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SIDPlayer, Version 4.0 |
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SIDPlayer |
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A SID tune replayer |
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A SID tune replayer for BeOS |
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Copyright (C) 1996-2000 Christian Bauer |
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Freely distributable |
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Copyright (C) 1996-2004 Christian Bauer |
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License |
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SIDPlayer is a replayer program for C64 music ("SID tunes"), like PlaySID on |
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the Amiga or SIDPLAY for Unix. You can think of it as being a stripped- down |
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the Amiga or SIDPLAY for Unix. You can think of it as being a stripped-down |
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C64 emulator that only emulates the CPU and the sound chip of the C64. |
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SIDPlayer can replay SID tunes in the "PSID" file format, but it cannot run |
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any C64 programs. |
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in size. |
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System Requirements |
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SIDPlayer runs on all Unix systems supported by SDL (which includes Linux, |
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FreeBSD, Solaris and Irix) and on BeOS R4.5 or later versions. |
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Successfully tested systems include: |
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- Linux/i386 |
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- BeOS/x86 R5 |
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- BeOS/ppc R5 |
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Supported file formats |
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available on the Internet is in this format. |
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Using SIDPlayer |
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Installing SIDPlayer |
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See the file "INSTALL". |
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Using SIDPlayer under BeOS |
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SIDPlayer can be started from the Tracker or from the Shell. If you give the |
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name of a PSID file as an argument from the Shell or drag a PSID file onto |
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The SIDPlayer menu has three items: |
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- "About SIDPlayer" shows some information about SIDPlayer |
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- "Sound Control" opens the sound control window |
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- "Sound Control" opens the sound control window (see below) |
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- "Quit" quits SIDPlayer |
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To load another PSID file, drag it into the SIDPlayer window. To quit |
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Right arrow: Next song |
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Q : Quit |
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SIDPlayer can also be used as an input plugin for CL-Amp by Claes Löfqvist. |
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Simply copy the program to your CL-Amp "Plugins" directory (you have to copy |
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it, placing a link won't work) and rename it to "in_SIDPlayer". |
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Using SIDPlayer under Unix |
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SIDPlayer currently only works as a command line application. It is invoked |
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as follows: |
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The Sound Control window |
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sidplayer FILE [song_number] |
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"FILE" is the name of the PSID file to be loaded. The optional "song_number" |
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specifies the number of the song to be player (instead of the default song). |
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SIDPlayer cannot detect when a song has finished, so you have to use Ctrl-C |
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to quit it. |
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SIDPlayer accepts a number of command line arguments. Type "sidplayer --help" |
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to get a list. |
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If you have a Catweasel MK3 PCI card with a SID chip installed you can |
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redirect the output of SIDPlayer to the card by specifying the "--cwsid on" |
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command line argument. Visit www.jschoenfeld.de for more information about |
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the Catweasel card. |
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The Sound Control window (BeOS only) |
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Sound post-processing is controlled with the "Effect" pop-up menu and the |
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"Delay" and "Feedback" sliders. The available effects are "None" (no post- |
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faster/slower buttons by slider, added popup menu and sound control |
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window, ported to BeOS R5 with new Media Kit, implemented CIA timer |
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speed control, and SIDPlayer can now also be used as a CL-Amp plugin |
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V4.1 - Runs as a command line application under Unix (requiring SDL), |
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preferences items can be passed on the command line, and SIDPlayer |
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can now also be used as a SoundPlay plugin |
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V4.2 - Fixed writes to mirrored SID registers, output to WAV file is possible |
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in SDL version |
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V4.3 - Added support for Catweasel SID hardware in SDL version (use option |
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"--cwsid on"), CIA timer speed control now actually works |
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V4.4 - Fixed a problem with the wrong replay routine being called when the |
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IRQ vector was changed. Mastercomposer tunes (and probably others) |
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not play correctly. [Thanks to Stefano Tognon.] |
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Acknowledgements |
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Special thanks go to Claes Löfqvist and Marco Nelissen for their help with |
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adding CL-Amp and SoundPlay plugin support. |
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