Chip Tunes

[Calculus]

Ive searched around on the forum and couldnt find anything on it, so im making a new topic

basically I was wondering if there is a plugin for rockbox that will let me play .mod files
i really want to listen to some chiptunes and i hate putting them into mp3's

i installed rockbox last night in about 2 minutes, manually as the automatic installation failed to see my ipod, im happily running rockbox now, how i also have a question, how do i actually turn my ipod off?

it seems the only way is to reset it, is there an off function that I havent noticed..

[MarcGuay]

Support for MOD files was implemented recently, just try to play those tracks and see what happens.  And for the button configuration of your player, check the Quick Start section of the manual.

[Calculus]

yay im gonna try now! thanks!

[LambdaCalculus]

If you really want to know what chip tune formats Rockbox plays, you can see that information here.

[Calculus]

thankyou very much.
im happily listening to my chiptunes now

[Alzheimers]

Just registered so I could add my appreciation to whomever added .MOD support to Rockbox.

You've restored my faith in humanity, as well as bolstered hope for the rest of the major sample tracker formats -- S3M, XM, and IT

WOOT!

[LambdaCalculus]

There's a patch in Flyspray for other S3M, XM, and IT tracker formats; see FS #8806.

However, it's a viewer plugin, instead of a codec using the playback engine. A lot of work has to be done to rewrite it as a codec.

[Alzheimers]

So is it a patch or a plugin?  As far as I can tell,  plugins just need to be copied to my device, while patches need to be compiled.

[MarcGuay]

It's a patch for a plugin.  Parts of plugins are built into the source so you'll need to compile yourself to give it a try. 

[Alzheimers]

Thanks for the reply.

That's what I was afraid of.  If there's a QnD shortcut that someone could point to for me for the process, I'd greatly appreciate it. Otherwise it'll be a weekend of mucking around.

edit: thanks for the link! I just stumbled on http://www.rockbox.org/twiki/bin/view/Main/SimpleGuideToCompiling when I saw your post -- for anyone else curious enough to try

[Chronon]

Look here: http://www.rockbox.org/twiki/bin/view/Main/DocsIndex#For_Developers

In particular, the SimpleGuideToCompiling page might be a good start.

[MarcGuay]

If you're using Windows, I recommend VMWare over Cygwin for both ease of installation and speed.

[pailes]

There is also a module playing library included in the MilkyTracker source code package. It offers very accurate module replay for a lot of formats but it's written in C++.

[Calculus]

fantastic isnt it?!
i can walk down the street listening to maktone and estrayk now
im going to make a new thread and we should compile a list of good chiptune artists with their best tunes named.

[LambdaCalculus]

Oh, no you don't! That's off-topic for these forums.

If you want to compile such a list, do it elsewhere. These forums are for Rockbox and technical talk related to the project. Favorite music and movies and such has no place here.