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| 7 | 1 XMMS-SID - SIDPlay input plugin for X MultiMedia System (XMMS) |
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3 (C) Copyright 2003-2004 Matti 'ccr/TNSP' Hämäläinen |
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| 7 | 5 MD5 Algorithm code for song-length database handling |
| 6 by L. Peter Deutsch <ghost@aladdin.com> | |
| 7 (C) Copyright 1999 Aladdin Enterprises. All rights reserved. | |
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10 Short Introduction |
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11 ================== |
| 7 | 12 XMMS-SID is a plugin for XMMS (X MultiMedia System) which provides |
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13 support for playing Commodore 64 "SID tunes", which are music |
| 7 | 14 from old Commodore computer programs like games, demos, etc. |
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16 For the actual playing, XMMS-SID supports numerous emulator |
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17 engines, including the excellent libSIDPlay v1 and v2. |
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20 Requirements and installation |
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22 See file "INSTALL" for information about what XMMS-SID requires, |
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23 where to get those required packages and how to install. |
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| 26 Usage | |
| 27 ===== | |
| 7 | 28 Using the plugin is quite simple: if you are familiar with XMMS and |
| 29 SIDPlay, then you already know how to use XMMS-SID. Configuration | |
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30 should be self-explanatory for most part, here are few tips: |
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32 * XSIDPLAY-compatible song-length database is a file that contains |
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33 lengths for most songs in High Voltage SID Collection (HVSC). I |
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34 highly recommend that you download the database and configure |
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35 XMMS-SID to use it. The SLDB is available at |
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36 http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/Lakes/5147/sidplay/sldb.html |
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38 * SIDPlay2-emulation is heavier, but more accurate. So you need to have |
| 7 | 39 more CPU-power for it. |
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| 7 | 41 * Oversampling is available with SIDPlay2-emulation, it can further |
| 55 | 42 enchange the audio quality, but you need some really powerful |
| 43 hardware to run it smoothly. | |
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| 7 | 45 * Filter-settings can be usually left as they are, unless you know |
| 46 what you're doing. | |
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| 7 | 48 * If the plugin doesn't recognize your SID-tunes, try checking the |
| 49 'Determine filetype by contents' option in the XMMS-SID config window. | |
| 1 | 50 This is horrendously slow if you're reading a 10000-tune playlist, |
| 51 though. | |
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| 53 * For those who don't know it: Autopanning and stereo are not native to | |
| 54 the original SID chip on C64&all, but are extra options implemented in | |
| 55 libsidplay. So if you think that the tune does not sound as it sounds | |
| 56 on the real C64 (or other SID using machine), use the Mono setting. | |
| 57 | |
| 58 * The "kb/s rate" box is actually the play rate in Hz, so you can | |
| 59 see if it's an NTSC or PAL song (if you haven't set the Force Speed | |
| 60 option). | |
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| 7 | 62 Also see FAQ for more tips, notes and such. |
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| 158 | 65 License |
| 66 ======= | |
| 67 XMMS-SID is distributed under GNU General Public License version 2, | |
| 68 see COPYING for more information. | |
| 69 | |
| 70 If you like XMMS-SID, you can thank me by distributing message | |
| 71 about it's existence and voting it on freshmeat.net. | |
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| 73 | |
| 74 Contact, support and new versions | |
| 75 ================================= | |
| 7 | 76 New releases of this plugin should be available at TNSP's WWW- |
| 77 homepages, see below for address. Bug-reports, suggestions, | |
| 158 | 78 patches, etc. should be sent to ccr at least for now, please see |
| 79 the homepage for latest information. | |
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81 IRC : #xmms-sid at irc.freenode.net (see http://www.freenode.net/) |
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83 E-mail : ccr@tnsp.org |
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85 Homepage : http://www.tnsp.org/xmms-sid.php |