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Madman
Registered: Jan 2007
Posts: 34 |
New SID frontend released !!
Hello fellow C64 freaks!
I just wanted to let you know that there is a new SID frontend available to the public now. It has features no other SID tool offers since today:
* Support Sidplay2/w for playback
* Support TinySID for playback
* Easy access to the entire High Voltage Sid Collection
* Easy single-click interface
* Songlength database support
* Continuous play to discover SIDs unknown to you
* Playlist support with ability to add certain subsongs
* Experimental sid2midi support (sid2midi.exe not included)
* Built in search function
* Build on .NET framework 2.0 (required)
Steppe from HVSC suggested i shall promote it here. So did i. Hope you like it.
http://sidtool.drool.de/
Regards,
Madman
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Spinball
Registered: Sep 2002
Posts: 87 |
vice has build in sid playback "x64 -vsid filename.sid" but i have no idea how to change the subsong. Hoxs64 has build in sidplay too. And some guys claim it has the best 8510 emulation around.
p.s.: great you are working on vice integration |
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Madman
Registered: Jan 2007
Posts: 34 |
Oh thanks a bunch for that Info. I used PSID to crate a PRG and then launch vice with that PRG.
The -vsid parameter is not listed in the commandline list.
Will check that out right now :-) |
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Madman
Registered: Jan 2007
Posts: 34 |
Well, im done with Vice support.
(Edit: Means you can download that from the Website)
I suggest to set some settings in the options first.
By default i set vice to what i find in the Sid header.
(I hope i get the info right there) |
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Madman
Registered: Jan 2007
Posts: 34 |
For your Info:
Beta 0.9.0 released.
Added advanced search to search the SID Header info
(as Steppe suggested)
Added PlayList sorting
Now using TinySID 0.996 Final
SIDPlay2/W default again for subsong support
http://sidtool.drool.de |
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Vai
Registered: Mar 2002
Posts: 50 |
I like the front-end, nice way to search through the collection, But I like a few corrections.
- Remember which player to the play the sid's;
- On a second monitor the mousepointer get's jumpy after playing a sid, the x coordinate is reset to the outmost left of the second screen, it's annoying.
- Sometimes when you select a subtune it is not played, you have to go to another subtune and try again, or stop -> play. |
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Madman
Registered: Jan 2007
Posts: 34 |
Thanks for your feedback!
- Remembering Player used - noted for next update.
- Cant reproduce that bug on a single-monitor desktop, sorry :-( I guess thats a .net framework bug, i dont alter nor question the mouse coordinates in any way. Will try to lend a 2nd monitor and look into that.
- I noted, that sometimes the sidplayer is not launched. I havent found out yet, was causes this. But doubleclicking the tune in the SID List should re-start the current selected (sub)song |
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tora
Account closed
Registered: Jun 2005
Posts: 6 |
Hi!
Nice work! :)
Could I suggest more 'search' options, like look for the keywords on the STIL comments? I think it would be useful to find covers and such. Also enabling the STIL box to be resized will become handy when showing large texts.
I got a 'crash'. It does happens sometimes when doing a search:
See the end of this message for details on invoking
just-in-time (JIT) debugging instead of this dialog box.
************** Exception Text **************
System.NullReferenceException: Object reference not set to an instance of an object.
at SidTool.Sidtool.HVSCFolderView_AfterSelect(Object sender, TreeViewEventArgs e)
at System.Windows.Forms.TreeView.OnAfterSelect(TreeViewEventArgs e)
at System.Windows.Forms.TreeView.TvnSelected(NMTREEVIEW* nmtv)
at System.Windows.Forms.TreeView.WmNotify(Message& m)
at System.Windows.Forms.TreeView.WndProc(Message& m)
at System.Windows.Forms.Control.ControlNativeWindow.OnMessage(Message& m)
at System.Windows.Forms.Control.ControlNativeWindow.WndProc(Message& m)
at System.Windows.Forms.NativeWindow.Callback(IntPtr hWnd, Int32 msg, IntPtr wparam, IntPtr lparam)
I can paste the whole error text if you wish (I've removed the 'assemblies' listing to keep it short).
Regards. |
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Madman
Registered: Jan 2007
Posts: 34 |
Hi tora!
Thanks for your feedback.
I have uploaded V0.9.1 which includes STIL searching support.
I fixed a few bugs too and resized the STIL info a little.
Things get a little more complex now with all this features added :) I usually try to play around with the tool a certain while prior uploading an update, but one cant imagine what other people try to do with it ;)
If that crash keeps coming up, please give me some more info:
- what kind of search ? (Simple, advanced or stil)
- What did you search for ?
- Any prior searches which may interfere ?
Mad
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tora
Account closed
Registered: Jun 2005
Posts: 6 |
Hi Madman!
Wow, that was fast! :D Thank you!
I've downloaded the new version, but that bug still appears. The main problem is that I can't reproduce it, seems to be pretty random.
For example, launch Sidtool, do a simple search for 'world', and that bug appeared. I quit the app, launch it again, repeat the search but the bug doesn't appears. Also I did several searches and seemed to work fine, but then again the bug showed after a while. Trying to repeat the same steps didn't make the bug to show.
The only thing I can say is that seems to be related with the composers list being updated.
Also I've found another bug but this one can be reproduced:
- Launch sidtool.
- Do a STIL search with the keyword 'Amiga'.
- See what happens ;)
I've uploaded the screenshot of that later bug, and the text of the previous one, zipped in one file here:
sidtool_crash_info.zip
I hope it helps. If you want me to try anything in particular or need more info just tell me!
Regards.
PD: I'm running on a (non-explosive) dell laptop, using windows xp home sp2, have the .net runtimes for 1.1 and 2.0 installed, and the hvsids is the latest (release 45). |
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Madman
Registered: Jan 2007
Posts: 34 |
Yep, thats info i can work with. Thx :)
There are a few entries in the STIL, that contain general composer info. Thats with:
/VARIOUS/A-F/Eeben_Aleksi/
COMMENT: Well known composer on the Amiga, under the handle "Heatbeat".
In my tool i search the comment for amiga. i get a hit here, therefore i use the upper line to load the SID. But the Upper line has no filename, which caused the error when searching for Amiga. And i bet there are some more entries like this. Never noted those before.
I fixed that bug and re-uploaded the 0.9.1.
The bug in simple search doesnt appear for me it seems, i searched 10 mins straight for all kind of stuff but nothing happend. Did you use any continuous play before the bug in simple search appeared ? I will search on... :) |
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