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1 XMMS-SID - SIDPlay input plugin for X MultiMedia System (XMMS)
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3 List of user-visible changes in XMMS-SID (See ChangeLog for
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4 more complete listing of changes)
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6 Version 0.8
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7 ===========
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8 * Theme-song (SID-tune!) from Brite-Lite/Dekadence!
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9 Thanks for great work! Listen to his other tunes
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10 in HVSC, VARIOUS/A-F/Brite-Lite/ and visit the
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11 Dekadence web-experience: http://www.dekadence64.org/
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13 * Support for libSIDPlay 2.x! If you have 1.x too,
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14 you can select which one to use in the configuration
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15 dialog.
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17 * Song-length support! Several methods supported:
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19 - Maximum playtime setting. If set ON, song will be
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20 played for given time. This can be used as a
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21 fall-back method if a detection is selected, but
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22 it fails.
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24 1) No song-length detection. XMMS-SID plays the song
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25 forever, OR if max-playtime is set, for that time.
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27 2) Pseudo-heuristic silence detector.
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28 Allows the user to define a "silent time limit"
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29 with amplitude percentage. When the average output
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30 volume has stayed on specified percentage for
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31 specified time, next song is started.
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33 3) HVSC song-length database support. XMMS-SID now
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34 supports the XSIDPLAY's song-length database for
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35 tunes contained in HVSC collection. This is
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36 probably the best option, but requires downloading
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37 of a small package (few hundred kB's), that contains
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38 the database. Read "README" for more info.
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41 * Improved file information dialog:
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43 - Coloring in "comment"-field, if multiple entries
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44 are present there.
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46 - Sub-song "name" or "title" is shown (if any) in the
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47 sub-song selector. If "name" is found for the song,
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48 it is shown, if not, then "title" is checked for
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49 and shown if found.
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52 * XMMS v1.2.5 introduced the "generic title format" that
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53 can be used to have same format titles for those
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54 plugins that support it. XMMS-SID is now one of them.
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55 There is also an overriding option, that enables you
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56 to have SID-specific titles. See the configuration
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57 dialog for more information.
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60 * New SIDAmp-style sub-song selector window. Does not
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61 require patching of XMMS, so this is easier to use.
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62 The patch is not used by XMMS-SID, but included for
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63 those who want the additional functionality it provides
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64 for other plugins.
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67 * Throw in a handful of bugfixes (and possibly new bugs),
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68 stir powerfully. Finally, sprinkle some minor improvements
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69 on the top and voéla!
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72 Version 0.7
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73 ===========
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74 * Much improved file information dialog. Now shows all relevant
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75 info neatly and orderly. Parses STIL information and shows it
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76 on fileinfo if enabled.
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78 * Updated the xmms song-position patch which makes possible
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79 to use the position slider to change sub-tune SID and also
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80 pattern position in MikMod plugin. Now patches and works
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81 correctly with recent XMMS versions.
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83 * STIL-database file-selector in config dialog.
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85 * Additional improvements from Willem to the song-pos patch!
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87 * And the standard load of bugfixes and minor improvements.
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90 Version 0.6
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91 ===========
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92 Improved configuration:
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94 * Filters are now configurable, you can adjust all three
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95 parameters of libsidplay: FS, FM and FT. See "Filter"
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96 panel of configuration dialog.
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98 * STIL database path can be set and STIL usage can be enabled
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99 and disabled from configuration dialog's "STIL" panel.
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101 * Songname / info is now configurable like in the mpg123 plugin,
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102 with %1..%n, see the "STIL" panel of configuration dialog.
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105 Version 0.5
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106 ===========
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107 This version is a "new branch" based on the original
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108 xmms-sid v0.4 by Willem Monsuwe.
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110 This development branch is maintained by Matti "ccr" Hamalainen of TNSP.
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112 Please consider that when thinking where to send bug reports.
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114 - Few minor bugfixes.
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115 - STIL support works now better (quite beta still, though)
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116 - Cleaned up sources somewhat.
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117 - Added a about dialog.
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118 - Re-organized the source structure.
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119 - Improved detection of the XMMS paths and stuff in configure.
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122 Version 0.4
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123 ===========
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124 - First release, so nothing new.