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Title: How to play module files
Post by: Alsweider on August 18, 2016, 08:09:58 AM

I have a collection of Module/Tracker music files with extensions like .mod, .rad, .s3m, .sc68, .it and .xm. Many of them are playable with VLC player, but I can't get them to work in MB. Is there a plugin or decoder for this?

Title: Re: How to play module files
Post by: Bee-liever on August 19, 2016, 01:36:30 PM

There is the Nullsoft Module Decoder input plugin
There is a thread here (http://getmusicbee.com/forum/index.php?topic=17346.0#) where ssri and I tried different versions to get it to work.

For me, I ended up using
basszxtune.dll from un4seen.com
and
in_mod-2.2.10b29.dll (ModPlug) from home.scarlet.be/ruben.castelein/MM/MM-Plugins.htm
for it too work for me

Title: Re: How to play module files
Post by: theta_wave on August 19, 2016, 08:40:47 PM

Unfortunately, it never worked out for me. Furthermore, in_mod_xxx.dll from the mediamonkey website crashes the latest version of MB soon after MB starts, probably after MB loads all of its plugins. All in all, this is strange, as bass.dll (according to its website) should natively play mod's, s3m's, xm's, mtm's, it's, etc. The bassxtune(?) plays chip modules, which is different from sample-based tracker modules.

Title: Re: How to play module files
Post by: Steven on August 19, 2016, 09:06:41 PM

while its true that BASS has native support for these files, i would still need to implement the functionality. I havent done so to date simply because i didnt think these particular file formats were used much and because implementing the functionality appears to be non-trivial. Re: chiptune support, i have previously asked if anyone was interested and had no responses

Title: Re: How to play module files
Post by: Bee-liever on August 20, 2016, 01:22:39 AM

Quote from: ssri on August 19, 2016, 08:40:47 PM

in_mod_xxx.dll from the mediamonkey website crashes the latest version of MB soon after MB starts

It only ever works using the specific dll, in_mod-2.2.10b29.dll, otherwise you get various faults; crashing, bass_error, etc, etc

Title: Re: How to play module files
Post by: theta_wave on August 20, 2016, 01:52:50 AM

Quote from: Steven on August 19, 2016, 09:06:41 PM

while its true that BASS has native support for these files, i would still need to implement the functionality. I havent done so to date simply because i didnt think these particular file formats were used much and because implementing the functionality appears to be non-trivial. Re: chiptune support, i have previously asked if anyone was interested and had no responses

Well count me in as someone who wished native support for tracker modules was implemented. Sad to hear that it is non-trivial to do so though.

Title: Re: How to play module files
Post by: Alsweider on August 29, 2016, 12:17:27 PM

Thanks for all the replies. Of course it's rather a minority who knows about chiptunes/sid/demo/mod/tracker music. Youtube does not support these formats as well. Anyway, I like them.

Quote from: Bee-liever on August 19, 2016, 01:36:30 PM

There is the Nullsoft Module Decoder input plugin
There is a thread here (http://getmusicbee.com/forum/index.php?topic=17346.0#) where ssri and I tried different versions to get it to work.

For me, I ended up using
basszxtune.dll from un4seen.com
and
in_mod-2.2.10b29.dll (ModPlug) from home.scarlet.be/ruben.castelein/MM/MM-Plugins.htm
for it too work for me

Sounds interesting, but I could not get it to work. The ModPlug link is dead, I found this installer (http://support.xmplay.com/files_view.php?file_id=27) which includes the in_modplug.dll and then I downloaded the bassmod.dll from the Bassmod audio library on un4seen.com. Now I have put them in the MusicBee/Plugins folder. This leads to MB-Crash when I try to play a file. Could you explain where to put the files and what else do I need? Where can I get the Nullsoft Module Decoder?

Title: Re: How to play module files
Post by: Steven on August 30, 2016, 07:15:05 PM

actually it turns out implementing basic support for mod files is very easy so i have also enabled it for v3.
BASS supports these formats: mo3/it/ xm/s3m/ mtm/ mod/ umx
Support will be included in the next patch update. You will need the updated configuration file or manually add:

Code

  <FileExtension Value=".mo3" TagFormats="0" Codec="0" />
  <FileExtension Value=".it" TagFormats="0" Codec="0" />
  <FileExtension Value=".xm" TagFormats="0" Codec="0" />
  <FileExtension Value=".s3m" TagFormats="0" Codec="0" />
  <FileExtension Value=".mtm" TagFormats="0" Codec="0" />
  <FileExtension Value=".mod" TagFormats="0" Codec="0" />
  <FileExtension Value=".umx" TagFormats="0" Codec="0" />

Title: Re: How to play module files
Post by: theta_wave on August 30, 2016, 07:28:24 PM

Quote from: Steven on August 30, 2016, 07:15:05 PM

actually it turns out implementing basic support for mod files is very easy so i have also enabled it for v3.

This is awesome. Thanks Steven! I look forward to trying out the new build.

Title: Re: How to play module files
Post by: Steven on August 30, 2016, 09:22:57 PM

i'm just having a look at chiptune support. If anyone has a file

Code

*.$b;*.$m;*.ahx;*.as0;*.asc;*.ay;*.ayc;*.bin;*.cc3;*.chi;*.cop;*.d;*.dmm;*.dsq;*.dst;*.esv;*.fdi;*.ftc;*.gam;*.gamplus;*.gbs;*.gtr;*.gym;*.hes;*.hrm;*.hrp;*.lzs;*.m;*.msp;*.mtc;*.nsf;*.nsfe;*.p;*.pcd;*.psc;*.psg;*.psm;*.pt1;*.pt2;*.pt3;*.s;*.sap;*.scl;*.sid;*.spc;*.sqd;*.sqt;*.st1;*.st3;*.stc;*.stp;*.str;*.szx;*.td0;*.tf0;*.tfc;*.tfd;*.tfe;*.tlz;*.tlzp;*.trd;*.trs;*.ts;*.vgm;*.vtx;*.ym;

could you PM me a link to a zip of a couple ?

