Short: Improved sc68 package (w/ cust. builder)
Author: Benjamin Gerard
Uploader: megacz usa com
Type: mus/play
Version: 2.3.0-2
Replaces: mus/play/sc68-bin-debug-m68k.lha; mus/play/sc68-bin-m68k.lha
Requires: see notes
Architecture: m68k-amigaos;generic
sc68-2.3.0 (#2 attempt)
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sc68 is an Atari ST and Amiga music player. It emulates the Mc68000
microprocessor and all Atari ST and Amiga chips necessary to play musics.
sc68 programs handle sc68 files (.sc68). A complete collection of sc68
files and more informations are available on sc68 official website.
Since version 2.1.0 sc68 support SNDh files. You may find such files
on some Atari ST related website.
Copyright (C) 1998-2003 Benjamin Gerard
<ben@sashipa.com>
<http://sc68.atari.org>
<http://sourceforge.net/projects/sc68/>
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NEWS:
[15-Feb-2008] - Signals checking changed in raw/aiff part.
[14-Feb-2008] - Fixed potential crash. Lombi suggested '--info' in
conjunction with '--track=#', so here it is.
Fpu related libs removed! - there was no benefit
on anything.
[12-Feb-2008] - Added extra signalling for subsongs (CTRL-F),
[09-Feb-2008] - Some more fixes.
[07-Feb-2008] - Lombi found a bug affecting Amiga(Paula) modules,
mixing frequency was cleared where it shouldnt
be each time new track was invoked(that looked
like a my fault but it wasnt). Bug was api related.
Thanks to him and that bug, this version is
completelty rebuilt with new features(i planned
to add ahi and stuff but had no motivation :) ).
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NOTES:
Requires 68000+(no FPU) or 68020+(no FPU), 1+ MiB of free memory, ixemul 48+
[ixnet 48+], [bsdsocket 3+ compatible TCP/IP stack], [AHI 4+]
'sc68' prefers Unix like paths in the environment variables, but Amiga like
will also work unless you dont use 'sh'.
Paula related tunes can be played smoothly on 68040/33 using just "AUDIO:"
at 12000 Hz and using AHI at 24000 Hz(eats all MIPS)! Atari tunes(sndh) load
the cpu way too much, even AHI cant handle them nicely in low quality on my
040... I think that 8bit mixer would cure that, but this is a lot of work.
'api68_shutdown()' does not write configuration anymore, if you want that
use 'api68_config_save()' before the shutdown.
'--bufauto=#' isnt perfect(this is exactly same trick as in hvlplay2007), it
does not like exotic frequencies(11025,17640..), you can still use '--buf=#'
but when saving to a file the first one is recommeneded, this is because it
adds silence at the end of a track so there is no ugly "peek" effect(by def.
'--buf=2048' is used).
The only useful environment variables are: SC68_DATA, SC68_HOME
'--sc68_*' options in the player are bogus(leftovers probably).
I have made different builds of libraries and prepared 'curl' and 'zlib'
objects so that you can simply jump into 'custom/sc68' and build your own
binary with modifications if you need(see Makefile first!). Avoid gcc-3 !!!
gcc-2.95.3 + binutils-2.9.1 were used to create libraries and binaries.
In 'bonus/' you will find early build of 'curl' version 7.17.1 - not
releasing as a standalone package since i also plan to build working SSL,
branch through 'GnuTLS'. There is also 'sorrycat68', it may help in
filtering out tunes by replayer name.
Use debug builds to hunt down bugs and your errors, they are in '68000-debug/',
this is also a sort of kit for developing new and bugfixing old replayers.
If you want to skip to another subsong then just press Control-F or send
it externally, but note this makes only sense with '--track=0' !
If you got fast machine then you do not need to set huge buffers!
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HELP:
sc68 - Atari ST and Amiga music emulator
Copyright (C) 1998-2003 Benjamin Gerard <ben@sasghipa.com>
Player improved by megacz@usa.com
This program is free software.
usage : sc68 [options] <URL>
options:
--help : Display this message and exit
--version : Display sc68 version x.y.z and exit
--quiet : Do not display music info
* --info : Dump infos about all the tracks,
track 0 is the sum of all the tracks!
