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Hi everyone !
I discovered smspower.org a few days ago, and it's great !
I was wondering if anybody has ever worked on a vgm plugin for xmms. I'd like to be able to listen to vgm files with xmms on my linux distro.
I recently compiled and installed the modplug player plugin for xmms, to be able to listen to .mod or .xm files. Ok, mikmod can also do that, but....
I'm a programmer but I have no experience in audio stuff. I've looked at the source of the winamp plugin,
I think it could be ported to do a xmms plugin. Is it too hard or not ? I haven't a clue about the work it'd take to do that.

Bye

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> I'm a programmer but I have no experience in audio stuff. I've looked at the source of the winamp plugin, I think it could be ported to do a xmms plugin. Is it too hard or not ? I haven't a clue about the work it'd take to do that.

You need to:

1. Satisfy the plugin API. If there's a sample plugin then that's relatively easy.
2. Go through the file byte by byte, outputting data to the various sound engines (my SN76489 engine, EMU2413, and the MAME 2612 and 2151 cores)
3. When you get to a wait command, you need to command the sound engines to output sound and pass that back through the API

Then the rest is naking it pretty, and have features like STOP and SEEK which the users these days seem so keen on.

I'm not going to do this. I don't have Linux and I won't install it until I find a reason to.

I recommend you look at a sample plugin like the two Winamp puts in its SDK, I'm sure XMMS has some equivalent.

Maxim

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> You need to:

> 1. Satisfy the plugin API. If there's a sample plugin then that's relatively easy.
> 2. Go through the file byte by byte, outputting data to the various sound engines (my SN76489 engine, EMU2413, and the MAME 2612 and 2151 cores)

I'll try to hack the source of the vgm winamp plugin to understand that.

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> 3. When you get to a wait command, you need to command the sound engines to output sound and pass that back through the API

Ok. It doesns't seem to be unfeasable.

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> I'm not going to do this. I don't have Linux and I won't install it until I find a reason to.

No problem. I wasn't doing a request. But for Linux, you should at least try it. You might like it !

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> I recommend you look at a sample plugin like the two Winamp puts in its SDK, I'm sure XMMS has some equivalent.

I'll do that.
Thank you for your help.
I just hope I won't be the one and only user of the plugin....

Sgt Moutarde

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> > You need to:

> > 1. Satisfy the plugin API. If there's a sample plugin then that's relatively easy.
> > 2. Go through the file byte by byte, outputting data to the various sound engines (my SN76489 engine, EMU2413, and the MAME 2612 and 2151 cores)

> I'll try to hack the source of the vgm winamp plugin to understand that.

> > 3. When you get to a wait command, you need to command the sound engines to output sound and pass that back through the API

> Ok. It doesns't seem to be unfeasable.

> > I'm not going to do this. I don't have Linux and I won't install it until I find a reason to.

> No problem. I wasn't doing a request. But for Linux, you should at least try it. You might like it !

> > I recommend you look at a sample plugin like the two Winamp puts in its SDK, I'm sure XMMS has some equivalent.

> I'll do that.
> Thank you for your help.
> I just hope I won't be the one and only user of the plugin....

Remember to post here if you get it working, and I'll promise I'll use it :) ...

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> Sgt Moutarde

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Sergent Moutarde Guest	xmms plugin for vgm Posted: Wed May 22, 2002 3:17 pm
Sergent Moutarde Guest	Hi everyone ! I discovered smspower.org a few days ago, and it's great ! I was wondering if anybody has ever worked on a vgm plugin for xmms. I'd like to be able to listen to vgm files with xmms on my linux distro. I recently compiled and installed the modplug player plugin for xmms, to be able to listen to .mod or .xm files. Ok, mikmod can also do that, but.... I'm a programmer but I have no experience in audio stuff. I've looked at the source of the winamp plugin, I think it could be ported to do a xmms plugin. Is it too hard or not ? I haven't a clue about the work it'd take to do that. Bye

Maxim Site Admin Joined: 19 Oct 1999 Posts: 14745 Location: London	Posted: Wed May 22, 2002 4:35 pm
	Quote > I'm a programmer but I have no experience in audio stuff. I've looked at the source of the winamp plugin, I think it could be ported to do a xmms plugin. Is it too hard or not ? I haven't a clue about the work it'd take to do that. You need to: 1. Satisfy the plugin API. If there's a sample plugin then that's relatively easy. 2. Go through the file byte by byte, outputting data to the various sound engines (my SN76489 engine, EMU2413, and the MAME 2612 and 2151 cores) 3. When you get to a wait command, you need to command the sound engines to output sound and pass that back through the API Then the rest is naking it pretty, and have features like STOP and SEEK which the users these days seem so keen on. I'm not going to do this. I don't have Linux and I won't install it until I find a reason to. I recommend you look at a sample plugin like the two Winamp puts in its SDK, I'm sure XMMS has some equivalent. Maxim

Sergent Moutarde Guest	Posted: Thu May 23, 2002 7:26 pm
Sergent Moutarde Guest	Quote > You need to: > 1. Satisfy the plugin API. If there's a sample plugin then that's relatively easy. > 2. Go through the file byte by byte, outputting data to the various sound engines (my SN76489 engine, EMU2413, and the MAME 2612 and 2151 cores) I'll try to hack the source of the vgm winamp plugin to understand that. Quote > 3. When you get to a wait command, you need to command the sound engines to output sound and pass that back through the API Ok. It doesns't seem to be unfeasable. Quote > I'm not going to do this. I don't have Linux and I won't install it until I find a reason to. No problem. I wasn't doing a request. But for Linux, you should at least try it. You might like it ! Quote > I recommend you look at a sample plugin like the two Winamp puts in its SDK, I'm sure XMMS has some equivalent. I'll do that. Thank you for your help. I just hope I won't be the one and only user of the plugin.... Sgt Moutarde

fx Joined: 09 Sep 2001 Posts: 236 Location: Umeå, Sweden	Posted: Thu May 23, 2002 7:40 pm
fx Joined: 09 Sep 2001 Posts: 236 Location: Umeå, Sweden	Quote > > You need to: > > 1. Satisfy the plugin API. If there's a sample plugin then that's relatively easy. > > 2. Go through the file byte by byte, outputting data to the various sound engines (my SN76489 engine, EMU2413, and the MAME 2612 and 2151 cores) > I'll try to hack the source of the vgm winamp plugin to understand that. > > 3. When you get to a wait command, you need to command the sound engines to output sound and pass that back through the API > Ok. It doesns't seem to be unfeasable. > > I'm not going to do this. I don't have Linux and I won't install it until I find a reason to. > No problem. I wasn't doing a request. But for Linux, you should at least try it. You might like it ! > > I recommend you look at a sample plugin like the two Winamp puts in its SDK, I'm sure XMMS has some equivalent. > I'll do that. > Thank you for your help. > I just hope I won't be the one and only user of the plugin.... Remember to post here if you get it working, and I'll promise I'll use it :) ... Quote > Sgt Moutarde

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