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author | Matti Hamalainen <ccr@tnsp.org> |
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date | Wed, 21 Apr 2004 01:32:00 +0000 |
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XMMS-SID - SIDPlay input plugin for X MultiMedia System (XMMS) ============================================================== (C) Copyright 2003-2004 Matti 'ccr/TNSP' Hämäläinen MD5 Algorithm code for song-length database handling by L. Peter Deutsch <ghost@aladdin.com> (C) Copyright 1999 Aladdin Enterprises. All rights reserved. Short Introduction ================== XMMS-SID is a plugin for XMMS (X MultiMedia System) which provides support for playing Commodore 64 "SID tunes", which are music from old Commodore computer programs like games, demos, etc. For the actual playing, XMMS-SID supports numerous emulator engines, including the excellent libSIDPlay v1 and v2. Requirements and installation ============================= See file "INSTALL" for information about what XMMS-SID requires, where to get those required packages and how to install. Usage ===== Using the plugin is quite simple: if you are familiar with XMMS and SIDPlay, then you already know how to use XMMS-SID. Configuration should be self-explanatory for most part, here are few tips: * XSIDPLAY-compatible song-length database is a file that contains lengths for most songs in High Voltage SID Collection (HVSC). I highly recommend that you download the database and configure XMMS-SID to use it. The SLDB is available at http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/Lakes/5147/sidplay/sldb.html * SIDPlay2-emulation is heavier, but more accurate. So you need to have more CPU-power for it. * Oversampling is available with SIDPlay2-emulation, it can further enchange the audio quality, but you need some really powerful hardware to run it smoothly. * Filter-settings can be usually left as they are, unless you know what you're doing. * If the plugin doesn't recognize your SID-tunes, try checking the 'Determine filetype by contents' option in the XMMS-SID config window. This is horrendously slow if you're reading a 10000-tune playlist, though. * For those who don't know it: Autopanning and stereo are not native to the original SID chip on C64&all, but are extra options implemented in libsidplay. So if you think that the tune does not sound as it sounds on the real C64 (or other SID using machine), use the Mono setting. * The "kb/s rate" box is actually the play rate in Hz, so you can see if it's an NTSC or PAL song (if you haven't set the Force Speed option). Also see FAQ for more tips, notes and such. License ======= XMMS-SID is distributed under GNU General Public License version 2, see COPYING for more information. If you like XMMS-SID, you can thank me by distributing message about it's existence and voting it on freshmeat.net. Contact, support and new versions ================================= New releases of this plugin should be available at TNSP's WWW- homepages, see below for address. Bug-reports, suggestions, patches, etc. should be sent to ccr at least for now, please see the homepage for latest information. IRC : #xmms-sid at irc.freenode.net (see http://www.freenode.net/) E-mail : ccr@tnsp.org Homepage : http://www.tnsp.org/xmms-sid.php