[All] .sid file properties

[Cameron Frazier]

Dale, I did find something in the end [1], I suppose the google gods
felt pity on me.

It seems to tie up well with what is in a hexdump is telling me.  I
still need to confirm a few things though... mostly the track count.

I'll let the list know.

Regards,

Cameron 'Toaster`' frazier

[1] http://cpansearch.perl.org/src/LALA/Audio-SID-3.11/SID_file_format.txt

On Mon, May 11, 2009 at 1:58 PM, Dale Maggee <antisol at internode.on.net> wrote:
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> Hi,
>
> I've tried many times over many years to do this, and I've never managed
> to do so to my satisfaction. I did once (years ago) find a non-free (as
> in closed source _and_ cost $20) Sid to midi converter, but I never
> bought it and haven't been able to find it since
>
> My understanding is that sids don't actually contain any tracking info
> as such, they contain machine code for the sid chip - it's more accurate
> technically to say that sids and sid players are not so much a music
> format as an emulation format for a sound chip.
>
> But if you manage to find anything interesting, I'd appreciate hearing
> about it!
>
> Regards,
> - -Dale
>
> Cameron Frazier wrote:
>> After wading through the noise unsuccessfully on google, could anyone
>> point me towards some means of getting the track information from a
>> .sid file?
>>
>> Kind regards,
>>
>> Cameron 'Toaster`' Frazier
>>
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