NOTE: this is distinct from OpalCalc math calculator.
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A very nice but bulky relaxing sounds program. Includes either meditation or familiar ambient noises like nature and office. Also includes a timer (when enabled, will shut off after an hour by default).
Resources: 70 megs disk space, 240 megs of RAM
Steps: Download portable version, unzip, and launch opal.exe
Status: Portable, writes very minor settings to the local folder in opal.properties
It appears possible to modify the config file and set autoUpdate=false to autoUpdate=false to prevent update checking.
License: Open source, GPLv3
Home page
https://codedead.com/software/opal/
https://github.com/CodeDead/Opal
https://www.softpedia.com/get/Multimedi ... Dead.shtml
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Opal - relaxing audio
Re: Opal - relaxing audio
Updated last year with a few more sounds added in ...
v.1.0.3 https://codedead.com/blog/2022/06/17/opal-1.0.3
v.1.0.3 https://codedead.com/blog/2022/06/17/opal-1.0.3
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Re: Opal - relaxing audio
I downloaded the v.1.0.3 version and it works fine.
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Re: Opal - relaxing audio
Same here. It works nicely now. At first, it popped an error message, telling me that it could not find the .cfg file in the app-folder. So I simply created a subdir "app" and put the opal.cfg into it. That's all it took to get it running.
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Re: Opal - relaxing audio
I have added Opal to the database:
https://www.portablefreeware.com/?id=3089
Please vote!
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Occasionally, I find it easier to sleep with the help of some background noise. I usually go to YouTube and find some hour-plus long background noise to play. This program is a nice alternative when the need arises.
My only complaint is the size of the program: 85MB, of which 81MB is the runtime (looks like an embedded Java runtime).
Also, auto-update does not work for me. An error message is displayed:
This can be "fixed" by disabling auto-update under Tools, Settings (I disable auto-update for most of my portable apps anyway).
https://www.portablefreeware.com/?id=3089
Please vote!
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Occasionally, I find it easier to sleep with the help of some background noise. I usually go to YouTube and find some hour-plus long background noise to play. This program is a nice alternative when the need arises.
My only complaint is the size of the program: 85MB, of which 81MB is the runtime (looks like an embedded Java runtime).
Also, auto-update does not work for me. An error message is displayed:
This can be "fixed" by disabling auto-update under Tools, Settings (I disable auto-update for most of my portable apps anyway).
Re: Opal - relaxing audio
Thanks for doing that