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Title: Old modules in exotic format
Post by: RayRayTea on November 19, 2009, 00:19:51

I'm trying to play some modules in a very exotic format but seems that the recommended player (Deliplayer) is gone from internet (or at least I was not able to find a working mirror - should also be fixed in the modarchive's own help page which is still listing it) and after a few hours of combing various forums and installing stuff I can't make xmplay produce anything else other than "Sorry guys - can't be decoded".

So is there anybody who can play these files (http://www.exotica.org.uk/wiki/The_Chaos_Engine_2) and shed a bit of light on this mystery?

Title: Re: Old modules in exotic format
Post by: Alpha C on November 19, 2009, 00:35:26

My copy of Deliplayer dutifully plays these tunes :). This link (http://download.softpedia.ro/dl/c1f6b2b8181bd8d3d4c982e8c90f7fc6/4b0483db/100003503/software/MULTIMEDIA/PLAYER/dp250pb1.exe) seems to work for the 2.5 beta, which afaik is the most recent version.

Title: Re: Old modules in exotic format
Post by: RayRayTea on November 19, 2009, 00:44:45

Thanks! (Heh figures, a minute after I posted I found a working mirror :-) )

I still can't manage to play all the files even after following these instructions - can you play the smp.ingame_* files too? Even after following XtC'a tutorial (http://www.amigaguide.org/DeliPlayer/) I still can't manage to play them. Probably doesn't matter, I guess they're the same files as rjp.ingame_* anyway.

Edit: And out of these (http://www.exotica.org.uk/wiki/The_Chaos_Engine) files I can play only the first one. Weird...

Title: Re: Old modules in exotic format
Post by: Saga Musix on November 19, 2009, 09:46:51

xmp-delix (http://support.xmplay.com/file_comment.php?id=499) is a plugin for XMPlay that can play a shitload of formats. Give it a try. :)

Title: Re: Old modules in exotic format
Post by: RayRayTea on November 19, 2009, 15:24:18

Just gave it a test drive, seems that it doesn't work with the soundtrack from Chaos Engine 1... Which doens't matter much since I prefer the CE2 music anyway XD In my case DeliPlayer performs a bit better, but I'll probably end up using XM more since it has tons of nice plugins and is not discontinued.

Thanks for the replies guys!

Title: Re: Deli vs. XMPlay
Post by: TaoPhoenix on November 28, 2009, 07:28:42

Anyone know what Deli handled that XM doesn't?
I used Deli for years before switching over about a year ago.

Title: Re: Old modules in exotic format
Post by: Saga Musix on November 28, 2009, 11:26:48

XMPlay without plugins handles only a few common formats, namely MOD/S3M/XM/IT/MTM/MO3 (but those are handeled very well). The xmp-delix plugin handles a whole lot of exotic formats (120!), so many that I can't list them.