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| author | Matti Hamalainen <ccr@tnsp.org> |
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| date | Wed, 09 Jun 2004 00:00:05 +0000 |
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| 7 | 1 XMMS-SID - SIDPlay input plugin for X MultiMedia System (XMMS) |
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3 Programmed and designed by Matti 'ccr' Hamalainen |
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4 (C) Copyright 1999-2004 Tecnic Software productions (TNSP) |
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| 7 | 6 MD5 Algorithm code for song-length database handling |
| 7 by L. Peter Deutsch <ghost@aladdin.com> | |
| 8 (C) Copyright 1999 Aladdin Enterprises. All rights reserved. | |
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11 Short Introduction |
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12 ================== |
| 7 | 13 XMMS-SID is a plugin for XMMS (X MultiMedia System) which provides |
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14 support for playing Commodore 64 "SID tunes", which are music |
| 7 | 15 from old Commodore computer programs like games, demos, etc. |
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17 For the actual playing, XMMS-SID supports numerous emulator |
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18 engines, including the excellent libSIDPlay v1 and v2. |
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21 Requirements and installation |
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22 ============================= |
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23 See file "INSTALL" for information about what XMMS-SID requires, |
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24 where to get those required packages and how to install. |
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| 26 | |
| 27 Usage | |
| 28 ===== | |
| 7 | 29 Using the plugin is quite simple: if you are familiar with XMMS and |
| 30 SIDPlay, then you already know how to use XMMS-SID. Configuration | |
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31 should be self-explanatory for most part, here are few tips: |
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33 * XSIDPLAY-compatible song-length database is a file that contains |
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34 lengths for most songs in High Voltage SID Collection (HVSC). I |
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35 highly recommend that you download the database and configure |
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36 XMMS-SID to use it. The SLDB is available at |
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37 http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/Lakes/5147/sidplay/sldb.html |
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39 * SIDPlay2-emulation is heavier, but more accurate. So you need to have |
| 7 | 40 more CPU-power for it. |
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| 7 | 42 * Oversampling is available with SIDPlay2-emulation, it can further |
| 55 | 43 enchange the audio quality, but you need some really powerful |
| 44 hardware to run it smoothly. | |
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| 7 | 46 * Filter-settings can be usually left as they are, unless you know |
| 47 what you're doing. | |
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| 7 | 49 * If the plugin doesn't recognize your SID-tunes, try checking the |
| 50 'Determine filetype by contents' option in the XMMS-SID config window. | |
| 1 | 51 This is horrendously slow if you're reading a 10000-tune playlist, |
| 52 though. | |
| 53 | |
| 54 * For those who don't know it: Autopanning and stereo are not native to | |
| 55 the original SID chip on C64&all, but are extra options implemented in | |
| 56 libsidplay. So if you think that the tune does not sound as it sounds | |
| 57 on the real C64 (or other SID using machine), use the Mono setting. | |
| 58 | |
| 59 * The "kb/s rate" box is actually the play rate in Hz, so you can | |
| 60 see if it's an NTSC or PAL song (if you haven't set the Force Speed | |
| 61 option). | |
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| 7 | 63 Also see FAQ for more tips, notes and such. |
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| 158 | 66 License |
| 67 ======= | |
| 68 XMMS-SID is distributed under GNU General Public License version 2, | |
| 69 see COPYING for more information. | |
| 70 | |
| 71 If you like XMMS-SID, you can thank me by distributing message | |
| 72 about it's existence and voting it on freshmeat.net. | |
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| 74 | |
| 75 Contact, support and new versions | |
| 76 ================================= | |
| 7 | 77 New releases of this plugin should be available at TNSP's WWW- |
| 78 homepages, see below for address. Bug-reports, suggestions, | |
| 158 | 79 patches, etc. should be sent to ccr at least for now, please see |
| 80 the homepage for latest information. | |
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82 IRC : The #xmms-sid on freenode has been TERMINATED. |
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83 But I do idle on #xmms at irc.freenode.net (see http://www.freenode.net/) |
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85 E-mail : ccr@tnsp.org |
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87 Homepage : http://www.tnsp.org/xmms-sid.php |