--- SIDPlayer/README 2000/10/10 21:57:19 1.6 +++ SIDPlayer/README 2004/01/12 15:15:48 1.19 @@ -1,8 +1,8 @@ - SIDPlayer, Version 4.1 + SIDPlayer A SID tune replayer - Copyright (C) 1996-2000 Christian Bauer + Copyright (C) 1996-2004 Christian Bauer License @@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ FreeBSD, Solaris and Irix) and on BeOS R Successfully tested systems include: - Linux/i386 - BeOS/x86 R5 - - BeOS/ppc R4.5 + - BeOS/ppc R5 Supported file formats @@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ Some functions of SIDPlayer can also be Using SIDPlayer under Unix -------------------------- -SIDPlayer currently only works as a command-line application. It is invoked +SIDPlayer currently only works as a command line application. It is invoked as follows: sidplayer FILE [song_number] @@ -117,6 +117,14 @@ specifies the number of the song to be p SIDPlayer cannot detect when a song has finished, so you have to use Ctrl-C to quit it. +SIDPlayer accepts a number of command line arguments. Type "sidplayer --help" +to get a list. + +If you have a Catweasel MK3 PCI card with a SID chip installed you can +redirect the output of SIDPlayer to the card by specifying the "--cwsid on" +command line argument. Visit www.jschoenfeld.de for more information about +the Catweasel card. + The Sound Control window (BeOS only) ------------------------------------ @@ -178,7 +186,23 @@ V4.0 - Now based on Frodo V5 CPU/SID cod faster/slower buttons by slider, added popup menu and sound control window, ported to BeOS R5 with new Media Kit, implemented CIA timer speed control, and SIDPlayer can now also be used as a CL-Amp plugin -V4.1 - Runs as a command-line application under Unix (requiring SDL) +V4.1 - Runs as a command line application under Unix (requiring SDL), + preferences items can be passed on the command line, and SIDPlayer + can now also be used as a SoundPlay plugin +V4.2 - Fixed writes to mirrored SID registers, output to WAV file is possible + in SDL version +V4.3 - Added support for Catweasel SID hardware in SDL version (use option + "--cwsid on"), CIA timer speed control now actually works +V4.4 - Fixed a problem with the wrong replay routine being called when the + IRQ vector was changed. Mastercomposer tunes (and probably others) + not play correctly. [Thanks to Stefano Tognon.] + + +Acknowledgements +---------------- + +Special thanks go to Claes Löfqvist and Marco Nelissen for their help with +adding CL-Amp and SoundPlay plugin support. Christian Bauer