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=head1 NAME

sidplayfp.ini - Configuration file for L<sidplayfp(1)>.


=head1 DESCRIPTION

This page describes the options available for the configuration file of
Sidplayfp.  It is composed by a number of sections, each one composed
by a section  name, enclosed by square brackets, followed by a list of
<parameter>=<value> lines.

B<sidplayfp.ini> supports the following sections:

B<[SIDPlayfp]> - Generic configuration

B<[Console]> - Console appearance configuration

B<[Audio]> - Audio output configuration

B<[Emulation]> - Emulation engine parameters

All options and values are described in detail below.

For any of the following parameter, if it's specified more than one
time the last entry encountered will be used.

B<NOTE>: if any of these options is specified outside its section, it will
be I<ignored>.

=head2 SIDPlayfp

=over

=item B<Version>=I<< <number> >>

Configuration version

=item B<Songlength Database>=I<< <path> >>

Full path for the Songlength DB.
By default the program will look for a file named F<DOCUMENTS/Songlengths.txt> under the HVSC collection path, if the HVSC_BASE environment variable is defined.
On *NIX systems, if this value is not set, L<sidplayfp(1)> will try F<$PREFIX/share/sidplayfp/Songlengths.txt>.

=item B<Default Play Length>=I<MM:SS.mmm>

Default play time if Songlength Database is not found.

=item B<Default Record Length>=I<MM:SS.mmm>

Default recording time when writing wave files if Songlength Database is not found.

=item B<Kernal Rom>=I<< <path> >>

Full path for the Kernal Rom file. This is the most important ROM and should always be provided, although many tunes will still work without.
By default the program will look for a file named F<kernal> under the following locations:

=over

=item * $XDG_DATA_HOME/sidplayfp/

on *NIX systems where XDG_DATA_HOME is defined.

=item * $HOME/.local/share/sidplayfp/

on *NIX systems where XDG_DATA_HOME is not defined.

=item * $PREFIX/share/sidplayfp

on *NIX systems when not found in the above directories.

=item * %CSIDL_APPDATA%\\sidplayfp\\

on Windows systems where CSIDL_APPDATA is defined.

=item * %USERPROFILE%\\Application Data\\sidplayfp\\

on Windows systems where CSIDL_APPDATA is not defined.

=back

=item B<Basic Rom>=I<< <path> >>

Full path for the Basic Rom file. This is mostly useful for playing BASIC tunes.
By default the program will look for a file named F<basic> under the same locations as above.

=item B<Chargen Rom>=I<< <path> >>

Full path for the Character generator Rom file. Almost useless for playback of tunes, but included for completeness.
By default the program will look for a file named F<chargen> under the same locations as above.

=item B<VerboseLevel>=I<< <number> >>

Verbosity level, 0 = low, 1 = normal, >1 = high.
Default is 0

=back


=head2 Console

=over

=item B<Ansi>=I<true|false>

Use ANSI escape sequences to provide colored output.

=item B<ASCII>=I<true|false>

Use ASCII characters in place of UNICODE Box-drawing characters.

=item B<Color Decorations>=I<< <char> >>

Color for the decorations.
May be one of black, red, green, yellow, blue, magenta, cyan, white, bright black, bright red, bright green, bright yellow, bright blue, bright magenta, bright cyan, bright white.

=item B<Color Title>=I<< <char> >>

Color for the title.

=item B<Color Label Core>=I<< <char> >>

Color for the labels in main section.

=item B<Color Text Core>=I<< <char> >>

Color for the text in main section.

=item B<Color Label Extra>=I<< <char> >>

Color for labels in extended sections.

=item B<Color Text Extra>=I<< <char> >>

Color for text in extended sections.

=item B<Color Notes>=I<< <char> >>

Color for notes.

=item B<Color Control On>=I<< <char> >>

Color for control on.

=item B<Color Control Off>=I<< <char> >>

Color for control off.

=back


=head2 Audio

=over

=item B<Frequency>=I<< <number> >>

Playback frequency expressed in Hertz. Default is 48000.

=item B<Channels>=I<< <number> >>

Number of channels, 1 for mono and 2 for stereo playback.
Default is 1 for standard tunes and 2 for multi SID tunes.

=item B<BitsPerSample>=I<< <16|32> >>

Number of bits ber sample, used only for wav/au output. Using
values other than the ones specified will produce invalid
output.

=item B<BufferLength>=I<< <number> >>

Length of the buffer in milliseconds, default is 250.
Increase if you experience audio problems or reduce to
improve latency.

