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Document the ROM configuration option.
author Matti Hamalainen <ccr@tnsp.org>
date Fri, 09 Nov 2012 09:20:45 +0200
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105 - reSID-emulation / HardSID: Select SIDPlay 2 backend. reSID 105 - reSID-emulation / HardSID: Select SIDPlay 2 backend. reSID
106 is a software SID-chip simulation and currently the only 106 is a software SID-chip simulation and currently the only
107 option available. HardSID is backend for HardSID card, 107 option available. HardSID is backend for HardSID card,
108 but it is not supported yet by XMMS-SID. 108 but it is not supported yet by XMMS-SID.
109 109
110 - C64 Kernal/Basic/Chargen ROM image paths. Currently required
111 only by libSIDPlay-FP backend. Set the path to a directory that
112 contains these 3 ROM image files:
113
114 Filename | Size | Description
115 ----------+------+-------------------------------------
116 kernal | 8192 | C64 KERNAL ROM
117 basic | 8192 | C64 BASIC v2.0 ROM
118 chargen | 4096 | C64 character data ROM
119
120 These files can be found, for example, from Versatile Commodore
121 Emulator (VICE)'s tarballs. There are other sources as well.
122
123 For example, if you have VICE installed under /usr/local, the
124 usual path to ROM directories would be:
125
126 /usr/local/lib/vice/C64
127
110 128
111 Filters-tab 129 Filters-tab
112 ----------- 130 -----------
113 - Emulate filters: Enable filter emulation. Usually you will want 131 - Emulate filters: Enable filter emulation. Usually you will want
114 to enable this option, unless you are running on very slow CPU. 132 to enable this option, unless you are running on very slow CPU,
115 SID filters affect outcome of most tunes very much. 133 or on purpose. SID filters affect outcome of most tunes very much.
116 134
117 - Filter settings: Unless you are advanced user (and thus know what 135 - Filter settings: Unless you are advanced user (and thus know what
118 these are), the defaults will work very well and there is no need 136 these are), the defaults will work very well and there is no need
119 to touch filter settings. 137 to touch filter settings.
120 138
131 database is not used. 149 database is not used.
132 150
133 - DB-file: Specify path and filename, usually Songlengths.txt, 151 - DB-file: Specify path and filename, usually Songlengths.txt,
134 that contains lengths for most songs in High Voltage SID 152 that contains lengths for most songs in High Voltage SID
135 Collection (HVSC) in XSIDPLAY compatible format, for example: 153 Collection (HVSC) in XSIDPLAY compatible format, for example:
136 /media/Songlengths.txt 154 /media/C64Music/DOCUMENTS/Songlengths.txt
137 155
138 Click the "Browse" button to get a file selector dialog. 156 Click the "Browse" button to get a file selector dialog.
139 157
140 I highly recommend that you download the database and configure 158 I highly recommend that you download the database and configure
141 XMMS-SID to use it. The SLDB is included with latest versions of 159 XMMS-SID to use it. The SLDB is included with latest versions of
142 HVSC. 160 HVSC, under DOCUMENTS/Songlengths.txt
143 161
144 162
145 Title-tab 163 Title-tab
146 --------- 164 ---------
147 SID Tune Information List (STIL) database: 165 SID Tune Information List (STIL) database: