From: nospam.Chance.Platt@f1.n770.z1442.fidonet.org   
      
     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   
    > talled 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.   
      
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