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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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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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Steppe
Registered: Jan 2002
Posts: 1510 |
I'm getting crashes with strange error message too once in a while, just so you know. Never was able to reproduce it though, so I didn't mention it yet. |
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Madman
Registered: Jan 2007
Posts: 34 |
Well if its of any help, only use it with HVSC 45
Any other folder may not have the Songlength.txt at the desired place, or STIL isnt located or missing etc. etc.
which may lead to curious behaviour of the programm.
Any crash i encounter i will hunt down. |
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tora
Account closed
Registered: Jun 2005
Posts: 6 |
Hi again!
I managed to capture on video that odd bug, and in two different situations ;)
You can download a zip containing the videos and the text of the error description here:
bug_captures.zip
Also both situations can be reproduced.
The second video what does not show is that I accidentally 'dragged' the mouse before selecting another composer. Also you can get that situation if you select a composer with the mouse, but then you use the keyboard to move to another.
I hope this can help you to fix it :)
Regards. |
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Madman
Registered: Jan 2007
Posts: 34 |
Wow, amazing. Visual proof of lame coding LOL just kidding :)
These videos help a lot. I note on the first bug, he actually displays the following tune, but for some reason crashes then instead of playing it. Also your Sidlist gets cleared when you enable STIL. These infos help me localize the buggy part of the code.
What did you do these videos with ? That tool may come in handy later.
Believe me or not: For some weird reason these bugs dont appear here on my machine. Then again i allready worked a few more bugs out, which may have caused these crashes. Maybe. Please download http://sidtool.drool.de/ReleaseTEST.zip
(its in verbose mode, so dont get scared on the message it couldnt find sidtool.ini on first launch)
If you still get these crashes with that version, i have 2 suspects:
One i eleminated in the test version, that is if the tool cant determine which node aka composer is selected. I set that to the first one then to prevent the crash.
The second suspect must be the continuous Play feature.
Can you try the first one again without enabling STIL ?
The second one makes no sense at all for me at the moment...
Thx a lot for your effort helping me sorting this crap out :)
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