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heavily customized version of DUMB (Dynamic Universal Music Bibliotheque).
It has been slightly modified by me:
* Added support for Ogg Vorbis-compressed samples in XM files ala FMOD.
* Removed excessive mallocs from the replay core.
* Rerolled the loops in resample.c. Unrolling them made the object file
~250k large while providing little benefit. Even at ~100k, I think it's
still larger than it ought to be, but I'll live with it for now.
Other than that, it's essentially the same thing you'd hear in foobar2000,
minus some subsong detection features. Release builds of the library look
like they might even be slightly faster than FMOD, which is a plus.
- Fixed: Timidity::font_add() did not release the file reader it created.
- Fixed: The SF2 loader did not free the sample headers in its destructor.
SVN r995 (trunk)
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TO DO: add question regarding set_close_button_callback vs set_window_close_hook
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TO DO: add question regarding mixing of DJGPP and MinGW object files
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/* _______ ____ __ ___ ___
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* /_______/ynamic \____/niversal /__\ /____\usic /| . . ibliotheque
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* / \
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* / . \
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* faq.txt - Frequently Asked Questions. / / \ \
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* | < / \_
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* This file covers some of the common problems | \/ /\ /
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* and misconceptions people have with DUMB. If \_ / > /
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* your problem is not covered here, please | \ / /
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* contact me. I'll do my best to help - but | ' /
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* don't be offended if I just direct you to the \__/
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* manual!
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*/
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* I get a lot of strange warnings and errors when I compile my projects *
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* with this release of DUMB. They work with older versions! What happened? *
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Some parts of DUMB's API have been deprecated. See docs/deprec.txt for
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full details, including an explanation as to why your compiler warnings
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and errors are so unfriendly, and information on how to fix each warning
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or error.
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* When I try to compile DUMB with Allegro, it complains that it cannot find *
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* 'internal/alconfig.h'! What's wrong? *
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In Allegro 4.0.1, and quite likely some other versions of Allegro, the
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msvcmake batch file does not install Allegro properly. I believe this was
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fixed in Allegro 4.0.2, but don't take my word for it. Some include files
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are neglected, including alconfig.h. The fix is quite easy; you need to
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copy all of Allegro's include files to your compiler's directory. The
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following should do this for you (alter it accordingly depending on where
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MSVC and Allegro are installed):
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cd\progra~1\msvc\include
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xcopy/s \allegro\include\*.*
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You can safely tell it to overwrite all files.
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* When I build a project that uses DUMB, I get an error that it doesn't *
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* find -laldmbd! What's wrong? *
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See the notes for DUMB v0.8 in release.txt; the existence of libaldmbd.a
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in DUMB v0.7 was due to a mistake in the makefiles. It should be
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libaldmd.a, in order to maintain DOS compatibility. All subsequent
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releases get it right, but you will have to change your project files to
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allow for the change. If this is someone else's project, please let them
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know that it needs changing.
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* When I build a project that uses DUMB, I get some linker errors about *
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* _free, _malloc, etc. already being defined in LIBC.lib! What's wrong? *
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MSVC offers three different implementations of the standard libraries.
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When you link statically with a library, you have to use the same
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implementation that the library uses. You need the multithreaded DLL
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implementation, which you can select by passing /MD when you compile (not
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when you link). See howto.txt for details.
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* I created an IT file with Impulse Tracker, but DUMB won't play it! Why? *
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You probably created some patterns but didn't give any information on the
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order in which they should be played. Impulse Tracker will also fail to
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play your music if you press F5. Press F11 and you will have an
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opportunity to create an order list, required for playback.
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* I created an IT file with ModPlug Tracker and I have it fading out at the *
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* end. Why won't it loop when I play it with DUMB? *
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It loops at zero volume. This is what Impulse Tracker itself does. Fix the
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IT file by setting the global volume explicitly (Vxx in the effects
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column), either at the start, or right at the end before looping. Also see
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the next two questions.
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* My module plays too loud and distorts badly with DUMB! What can I do? *
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This problem is most often caused by ModPlug Tracker, which has a complete
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lack of regard for the playback volume of the original tracker. See the
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next question for DUMB's official position with regard to ModPlug Tracker.
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If you wrote your module with ModPlug Tracker, please try loading it with
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the original tracker and see if it distorts there too. If it does, reduce
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the volume. If not, then it's a problem with DUMB; please let me know.
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If for whatever reason you cannot modify the module file itself, you can
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make it sound better by reducing the volume passed to al_start_duh().
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* I created a music module with ModPlug Tracker, and DUMB doesn't play it *
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* right! *
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DUMB cannot and will not support ModPlug Tracker. Please see
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docs/modplug.txt for details. The original trackers, which DUMB is
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designed to mimic as closely as possible, are listed in readme.txt.
