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[svn] Improved latency on the decode loop.
author nenolod
date Wed, 02 Nov 2005 21:45:23 -0800
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1 Game_Music_Emu 0.2.4: Problems and planned improvements
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4 Interface
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5 ---------
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7 - Refer to sound chip oscillators as channels, since Nes_Channel was
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8 renamed a long time ago.
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10 - Rename setters with set_ prefix. I decided the terseness wasn't worth
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11 it.
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13 - Consider putting buffer pointer before count in play() etc. Only
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14 reason I put count first is to allow making buffer pointer default to
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15 NULL for skip. But it seems better to have skip() a separate function.
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16 One other reason to put count first is to follow the left-to-right
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17 principle in organizing arguments: play( count, buf ) generates 'count'
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18 samples and writes them into 'buf', and count is a more significant
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19 parameter than the buffer to write to.
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21 - VGM, GYM: change track_length() to return length and start of loop?
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24 Misc
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25 ----
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27 - NSF: Partial implementation of DAC non-linearity causes possible
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28 drift. Messes up saw wave demo at high frequencies.
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30 - GYM: See if ignoring PCM when it's disabled eliminates pop in some
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31 tracks.
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33 - All CPU emulators: what if instruction straddles page boundary? Might
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34 need to completely avoid reading words from code memory.
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36 - Test reloading a new file into emulator after already loading one
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38 - Optimize resampling in Sega Genesis GYM emulator
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40 - Improve GBS emulation
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42 - Improve GYM PCM channel emulation
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44 - SPC: Finish KON and KOFF reverse-engineering and incorporate into
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45 Spc_Dsp
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47 - GBS: Crystalis track 18 plays really fast. Does same in gbsplay 0.7.
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49 - GBS: Ultima 3 overflows stack. Messes up in gbsplay 0.7.
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51 - Set track_ended flag when emulation error occurs (log emulation error
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52 only in debug mode).
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54 - Change wave and noise Gb_Oscs to blip_good_quality?
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56 - VGM: Support Sega Genesis
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58 - VGM: Parse extended header
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60 - VGM: Support new version of VGM file format that might be released
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61 soon
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63 - GYM: Check Altered Beast tracks with samples. They cut off seemingly
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64 too soon.
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66 - Include example of how to use NSF non-linear handling (with note about
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67 limitations)
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69 - Keep SP and PC as 32-bit in CPU registers structure so emulator can
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70 detect overflow/underflow and halt emulation, rather than having them
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71 masked when written back?
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