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annotate README @ 35:3fcc147b253a
Updates towards 0.8beta0
| author | Matti Hamalainen <ccr@tnsp.org> |
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| date | Thu, 19 Jun 2003 20:13:00 +0000 |
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| 7 | 1 XMMS-SID - SIDPlay input plugin for X MultiMedia System (XMMS) |
| 1 | 2 ============================================================== |
| 23 | 3 (C) Copyright 2001-2003 Matti 'ccr/TNSP' Hämäläinen |
| 7 | 4 (versions from v0.5 up to current) |
| 1 | 5 |
| 7 | 6 (C) Copyright 1999 Willem Monsuwe |
| 7 (versions up to v0.4) | |
| 1 | 8 |
| 7 | 9 "XMMS-SID Theme"-song (SIDtune) |
| 10 by Peter 'Brite-Lite' Halin of Dekadence | |
| 11 (C) Copyright 2002 Dekadence | |
| 12 <http://www.dekadence64.org/> | |
| 1 | 13 |
| 7 | 14 MD5 Algorithm code for song-length database handling |
| 15 by L. Peter Deutsch <ghost@aladdin.com> | |
| 16 (C) Copyright 1999 Aladdin Enterprises. All rights reserved. | |
| 1 | 17 |
| 18 | |
| 35 | 19 Introduction |
| 20 ============ | |
| 7 | 21 XMMS-SID is a plugin for XMMS (X MultiMedia System) which provides |
| 22 support for playing the so-called "SID tunes", which are music | |
| 23 from old Commodore computer programs like games, demos, etc. | |
| 1 | 24 |
| 7 | 25 For the actual playing, XMMS-SID uses the excellent libsidplay (1|2) |
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26 emulator engine that emulates 6510 CPU and 6581/8580 Sound Interface |
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27 Device (SID) chip. |
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| 29 | |
| 30 Usage | |
| 31 ===== | |
| 7 | 32 Using the plugin is quite simple: if you are familiar with XMMS and |
| 33 SIDPlay, then you already know how to use XMMS-SID. Configuration | |
| 34 should be self-explanatory, here are few tips: | |
| 35 | |
| 36 * SIDPlay2-emulation is harder, but more accurate. So you need to have | |
| 37 more CPU-power for it. | |
| 1 | 38 |
| 7 | 39 * Oversampling is available with SIDPlay2-emulation, it can further |
| 40 enchange the audio quality, but requires even more power. | |
| 1 | 41 |
| 7 | 42 * Filter-settings can be usually left as they are, unless you know |
| 43 what you're doing. | |
| 1 | 44 |
| 7 | 45 * If the plugin doesn't recognize your SID-tunes, try checking the |
| 46 'Determine filetype by contents' option in the XMMS-SID config window. | |
| 1 | 47 This is horrendously slow if you're reading a 10000-tune playlist, |
| 48 though. | |
| 49 | |
| 50 * For those who don't know it: Autopanning and stereo are not native to | |
| 51 the original SID chip on C64&all, but are extra options implemented in | |
| 52 libsidplay. So if you think that the tune does not sound as it sounds | |
| 53 on the real C64 (or other SID using machine), use the Mono setting. | |
| 54 | |
| 55 * The "kb/s rate" box is actually the play rate in Hz, so you can | |
| 56 see if it's an NTSC or PAL song (if you haven't set the Force Speed | |
| 57 option). | |
| 58 | |
| 7 | 59 Also see FAQ for more tips, notes and such. |
| 60 | |
| 1 | 61 |
| 62 | |
| 63 Contacting and where to get new versions | |
| 64 ======================================== | |
| 7 | 65 New releases of this plugin should be available at TNSP's WWW- |
| 66 homepages, see below for address. Bug-reports, suggestions, | |
| 1 | 67 patches, etc. should be sent to ccr. |
| 68 | |
| 7 | 69 ccr's e-mail: ccr@tnsp.org |
| 1 | 70 |
| 7 | 71 XMMS-SID's homepage: http://www.tnsp.org/xmms-sid.php |
| 1 | 72 |
| 73 TNSP's WWW : http://www.tnsp.org/ |