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- MUSIC MODULE COMPRESSOR
- version 1.30
- Update Info
-
-
- Content:
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- - History & Updates
- - known bugs
- - To come in next releases
-
-
- History & Updates:
-
- Here's a brief history of what happened to MMCMP... Thanks to everyone who
- made suggestions and especially thos who reported 'important' bugs!
-
- 5 Feb 96: VERSION 1.00
-
- - Bug fixes: A LOT from the non-public beta versions. :]
-
- - New things: EVERYTHING! This is the first "real" version ;) Just
- check it out by yourself!
-
- 11 Feb 96: VERSION 1.10 Beta
-
- - Addition: 16 bits sample compression
-
- - Addition: .XM module format is now supported
-
- - Addition: MMTSR doesn't allow anymore to write directly into a
- compressed module, to prevent corruption.
-
- 13 Feb 96: VERSION 1.11
-
- - Bug fix: Sometimes, both MMCMP and MMUNCMP didn't compress every
- files matching, for example, *.IT . Last file was often
- skipped... fixed that.
-
- - Addition: 16 bits sample compression is also supported in S3M (just
- in case...)
-
- 16 Feb 96: VERSION 1.20
-
- - Bug fix: a few little things...
-
- - Change: Compressed modules now have a different header from previous
- version. This is to add flexibility to MMCMP and allow a
- lot of new feature to be added without any modification to
- the file format. This also prepare 'merging' with Impluse
- Tracker. So you MUST use MMCMP VERSION 1.20 OR NEWER.
-
- 11 Mar 96: VERSION 1.22
-
- - Addition: Particular support for messages attached within IT modules.
-
- - Addition: ExPanded memory support for MMTSR. Expanded used as
- default, and ExTended must be specified on command line
- (MMTSR xms)
-
- - Addition: MMTSR is now removable from memory!! Usage: MMTSR rem
- (Thanks to Krynos a.k.a Robert Pouliot)
-
- 16 Mar 96: VERSION 1.22a
-
- - Bug Fixes: MMTSR was incorrectly checking if it could or not be
- removed from memory, and MMCMP/MMUNCMP sometimes 'forgot'
- to close files, and no other files could be opened.
-
- 18 Mar 96: VERSION 1.23
-
- - Addition: MOD support!! Supports any MOD type from 4 to 32
- channels, unless there's weird new things in MOD format.
- However, MMCMP doesn't recognize (yet) old MODs (those
- with only 15 instruments) Also, MOD compression is not
- as good as ZIP for example, because patterns data within
- MODs are VERY 'ZIP-appealing', and I have to keep the
- header uncompressed (MODs have a big header...) but I'll
- try to improve MMCMP...
-
- 28 Mar 96: VERSION 1.24
-
- - Bug Fix (technical): MMTSR now correctly set CF when returning from
- INT 21h, AX=43xxh.
-
- - Bug Fix: MMTSR -may- not cause device errors anymore with
- applications such as DOS MEM.EXE with QEMM loaded.
-
- 8 Apr 96: VERSION 1.30
-
- --==>> Addition: SAMPLE FILES COMPRESSION!! As for now, there's only
- support for Digiplayer/ST3 and IT sample format, but this
- is only the beginning!
-
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-
- Known bugs:
-
- I will list here any bugs I shall fix in next versions, or "unharmful"
- bugs which I don't really know how to fix...:
-
- - Within Cubic Player 1.666, computer may hang if CP attempts to
- decompress a module (in file scanning) WHILE music is still playing.
- Should be fixed as soon as possible!!!
-
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-
- To come in next releases:
-
- - MMCMP/MMUNCMP/MMTSR:
- - Other module format support: MTM, and maybe others... (any -good-
- idea?)
- - stereo compression support (if some module format *really* support
- it...)
- - Maybe some new compression schemes to improve compression ratio.
- --> A LOT of sample formats will be supported (including WAV, IFF, etc.)
- as well as INSTRUMENT files (XI from FT2, Gravis patches (PAT), IT
- instruments, etc.) VERY useful! especially for those 16-bit 44.1khz
- samples...
-
- - MMTSR:
- - "all in memory" decompression, so it is faster than using hard disk.
- - Setup utility to configure MMTSR (memory to be reserved to
- decompress, path and filename for temporary file, decompress only
- specific file extensions, etc.)
-
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-
- (and don't forget to use this wonderful Impulse Tracker!)
-
- Zirconia a/s Emmanuel Giasson
-