XMMS-SID - SIDPlay input plugin for X MultiMedia System (XMMS) ============================================================== (C) Copyright 2001-2003 Matti 'ccr/TNSP' Hämäläinen (versions from v0.5 up to current) (C) Copyright 1999 Willem Monsuwe (versions up to v0.4) "XMMS-SID Theme"-song (SIDtune) by Peter 'Brite-Lite' Halin of Dekadence (C) Copyright 2002 Dekadence <http://www.dekadence64.org/> MD5 Algorithm code for song-length database handling by L. Peter Deutsch <ghost@aladdin.com> (C) Copyright 1999 Aladdin Enterprises. All rights reserved. Introduction ============ XMMS-SID is a plugin for XMMS (X MultiMedia System) which provides support for playing the so-called "SID tunes", which are music from old Commodore computer programs like games, demos, etc. For the actual playing, XMMS-SID uses the excellent libsidplay (1|2) emulator engine that emulates 6510 CPU and 6581/8580 Sound Interface Device (SID) chip. 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: * SIDPlay2-emulation is harder, 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. Contacting and where to get 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. ccr's e-mail: ccr@tnsp.org XMMS-SID's homepage: http://www.tnsp.org/xmms-sid.php TNSP's WWW : http://www.tnsp.org/