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=Music drivers types (interfaces)= | =Music drivers types (interfaces)= | ||
*AdLib ( | *AdLib (MDT_ADLIB) | ||
*FM Towns ( | *FM Towns (MDT_TOWNS) | ||
*PC Speaker ( | *PC Speaker (MDT_SPKR) | ||
*PCJr ( | *PCJr (MDT_PCJR) | ||
*Apple | *Apple II? (MDT_APPLEII?) | ||
*MIDI | *MIDI | ||
**GM ( | **GM (MDT_GM) | ||
**MT32 ( | **MT32 (MDT_MT32) | ||
**GS ( | **GS (MDT_GS) | ||
**...? | **...? | ||
* | *Digitized/CD-Audio (MDT_DIGI?) | ||
*...? | *...? | ||
=Usage from the engines= | =Usage from the engines= | ||
There are two proposals currently. The first one delegates all the work to the music driver manager involving just one call to it which already returns the music driver created depending on the settings, and it just has to be casted to use it. This ensures a coherent | There are two proposals currently. The first one delegates all the work to the music driver manager involving just one call to it which already returns the music driver created depending on the settings, and it just has to be casted to use it. This ensures a coherent behavior through all the engines: | ||
musicdriver = MusicDriverManager->createDriver(MusicTypePreferenceList(MDT_MT32, MDT_ADLIB, MDT_SPKR)); | musicdriver = MusicDriverManager->createDriver(MusicTypePreferenceList(MDT_MT32, MDT_ADLIB, MDT_SPKR)); | ||
switch (musicdriver->type) { | switch (musicdriver->type) { | ||
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*General configuration: | *General configuration: | ||
**The user can configure the default options of the drivers/devices (This ALSA device is an MT-32 and use this volume, the FluidSynth driver should use this soundfont file, ...) | **The user can configure the default options of the drivers/devices (This ALSA device is an MT-32 and use this volume, the FluidSynth driver should use this soundfont file, ...) | ||
**The user can | **The user can prioritize the music types globally (i.e. I prefer GM, then AdLib, then PC Speaker, and nothing else) and the default driver/device for each type | ||
*For each game: | *For each game: | ||
**The MetaEngine offers an API for querying which music types are supported by a given target, in order of preference and the user can choose one of those (default will use the previously configured priorities) | **The MetaEngine offers an API for querying which music types are supported by a given target, in order of preference and the user can choose one of those (default will use the previously configured priorities) | ||
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*Engines using no MIDI at all: | *Engines using no MIDI at all: | ||
** drascula | ** drascula | ||
** tucker | ** tucker | ||
** sword1 | ** sword1 | ||
** sword2 | ** sword2 | ||
*Engines using MIDI and without any special | *Engines using MIDI and without any special AdLib support (so they use the AdLib driver at most as a cheap MIDI "emulator"): | ||
** agi | ** agi | ||
** agos | ** agos | ||
** draci | ** draci | ||
** m4 | |||
** made | ** made | ||
** mohawk | ** mohawk | ||
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** cruise | ** cruise | ||
** gob | ** gob | ||
** groovie | ** groovie (it just loads custom instruments, nothing fancier) | ||
** kyra | ** kyra | ||
** lure ?? | ** lure ?? | ||
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** scumm | ** scumm | ||
*MDT_TOWNS and MDT_CMS are *only* used by SCUMM. Kyra has custom FM-TOWNS code. | *MDT_TOWNS and MDT_CMS are *only* used by SCUMM. Kyra has custom FM-TOWNS code. Kyra FM-Towns games also feature the possibility of Audio CD playback for some game tracks. | ||
*MDT_TOWNS can probably be removed -- it should only be enabled for FM-TOWNS games anyway. | *MDT_TOWNS can probably be removed -- it should only be enabled for FM-TOWNS games anyway. | ||