serviushack / mstarplayer

Multi-channel, multi-track, multi-player player for audio files.

M*Player

Multi-channel, multi-track, multi-player player for audio files.

Features

• Supports basic audio file types like WAV and MP3
• Output to ASIO devices*
• Freely configure output channels
• Play multi-track recordings consisting of one file per track

* Requires a custom build, see below.

Download

Precompiled binaries are available for download:

• Windows

Screenshot

Development

Pull requests are always welcome to improve the current code or add new features.

How To Compile

1. Get CMake.
2. Get Visual Studio 2022.
3. Clone this repository, including its submodule.
4. Download the ASIO SDK and extract it.
5. Call cmake like this: cmake -S . -B build_dir -DASIO_PATH=path/to/asio/sdk/common
6. Build: cmake --build build_dir

Format Source Code

The format the source code according to the .clang-format file:

  powershell -executionpolicy bypass -file .\format-source.ps1

License

M*Player's own code is dual-licensed. This makes licensing a bit complicated but allows building it with ASIO.

Component	License
Icons	LGPL
JUCE	see https://github.com/WeAreROLI/JUCE
M*Player code	GPL and ISC

The ISC version of the code can be used together with a JUCE license and an ASIO SDK license to build M*Player with ASIO support.

Why is there no ASIO support anymore?

The ASIO SDK and open source code are not compatible. To make it short this would have been the options:

M*Player license	ASIO SDK	JUCE restriction
GPL	no	none
proprietary	yes	forced splashscreen

The dual-licensing still allows everyone to build M*Player with ASIO support given they have a proper license for the ASIO SDK and JUCE.

Notes

Unnecessary binary data and the ASIO framework have been removed from the commit history. This means older revisions might not compile.