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Sent: Wednesday, January 23, 2002 1:08
PM
Subject: AVTS 4.3, WinCE 3.0, and MP3
TSText
The move
to Windows CE 3.0 is necessary for a couple of reasons. First,
WinCE 2.11 costs roughly $85 per copy, while WinCE 3.0 costs roughly $15
per copy. That makes for some impressive math when you sell a few
thousand units. Second, the software we are using for MP3
compressed VIBS audio requires WinCE 3.0.
The move to AVTS
4.3 and WinCE 3.0 is unfortunately going to result in what is called a Flag Day
in the biz. AVTS 4.3 will not run on WinCE 2.11. AVTS 4.1-2
might run on WinCE 3.0, but we do not support this
configuration.
TSText 1.18.9 has
the MP3 compressed stock audio clips. The size of the package has gone
from about 10.5MB to about 1.4MB. MP3 audio is about 1/10th the
size of the raw PCM. This will vastly improve the download time and AVTS
memory card size requirements. It will also allow longer audio at
higher quality.
If you are running
VIBS AVTS 4.1-2, keep in mind that the new TSText will not work. We will
release shadow TSText PCM packages for a while until the transition to AVTS
4.3 is complete.
Ken