Subj : Re: SID player for VICE
To : Andreas Kohlbach
From : Chance Platt
Date : Mon Jun 13 2022 03:39 pm
Re: Re: SID player for VICE
By: Andreas Kohlbach to Chance Platt on Thu Jun 09 2022 03:34 pm
> On Wed, 08 Jun 2022 20:15:16 +1200, Chance Platt wrote:
>
> > Re: SID player for VICE
> > By: Andreas Kohlbach to All on Thu Apr 21 2022 12:09 pm
>
> > > XPost: comp.emulators.cbm
>
> > > From my last Debian installation I remember there was a standalone SID player coming with the VICE emulator. On the new installation I also installed VICE, but cannot find the executable (and cannot
> > > remember its file name from the previous installation.
>
> > > Is this player still shipped with VICE (on Linux)? What's its name then?
>
> > This post prompted me to look. Yes, in fact, there is one: vsid, on Debian 11.
>
> > I played with vsid for a few minutes .. I'm not sure this would replace sidplayer for me, it seems to like to crash a lot.
>
> Was using it for a while now, and by chance just yesterday it crashed
> once.
>
> Just noticing if I start with a certain song it crashes every time. If I
> play a different song first and then the other it doesn't crash.
>
> One question (not to start a new thread). I set the VIC-II settings to
> PAL, as as an European I am used 50Hz. But some SIDS insist on playing
> in NTSC (60Hz). Cannot find if the VIC-II settings are ignored, or for
> what reason some songs "rush through", others not.
I don't know what I'm doing to make mine crash, but it's worked for a good while for me in the last few minutes replying to your post. I really like the interface.
The reason why some rush through and others not is that the original intent, which machine the song was developed on, is included in the file. So the players emulate the "correct" speed for each song individually.
I've wanted for some years to go through my disks and copy down the SIDs I had, the way I remember them. I'm from the US, so mine were all fixed for NTSC, and the experience of them is different than the more accurate files people trade around.
So, first, in the menus, Settings -> Settings, set the default model you want (PAL).
Then, in Settings menu again, click "Override PSID settings". That will force the player to play with your default settings and ignore the values in the PSID files.