Title: Re: How to play module files
Post by: Steven on August 30, 2016, 10:31:27 PM

support for modules files:
http://musicbee.niblseed.com/V3_0/MusicBee3_Patched.zip

the request for a couple of chiptune files remains

Title: Re: How to play module files
Post by: theta_wave on August 30, 2016, 11:57:28 PM

I don't normally play chiptunes from old console cartridges, but here's a few I found from: https://ocremix.org/chiptunes

Plenty of formats under the format column correspond to the extensions you listed.

For example:
Akumajo Dracula X: Rondo of Blood (HES32.0KB): https://ocremix.org/chip/5658

EDIT:

Also, thanks again Steven for the build 6086. I'm happy to report that the main tracker module formats are playing fine. :)

EDIT 2:

Tracker modules appears to sync fine (transcoding them on the fly to mp3) to my virtual device.

Title: Re: How to play module files
Post by: Alsweider on August 31, 2016, 01:39:26 PM

Good news, thanks Steven!

Here some input:

Chiptunes/SID:
http://www.hvsc.c64.org/
http://se2a1.bigbox.info/soasc/
http://www.c64music.co.uk/

Mod files:
https://modarchive.org/
http://keygenmusic.net/?page=pack/packlist

Title: Re: How to play module files
Post by: Steven on August 31, 2016, 08:42:39 PM

support for chiptunes:
http://musicbee.niblseed.com/V3_0/MusicBee3_Patched.zip

you will also need basszxtune.dll:
http://www.mediafire.com/download/zouyyv7fvb7skvm/basszxtune.zip

unzip both and replace the existing files where musicbee is installed.
basszxtune.dll should be copied to the folder where musicbee.exe is installed

i tested this on various formats. The SID and STC files i could play without problem. The HES file only played the starting section. I couldnt get the STR file to play, although it might be that particular fine as it seemed extremely small

Title: Re: How to play module files
Post by: Alsweider on September 03, 2016, 12:29:41 PM

Thanks again, I got a problem with the latest patched version. Importing a collection of ~65000 chiptune files of different formats (which were present in the library folder all the time) to the MB library leads to a programme crash after ~7000 files. Maybe missing supported file-extension definitions in the Configuration.xml?

Title: Re: How to play module files
Post by: Steven on September 03, 2016, 12:32:01 PM

i am not going to be able to help with any crashes. I suggest you dont add them to your library

Title: Re: How to play module files
Post by: theta_wave on September 03, 2016, 05:59:05 PM

Quote from: Alsweider on September 03, 2016, 12:29:41 PM

Thanks again, I got a problem with the latest patched version. Importing a collection of ~65000 chiptune files of different formats (which were present in the library folder all the time) to the MB library leads to a programme crash after ~7000 files. Maybe missing supported file-extension definitions in the Configuration.xml?

On 6087, I synced ~300 s3m's, mod's, xm's, it's, mtm's (tracker modules, not necessarily chiptunes) and an album of chiptunes (12 vgm's) without issue the other day (far less than your amount, I know). Steven mentioned that some chiptunes (HES and STR) didn't play properly or not at all. Try avoiding importing problematic chiptunes, import a smaller amount at a given time (tedious, I know), etc. Report here if you run into any problematic chiptunes.

EDIT: I just imported 7,230 songs (mod, mtm, s3m, it, xm) into MB without any hiccups (again, these are tracker modules rather than chiptunes, so it may not be applicable for your situation). These songs are basically everything from hornet's demoscene archive (https://hornet.org/music/songs/) (1991-1998).

Title: Re: How to play module files
Post by: Steven on September 03, 2016, 07:55:28 PM

i expect it would be the chiptunes files that might be the problem

Title: Re: How to play module files
Post by: Alsweider on September 04, 2016, 12:15:58 AM

Yes, probably one or more of the chiptune files (not the mod/tracker files, because they got imported flawlessly in the last patched version). The previous MB versions obviously ignored c64/chiptune files, didn't import them and therefore did not crash. It could also be that my system is somehow unable to handle the big amount of files, but that is rather unlikely in my opinion. I'm using now the previous MB build until I have identified the problematic files.

Title: Re: How to play module files
Post by: Alsweider on September 07, 2016, 12:51:15 AM

Quote from: ssri on August 30, 2016, 11:57:28 PM

Tracker modules appears to sync fine (transcoding them on the fly to mp3) to my virtual device.

I can't confirm this in my case. I have tried to sync a .xm file, recoding to .mp3 (lame.exe is installed). The syncing process gets stuck exactly when it tries to recode that file.

Title: Re: How to play module files
Post by: slimpyman on September 29, 2023, 06:41:50 PM

is there anyway to display the notes / instrument text embedded in the file. was a very cool thing back in the late 90s to play files and read whatever the author had on their mind, about what they did or how they felt. very cool nostalgic feeling back in the day. do you want some files steven?

Title: Re: How to play module files
Post by: The Incredible Boom Boom on October 14, 2023, 03:04:20 AM

Quote from: slimpyman on September 29, 2023, 06:41:50 PM

is there anyway to display the notes / instrument text embedded in the file. was a very cool thing back in the late 90s to play files and read whatever the author had on their mind, about what they did or how they felt. very cool nostalgic feeling back in the day. do you want some files steven?

Bumping for visibility.