What am I doing wrong? by TheUltimateKoopa at 11:17 AM EDT on August 4, 2012
No, this isn't another complicated thing. Or at least it never used to be. This is very simple. How do you change the order of GBS files in a playlist? I thought you just changed the number where it says: "file.gbs::GBS,[x],Title,Length,,Fade
E.g: Donkey Kong Country [Donkey Kong 2001] (GBC)(2000)(Rare)(Nintendo).gbs::GBS,4,Donkey Kong Country - DK's Treehouse,0:1:02,,0:0:10 Donkey Kong Country [Donkey Kong 2001] (GBC)(2000)(Rare)(Nintendo).gbs::GBS,3,Donkey Kong Country - DK Island Swing,1:46,,0:10 Donkey Kong Country [Donkey Kong 2001] (GBC)(2000)(Rare)(Nintendo).gbs::GBS,10,Donkey Kong Country - Aquatic Ambience,2:21,,0:10 Donkey Kong Country [Donkey Kong 2001] (GBC)(2000)(Rare)(Nintendo).gbs::GBS,15,Donkey Kong Country - Voices of the Temple,1:50,,0:10 Donkey Kong Country [Donkey Kong 2001] (GBC)(2000)(Rare)(Nintendo).gbs::GBS,0,Donkey Kong Country - Fanfare,0:09,,,
and so on....
But not only does the actual playlist remain in the same order, the actual songs are in a completely different order. The "DK Island Swing" track now plays "Voices of the Temple". DK Island Swing should be the 4th track in the playlist, and Voices of the Temple should be the 16th.
Without actually looking at a file to check, I thought you changed the order of the lines in the playlist, and those numbers referenced the index in the gbs file.
The numbers represent the song number within the GBS file, not within the playlist. Fridgey is correct that you simply change the line order in the file.
The format specification for nezplug m3u files can be found here: on Sourceforge.
Also, for the loop length, is that specifically the actual length of the loop, or the time that the loop ends? It might be obvious, but, if the song loops from 0:12 to 1:26 for example, do you put 1:26 or 1:14?
You put how long you want it to play before it starts fading. It has no idea whether the music loops or not, it's just playing until the time it's told to stop.
filename::GBS,[0 based songno|$songno],[title],[time(h:m:s)],[loop(h:m:s)][-],[fade(h:m:s)],[loopcount]
let's say I have: Randomgame.gbs::GBS,5,Level 1,,,, If I just put this:
Randomgame.gbs::GBS,5,Level 1,2:15,,0:10,
It will play for 2:25 (2:15 followed by a 10 second fade out).
But between those two commas, is the loop, which is where the x is, and the loop count, which is represented by y here:
Randomgame.gbs::GBS,5,Level 1,2:15,x,0:10,y
Now it says this:
loop(h:m:s) loop length h * 3600 + m * 60 + s (sec) loop(h:m:s-) loop start time h * 3600 + m * 60 + s (sec)
If the loop is to start at, for example 0:14, and the loop lasts for 1:25 (i.e. the total length is 1:39), what would I put there?
Would I put 1:25 0:14-? or 0:14-1:25? And what's the point of the play time if the loop start, loop length, and loop count will alone determine the play time?
0:14 start, 1:25 loop length, for 2 loops, is a length of 3:04, right?
To my understanding, you've read and interpreted the information correctly. However, in practice, I've never seen the loop count actually work. I think it's only supported by specific formats, or players. You can certainly try it and see what happens (I encourage you to do so. I'd like to be proven wrong here. Try it with a variety of formats though (HES, KSS, GBS, NSF, VGM (if VGM is supported. I can't remember), ect.)). Try with foobar2000, Winamp, and any other player that supports the M3U tags. Experiment, make mistakes, crash the player(s) and computer, and see if there's any situation where the loop start, end, and count actually make a difference. But based on what I've seen so far, I don't think that feature is actually implemented correctly, or it only works with a specific format/player. Knurek might know better.
Oh, now I see what you're talking about. I just tried it out and it seems that the loop time/number overrides the play time. I edited one line in an M3U that said "1:21,,12" to "1:21,0:41,12,5" and now it displays a time of 4:17 in Winamp. Don't know what to do about stuff that has a delayed loop start.