# HG changeset patch
# User Matti Hamalainen <ccr@tnsp.org>
# Date 1078598340 0
# Node ID d9d776c6f4cd3f40f9c4bad29c9e00b490f275ea
# Parent  e85ea673576713b010fdc0b96ce9dd1b28009cda
Added information about SLDB, cleanups.


diff -r e85ea6735767 -r d9d776c6f4cd README
--- a/README	Sat Mar 06 18:38:03 2004 +0000
+++ b/README	Sat Mar 06 18:39:00 2004 +0000
@@ -7,21 +7,33 @@
     (C) Copyright 1999 Aladdin Enterprises. All rights reserved.
 
 
-Introduction
-============
+Short Introduction
+==================
 XMMS-SID is a plugin for XMMS (X MultiMedia System) which provides
-support for playing the so-called "SID tunes", which are music
+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 can use numerous emulator engines,
-including the excellent libSIDPlay v1 and v2.
+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, here are few tips:
+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.