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If you find DUMB plays your module differently from the original tracker,
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then please contact me.
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* My program crashes as soon as I try to load anything with DUMB! *
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Please take my advice and use the debugging build of DUMB, not the
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optimised build. Then you'll probably find it aborts instead of crashing.
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In this case you probably forgot to register a DUMBFILE system; this is
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necessary for loading stand-alone files, though not for loading Allegro
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datafiles with embedded music. Follow the instructions in docs/howto.txt
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carefully and you shouldn't have this problem.
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If DUMB crashes with a specific music module, please let me know.
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* I want to use the stdio file access functions to load stand-alone music *
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* files, but I also want to load datafiles containing music files. The docs *
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* say I shouldn't call both dumb_register_stdfiles() and *
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* dumb_register_packfiles(). What shall I do? *
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When you register a DUMBFILE system, it only applies to files opened with
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dumbfile_open(), i.e. separate files. When a file is embedded in a
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datafile, dumbfile_open_ex() is used to read it, enabling it to use
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PACKFILEs regardless of which DUMBFILE system is registered. In short, you
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do not need to call dumb_register_packfiles() in order to load datafiles
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with embedded music. See the section on "Sequential File Input" in
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docs/dumb.txt if you're interested in how all this works.
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* I want to read a specific object in a datafile using Allegro's *
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* "demo.dat#MY_MUSIC" syntax. Why won't it work? *
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Did you call dumb_register_packfiles(), or did you call
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dumb_register_stdfiles()? It will only work if you use the former.
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* My program runs, but no music plays! What am I doing wrong? *
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There are a number of possible causes for this. The most likely reason is
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that you aren't calling al_poll_duh(); see docs/howto.txt for further
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information.
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Other possible causes are as follows:
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- The speakers are turned down (duh)
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- The volume of some system mixer is turned down
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- Another program is using the sound card (not a problem for most modern
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systems)
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- You didn't initialise Allegro's sound system; see install_sound() in
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Allegro's docs
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- Allegro's drivers don't work on your system and chosen platform
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In order to narrow down the cause, consider the following:
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- Do you get any other sound from your program?
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- Do other Allegro+DUMB programs generate sound?
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- Do other Allegro programs generate sound?
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- Do other non-Allegro programs generate sound?
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- Does your program fail only on a specific platform (e.g. DOS but not
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Windows)?
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This problem is highly system-specific; please try hard to solve it by
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yourself before contacting me. However, if you think this problem could
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affect other people, please let me know what the problem is and how you
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fixed it, if you did. Be as specific as possible.
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* The music stutters! What can I do? *
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If you have an older computer, it may not be able to cope with the load.
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Try reducing quality options; look up dumb_resampling_quality and
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dumb_it_max_to_mix in docs/dumb.txt, and consider changing the frequency
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you pass to al_start_duh().
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Stuttering may not be caused by excessive load. To find out, try
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increasing the buffer size passed to al_start_duh(). Beware of making it
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too big though; older systems will freeze periodically if it's too big,
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because they render larger chunks less frequently. The timing of callbacks
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will also be less accurate, if you are using those.
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If you're using the 'dumbplay' example, you can control these parameters
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by editing dumb.ini.
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* Why does DUMB use so much processor time compared with other players? *
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This should be less so in this release than in previous releases; the
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resampling and filtering algorithms have been optimised.
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By default, DUMB uses the most expensive resampling quality option. I've
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found on an AthlonXP 1800+ and on a Pentium 233 that it typically uses
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about twice as much processor time as the least expensive option.
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Try setting dumb_resampling_quality to DUMB_RQ_ALIASING or DUMB_RQ_LINEAR.
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See dumb.txt for more information. If you're using the example programs,
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you can control this variable by editing dumb.ini.
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DUMB uses 32-bit ints for mixing. Some players use 16-bit ints, and are
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therefore marginally faster (not much!) and lower quality. So you can't
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expect DUMB to beat these players. Furthermore, DUMB is currently written
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entirely in C. GCC does an impressive job on the C code, but that's not to
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say some custom-written assembly language couldn't beat it ...
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* Why does DUMB generate so much background noise? *
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You're probably using the DOS build on a system with bad Sound Blaster
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compatibility (most Windows XP systems fall in this category). This would
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mean DUMB could only access an 8-bit driver. The Windows build will almost
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certainly give better results. Your DOS binary will still give good
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results on systems with better compatibility (like my Windows 98 system).
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* I e-mailed you and you replied with "RTFM"! What does that mean? *
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Read The Manual. If it's a specific problem, I'll probably be kind and
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tell you where to look in the manual. However, if I get the impression you
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haven't even looked for a solution in the manual, expect no mercy ...
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Ben Davis
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entheh@users.sf.net
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IRC EFnet #dumb
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See readme.txt for details on using IRC.
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