* --stdout : Prefer stdout instead of stderr
--track=#[,#] : Choose track to play [0=all tracks]
and number of loop [0=infinite]
* --buf=# : Memory for audio buffer (512-65536)
* --autobuf=# : Calculates buffer automatically allowing
multiplication factor (1-128) to be used
* --freq=# : Set new frequency (6000-50000) Hz
* --ahi=# : Play through AHI unit directly (0-3)
(This enforces --autobuf=32 by default!)
* --aiff=name : Output to AIFF instead of >RAW
--sc68_data=path : Set shared resource path (prior to ${SC68_DATA})
--sc68_user=path : Set user resource path (prior to ${SC68_USER})
--sc68_music=path : Set local music path (prior to ${SC68_USER})
--sc68_rmusic=path : Set remote music path (prior to ${SC68_USER})
URL:
- or
stdin:// : Read file fron standard input.
path or
file://path or
local://path : Local sc68 music file.
http://path or
ftp://path or
... : Load nusic file via given protocol (see curl)
sc68://author/hw/title[/#track]
Access sc68 music database. The music file is searched first in local
music path and if not found in remote music path.
* - new options
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EXAMPLES(play):
cd sc68-2.3.0-bin-m68k/
set SC68_DATA `cd`/usr/local/share/sc68
cd 68020-nofpu/usr/local/bin/
;(output through AHI wrapper 'AUDIO:')
sc68 "../../../../tunes/Cytax #1.sc68" --freq=12000 --buf=4096 >"audio:c=2/b=16/f=12000/buf=12000/unit=2"
;(output through AHI)
sc68 "../../../../tunes/Cytax #1.sc68" --freq=24000 --autobuf=128 --ahi=2
;(hq aiff with all the subsongs)
sc68 ../../../../tunes/Mazemania.sc68 --track=0 --freq=44100 --autobuf=128 --aiff=Mazemania.aiff
EXAMPLES(info):
;(get infos on current track)
sc68 <tune> --info
;(get infos on requested track)
sc68 <tune> --track=5 --info
;(dump infos of all the tracks)
sc68 <tune> --track=0 --info
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SORRYCAT68 USAGE:
;(quick explanation)
sorrycat68 dirfulloftunes/ �replayer� copier whereto/
;(dont use system 'copy' try 'cp' or 'mv')
sorrycat68 hd1:_sc68_music/ �musmon2� mv hd1:_sc68_music_sorted/musmon2/ >ram:sc68doit
execute ram:sc68doit
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AVAILABLE REPLAYERS:
ssd1(!!!) none huelsbeck
spacegun nobuddiesland hpn-jam
spacecrusade ninjatfmx hippel-coso_note.deli
soundfx(!) ninjaremix harlequin
sndh_ice(!!!) musmon2(!!!) gemx(!!!)
sidsound musmon1(!!) fred(!)
sidmon2(!) mon_old.deli fireice
sidmon1(!) mon(!!) fc13_14(!)
shadowdancer mmmesid elf
rollingronny mmme dyter07
robhubbard.deli midi dwaga(!!)
realms metrocross dmu(!!)
quartet_mindbomb megatizer digitfmx
quartet mcoder(!!!) deltamusic2(!!)
puma2 lx_mmme deltamusic1(!)
puma lcd crapman2
psgtrackerv2(!!) lastninjaiii crapman1
psg1 lastninja3 cosotfmx(!!!)
page jamcrackerpro(!!) chipmon2(!!)
note2 ivanhoe cabal
note huntforredoct bs22
blipp079(!) tao_ms27
blipblop(!!) tao_ms25
big tao_ms211
bendaglish.deli tao_hubbard
armalyte(!!!) tao_digi
alteredbeast(!!!) synthiv(!)
aenigmatica(!!!) stos
zonewarrior built-in[amiga](!)
xbiossound built-in[atari](!!!)
vikingchild
utopia
tsd1
toki(!)
timerc
tfmx_st(!!!)
tfmx_old
tfmx_aga
tfmx(!!!)
test
tcbtracker(!!!)
tao_tsd
cpu load
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! - low
!! - high
!!! - very high
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