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Updated documentation.
author Matti Hamalainen <ccr@tnsp.org>
date Fri, 13 Aug 2004 06:39:04 +0000
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17 For the actual playing, XMMS-SID supports numerous emulator 17 For the actual playing, XMMS-SID supports numerous emulator
18 engines, including the excellent libSIDPlay v1 and v2. 18 engines, including the excellent libSIDPlay v1 and v2.
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21 Requirements and installation 21 Installation requirements and recommendations
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23 See file "INSTALL" for information about what XMMS-SID requires, 23 Refer to file "INSTALL" for information about what XMMS-SID requires,
24 where to get those required packages and how to install. 24 where to get those required packages and how to install.
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26 Some words on which emulation library you should select - it depends
27 somewhat on your system and personal preferences.
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30 - libSIDPlay v1: This is the old SIDPlay v1 emulation library. Its
31 emulation is "frame-based" and not very accurate. The waveforms
32 produced are harsher and emulation if SID filter is far from
33 accurate.
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35 libSIDPlay v1 requires very little CPU power, it is faster and
36 may have fewer bugs due to being more mature software. Many
37 distributions have pre-built packages of it, not something that
38 can be said of libSIDPlay v2. Some people may even like the
39 harsher sound produced by libSIDPlay v1.
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41 Drawbacks are: worse emulation, eventually weakening compability
42 as new SID-tunes/files are ripped into "RSID"-format which
43 libSIDPlay v1 does NOT support.
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46 - libSIDPlay v2: New, next generation modular SID-emulation framework.
47 Along with reSID-library it produces probably most accurate emulated
48 representation of SID-chip available. This, however, comes at high
49 cost: libSIDPlay2 tends to eat CPU like popcorn, depending on the
50 selected emulation options. It is also less spread, not as many
51 distributions/operating systems come with pre-packaged libSIDPlay2,
52 so you may have to roll your own.
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54 Also the API-stability of libSIDPlay2 is not yet 100%, there may
55 be changes. Bugs are evident, though many of them will be fixed
56 eventually.
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59 - libNanoSID: An obscure binary-only emulation library which only plays
60 special ZSID-format files, which are not compatible with PSID-formats.
61 Pros: Fast emulation, supposedly good filter-emulation.
62 Cons: Does not support normal PSID-files directly, binary-only library
63 which only works on x86-Linux architechture.
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66 Conclusion thus is as follows: If you are using an old system with not
67 much spare CPU-power, choose libSIDPlay v1. On a new system (more
68 powerful than Pentium III 650MHz at least) you may choose libSIDPlay v2.
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70 libNanoSID is for those who need support for ZSID-format, most people
71 don't have any reason to concern themselves with it.
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27 Usage 74 Usage
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29 Using the plugin is quite simple: if you are familiar with XMMS and 76 Using the plugin is quite simple: if you are familiar with XMMS and