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== Background ==
== Background ==
A some old sound driver for chiptune has bug as follows.


* In N163 audio, length of waveform is not set  correctly.
* NSF-Player can detect sound driver, and can fix the bug of old sound driver such as mck.
* FDC audio is not enable.
 
* In N163 audio, length of waveform is not set  correctly.
* FDC audio is not enable.


'''NSFDRV''' slove this problem.
'''NSFDRV''' slove this problem.


* NSF Player can detect sound driver, and can fix the bug of old sound driver such as mck.
* User can assert that user's NSF is original easily. (NSF is not ripped data from rom.)
* User can assert that user's NSF is original easily. (NSF is not ripped data from rom.)
* If occur BUG in sound driver, Developer can get information of version number from NSF file for the debug.
* If occur BUG in sound driver, Developer can get information of version number from NSF file for the debug.

Revision as of 13:43, 26 June 2020

NSFDRV is to Include the information of sound driver to NSF.


Background

  • NSF-Player can detect sound driver, and can fix the bug of old sound driver such as mck.
* In N163 audio, length of waveform is not set  correctly.
* FDC audio is not enable.

NSFDRV slove this problem.

  • User can assert that user's NSF is original easily. (NSF is not ripped data from rom.)
  • If occur BUG in sound driver, Developer can get information of version number from NSF file for the debug.

File Format

There is 8 bytes information of sound driver after NSF header. This 8 bytes information is on actual rom image of 6502.

offset  # of bytes   Function
----------------------------
$0000 - $007F        NSF Header (128byte)
$0080 - $0085        Name of sound driver (ASCII)
$0086                Version integral number
$0087                Version integral number


List of sound driver

ASCII  :      "OFGS  "
Binary :      $4F $46 $47 $53 $20 $20
ASCII  :      "FTDRV "
Binary :      $46 $54 $44 $52 $56 $20
ASCII  :      "NSDL  "
Binary :      $4E $53 $44 $4C $20 $20
  • Development code (for no-bug sound driver)
ASCII  :      "      "
Binary :      $20 $20 $20 $20 $20 $20

Old chiptune sound driver have some bugs. Some NSF Player adjust this bug of old chiptune sound driver. But, It adjuster affect the new sound driver without bug. Therefore, this information is need now.

NSF Player detect the sound driver name. If sound driver have not bug, then adjuster is disable. If sound driver is unknown (old sound driver), then adjuster is enable.


Players

The following implementations of NSFDRV exist:

  • TNS-HFC4
  • hoot