Re: BIN/CUE to ISO/CUE converter v1.06, supports : FLAC,MP3,OGG,OPUS (script)

Posted on Yesterday, 20:15

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> * Doesn't handle spaces in filename or path (despite all my quoting 😒) (Just a quick response.. when you add the IFS line in strict mode, it will split variables on \n and \t, so gives you correct space-handling - without any need to escape or excessively quote).

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Re: BIN/CUE to ISO/CUE converter v1.06, supports : FLAC,MP3,OGG,OPUS (script)

Posted on Yesterday, 16:06

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Very nice Akuma! Feedback on 1.06 so far: Copyright / GPL the source (top-level comment block in the source file; separate from the usage output) Highly recommend Bash strict-mode : #!/bin/bash set -euo pipefail IFS=$'\n\t' In the usage text, brackets commonly indicate optional arguments, so only …

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Re: CUE sheet troubles :/

Posted on Yesterday, 13:09

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Been a while since I've tried lifting out diffs, but should be do-able. Will coordinate over PM; thanks YP.

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Re: DOSBox vs forks and patches

Posted on Yesterday, 12:47

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Thanks for the background and insight. A one-bit-fix is certainly nice! Will pass that onto the -X crew; the more eyes and brains on it the better.

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Re: CUE sheet troubles :/

Posted on Yesterday, 11:40

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The only DOSBoxes that are capable of reading FLAC tracks all use my CDDA patch (https://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?f=41&t=62203), which uses dr_flac , not libFLAC . You know that's not true, because you participated in the original FLAC patch thread: https://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?f=32&t= …

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Re: DOSBox vs forks and patches

Posted on Yesterday, 11:02

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jmarsh, Regarding your recent GUS DMA fix for Quake, I've asked the DOSBox-X team about it here. https://github.com/joncampbell123/dosbox-x/issues/1961 I'm not sure if you looked at the DOSBox-X and Staging DMA implementations before going your own way, but am curious if you have comments / …

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Re: CUE sheet troubles :/

Posted on Yesterday, 10:12

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You might assume so since it's lossless, but like all codecs it still has a minimum framesize so if the total number of samples is not an exact multiple of that amount, padding gets added. The actual number of samples contained in the final block is stored in the FLAC headers but unfortunately not …

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Re: Flashback - Incorrect aspect ratio?

Posted on 2020-10-10, 01:34

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The closer you can get to the original target platform, the better -- because that's likely what the artists tested on. Late 80s and 90s game companies were like school kids trading pokemon cards in terms of re-licensing and porting successful games to new platforms. Meanwhile the original …

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Re: Munt using D-110 ROMs

Posted on 2020-09-29, 15:35

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@davidhs - I like what I hear. This is a very exciting addition to the Munt project! Do you by chance have have source repo where you can share your updates?

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Re: 8-bit guy gets ultra-rare NOS IBM (prototype?) from Computer Reset then proceeds to obliterate it

Posted on 2020-09-28, 15:12

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The thread's gone a bit meta, which is also an interesting. - should he be judged or not judged? - is he an asshole or an honest Joe just sharing his follies? Being judged is at the the heart of the social media game. Youtubers who excel in their niche will generally succeed, and 8-bit guy's grown a …

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Re: Long File Name (LFN) support (SDL1)

Posted on 2020-09-28, 14:48

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@fr500, I'm aware of how extensive the LFN changes are, and at least for me, back-porting it would be a non-trivial amount of work. Are you able to share why DOSBox-X with already-working LFN support is unsatisfactory for your needs versus "SVN + backported-LFN"?

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Re: Roland MT-32

Posted on 2020-09-24, 18:02

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Re: Sound Driver Pack

Posted on 2020-09-20, 19:45

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Wow; super helpful roundup Akuma! Thumbs up for ensuring that others may experience these games' audio as the authors intended some ~30 years ago.

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Re: Thread experimentation, threaded audio emulation and mixing.

Posted on 2020-08-29, 16:38

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:thumbs up: @awgamer. And.. I'm looking forward to having a 2nd uncle Bob!

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Re: old program help

Posted on 2020-08-29, 14:42

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Although some hospitals might be using DOSBox, typically its not advised for direct life-support equipment (ventilator control system, etc) Filename 2020-08-29_07-36.png File size 117.05 KiB Views 380 views It's also not advised to use DOSBox to operate air-traffic-control software or flight …

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Re: Thread experimentation, threaded audio emulation and mixing.

Posted on 2020-08-22, 18:46

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Good stuff all round awgamer; is there a combined patch you can post that includes your performance improvement that latalante confirmed? Regarding 1000 microseconds, in theory you could then swap in SDL_Delay(1) and avoid the C++11'isms, as both delay one millisecond.

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Re: Thread experimentation, threaded audio emulation and mixing.

Posted on 2020-08-21, 17:05

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... ideally would come up with something that does the same as condwait, just not implemented as badly, or put more nicely, more sensitive, quicker to react that doesn't cause the same performance drop seen in the frame rate. Yup; that what I attempted at top of the loop: read the condition and if …

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Re: Thread experimentation, threaded audio emulation and mixing.

Posted on 2020-08-21, 04:46

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awgamer, The existing loop spins pretty hard; here are a couple changes that trying to mitigate that. Also moved domix bool to a counter mix_queue , so the mix queue can pile up - when we need to run the mixer back-to-back without another wait cycle. This can be the cases with PC Speaker PIT-mode …

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Re: Thread experimentation, threaded audio emulation and mixing.

Posted on 2020-08-21, 02:48

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awgamer, I think your approach is the right direction given actual hardware behavior: [ Hardware CPU -> IO BUS Event =-= HW CPU continues ... ] `-[ .. ISA hardware processes audio in parallel ... ] vs. [ Dosbox CPU -> IO BUS Event | | DOSBox CPU unblocked ... ] ^ `- Emulating the ISA hardware (OPL/ …

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Re: Knight Force copy protection

Posted on 2020-06-24, 16:47

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Here's an expanded discussion about Titus's SQZ format: http://www.shikadi.net/moddingwiki/Titus_Inte … SQZ_Compression The perl implementation at the bottom of the page should work.

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