=back


=head2 Emulation

=over

=item B<Engine>=I<< <RESIDFP|SIDLITE|EXSID|USBSID|RESID|HARDSID|NONE> >>

Set the SID emulation engine. Default is RESIDFP if available.

=item B<C64Model>=I<< <PAL|NTSC|OLD_NTSC|DREAN> >>

Default C64 model to use if not specified by tune, PAL for
european PAL-B model, NTSC for american/japanese NTSC-M models,
OLD_NTSC for NTSC-M models with old video chip and DREAN
for argentinian PAL-N model. Default is PAL.

=item B<ForceC64Model>=I<true|false>

Force the configured C64 model even if the tune specifies one.

=item B<CiaModel>=I<< <MOS6526|MOS8521> >>

Select CIA chip model, old MOS 6526 or newer MOS 8521.

=item B<SidModel>=I<< <MOS6581|MOS8580> >>

Default SID chip model, old MOS 6581 or newer MOS 8580.

=item B<ForceSidModel>=I<true|false>

Force the configured SID chip model even if the tune specifies one.

=item B<DigiBoost>=I<true|false>

Enable digiboost for 8580 model.

=item B<UseFilter>=I<true|false>

Enable/disable the emulation of the SID filter.

=item B<FilterCurve6581>=I<< <number> >>

Controls the filter curve for the 6581 model in the ReSIDfp
emulation.  Ranges from 0.0 (dark) to 1.0 (light), the default
value is 0.5.

=item B<FilterRange6581>=I<< <number> >>

Controls the filter uCox parameter for the 6581 model in the ReSIDfp
emulation.  Ranges from 0.0 (dark) to 1.0 (bright), the default
value is 0.5.

=item B<FilterCurve8580>=I<< <number> >>

Controls the filter curve for the 8580 model in the ReSIDfp
emulation.  Ranges from 0.0 (dark) to 1.0 (light), the default
value is 0.5.

=item B<CombinedWaveforms>=I<< <AVERAGE|WEAK|STRONG> >>

Controls the combined waveforms strength in the ReSIDfp
emulation.  The default value is AVERAGE.

=item B<Old6581Caps>=I<true|false>

Enable/disable old caps for 6581 model.
true to enable old 2200pF caps used on ASSY 326298
producing a lower cutoff
false to use the standard 470pF caps, the default
is false.

=item B<PowerOnDelay>=I<< <number> >>

The C64 power on delay in number of CPU cycles.
If greater than 8191 the delay will be random.

=item B<Sampling>=I<< <INTERPOLATE|RESAMPLE> >>

Set resampling mode:  Interpolation (less expensive) or
resampling (accurate).

=back


=head1 SEE ALSO

L<sidplayfp(1)>


=head1 AUTHORS

=over

=item Leandro Nini

Current maintainer.

=item Simon White

Wrote the original Sidplay2.

=item Dag Lem

Wrote the reSID emulation engine.

=item Antti S. Lankila

Wrote the reSIDfp emulation engine as a fork of reSID 0.16.

=item The Vice team

Large part of the emulation is based on the VICE's code.

=item André Fachat

Wrote the original reloc65 utility.

=item Michael Schwendt

Wrote the original SidTune library and MD5 class (based on work by L. Peter Deutsch).

=item Mikko Kilponen

Wrote the original man page.

=item Stian Skjelstad

SID status display.

=item Michael Hartmann

filter curves.

=item Thibaut VARENE

exSID support.

=item LouD

USBSID-Pico support.

=item Craig Chamberlain and Harry Bratt

Authors of COMPUTE!'s Sidplayer.

=item David Reid

Author of miniaudio.

=item Victor Zverovich

Author of fmt.

=item Steffen Schümann

Author of filesystem.

=back


=head1 RESOURCES

=over

=item Home page: L<https://github.com/libsidplayfp/>

=item Sidplay2 homepage: L<http://sidplay2.sourceforge.net/>

=item High Voltage Sid Collection (HVSC): L<http://hvsc.c64.org/>

=item Compute's Gazette Sid Collection (CGSG): L<https://www.c64music.co.uk/>

=back


=head1 COPYING

=over

=item Copyright (C) 2000-2004 Simon White

=item Copyright (C) 2007-2010 Antti Lankila

=item Copyright (C) 2009-2015 VICE Project

=item Copyright (C) 2010-2026 Leandro Nini

=back

This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
(at your option) any later version.

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but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
GNU General Public License for more details.

You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
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