AMPE SDK. We have decided this version isn't quite 1.0 but its fairly close. There are a few little tweaks we want to make before 1.0.

AMPE has been heavily restructured internally, with all decoding being carried out by decoder plugins. This allows an AMPE app to have support for new codecs to be added at run time after its been installed by the end user. The user simply has to place the plugin in the apps AMPE plugins folder and start/restart the app. The AMPE core will then automatically detect the new plugins and can now use them to decode new types of audio and video streams.

We have released a new version of AMPE, version 0.5.1. Its a minor update which includes a few bug fixes and the missing dependencies I talked about in my previous post. Its available form the download section (on the right of this page).

The biggest change is addition of a new sample application. This is a simple audio player. It can play any Ogg Vorbis audio file. Stereo and mono audio files are played as normal, 6 channel files are mixed down to stereo in software. This mixing is experimental at present and is included because support for 5.1 sources in OpenAL is currently windows only (according to the mail list).

Unless the need for another minor release arises, the next version will have some more major changes. These updates are coming about as our content distribution systems media player starts to take shape.

We would be interested to hear any feedback anyone has. Use the email address on the contact page to get in touch (we don't bite).

KISS Intelligent Systems is currently working on a content distribution platform. As part of that, the client software will include an audio and video player. We have decided to open source the audio and video engine we have developed. This engine is called the Advanced Media Presentation Engine or AMPE for short. Today we are releasing version 0.5. Future versions of which, we will be using as part of our content distribution platform.

The library is designed to be cross platform, however we are only releasing a windows build at this time. The initial version includes support for Ogg files containing Vorbis audio and Theora video streams.