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- by dj4uk6cjm at 11:30 PM EST on January 4, 2013
- Droidsound is a really cool application :) what's the "create ringtones" feature do, cut-short versions of mp3s/VGM formats? Or convert to some ringtone format?
- by hcs at 12:50 AM EST on January 5, 2013
- It just records the stream, to ogg vorbis I assume.
- by hcs at 5:46 PM EST on January 20, 2013
- The new version 1.5 out on the play store seems to handle rsn correctly (no thanks to my quick hack). The UI has changed a bit but it's still working fine on my 2.3.6.
- by Mouser X at 10:45 PM EST on January 20, 2013
- I use Rockbox myself. You can get a version for Android from Rasher's site (though, he recently asked for a new server. Apparently the one he's been using has stopped working. I don't know how long the builds/site I linked to will remain online). I've only encountered the ocasional problem.
I've used driodsound 1.3 (can anyone get me 1.5? Google Play refuses to authenticate my device, so I can't download anything from there. I've contacted Google, and they won't work with me because my device is not on their officially supported list, even though I've found numerous people, on numerous sites, that have the same device and can get on the Play store just fine... it kind of pisses me off...), and there were numerous problems I didn't like. For one thing, at least on my device, it only scans the "MODS" directory (and not the sdcard. Perhaps this was fixed in a newer version). The other thing I didn't like is that it seems to ignore NSFe data, and either plays the song indefinitely, or skips after a minute or two to the next file in the list (not the next song in the NSFe). Also, when opening a file externally (because it only scans the "MODS" directory), it fails to play/open any files that have a " " (space) in the file name. Perhaps I missed it, but I haven't found a way to create a specificly ordered playlist either (without placing the desired files into a specific directory, renaming them to match the order I want).
Droidsound supports quite a few formats, some of which aren't supported by Rockbox. However, most of those formats are ones I've never used before. Something else I noticed is that, at least with the version of Droidsound that I have, it doesn't emulate the NES expansion chips (I tried to listen to the Lagrange Point NSFe, and it played basically nothing), but Rockbox plays them just fine.
Again, perhaps many of these issues have been fixed in a newer version (again, can anyone get me a newer versjon?). Even so, Rockbox has more functionality, as far as my experience goes, than Droidsound. I read the changelog, an it sounds like subtune support is improved (and two new formats - PSF support is great!), so maybe my user experience will be improved with a newer version.
Anyway, as it stands right now, I would recommend Rockbox. At the least, give it a try. That said, I'm certainly willing to give droidsound another try, if I can get a newer version.
So, as far as I know, Droidsound and Rockbox seem to be the prime candidates for VGM formats, right now. Anyone else want to expand on their user experience of either of these two? Mouser X over and out.
- by hcs at 6:27 AM EST on January 21, 2013
- I'm using droidsound over rockbox lately, except for a few things rockbox still does better (adx, cuesheets). I'll try to get a droidsound build up for you, what's your device and android ver? (I'm not well versed enough in android stuff to know how much it matters). NSFe seems to work as expected (though without expansion chips), be sure to turn on "cycle subtunes" in the options.
The "MODS" dir thing is pretty irritating, I don't know yet what the deal is with that but it seems like it should be easy to overcome, so I'm probably missing some deeper difficulty.
Oh, my #1 complaint still: no fades. I can understand that the devs might just not care, but it bugs me.
- by Sir-Sabin at 3:47 PM EST on January 21, 2013
- i could put it up for you, i use a backup app on my phone that backups apps when i install them
Edit: here's the link to 1.5 droidsound 1.5
enjoy
edited 4:02 PM EST January 21, 2013
- by Mouser X at 2:15 PM EST on January 22, 2013
- Sir-Sabin: You're awesome. Thanks a lot. I'll definitely give it try (at the very least the PSF supported will be out to use). Much appreciated for putting that up for me. Mouser X over and out.
- by derp at 1:15 AM EST on January 30, 2013
- indeed
- by Mouser X at 4:42 PM EST on February 6, 2013
- I've been using Droidsound to play PSFs (inside RMU/RAR files), and I've encountered a number of bugs. Since I can't seem to login into my email from my tablet, I'll list them (and of course how to reproduce them) here (in order of their annoyance to me - in other words, this is the order I would like them fixed in :P ).
#1) Any PSF that's longer than 4:06 crashes the player. I haven't found *any* PSFs longer than 4:06 that don't fail at that point.
[EDIT] Actually, I found one. Beyond the Beyond - Staff Roll 8:37 (at least, that's what Droidsound says). It *does* stop at 4:06, but if you wait (for about 20 seconds?) the song will eventually continue past that point. It crashes at around 8:20 though, and waiting didn't seem to make a difference.
Inside a RAR, extracted, it doesn't matter. This is almost certainly a player bug, and not an emulation bug (an emulation bug would be more difficult to fix, I'd think), as some of the songs loop before 4:06, but when looped twice, are longer than 4:06. Once this happens, the UI is still responsive, but it won't play any songs at all, until you *completely* close Droidsound (aka, select "quit" from the menu, and then close/stop it from Android's app handler).
#2) If Droidsound crashes/stops working while playing songs from a RAR/RMU, it doesn't clean up its mess in the temp folder. I didn't realize this at first, but I started noticing that my available free space was dwindling, even though I hadn't added any new files. After hunting through the directories, I found Droidsound's temp directory, which was taking up nearly 200 MB.
#3) If you have mixed audio in a RAR/RMU file, it crashes Droidsound. For example, many PSF sets are missing songs (in comparison to the OST). These are usually streamed, so I've "filled the gaps" with MP3s (since Droidsound doesn't support OGG). Currently, I only have 2 PSF sets that are "patched together" that way (I intend to do it to the "Star Ocean", "Xenogears", and "Chrono Cross" sets as well). I converted the XA files of "Racing Lagoon" and "Suikoden Tenmei no Chikai" to MP3. Racing Lagoon crashes immediately, because the first song is MP3. When extracted, the PSFs and MP3s play fine (but, I haven't figured out how to arrange/play files by their file names/track numbers, because Droidsound uses a DB. Thus, when I play the files outside of the RAR, they don't play in track # order. Which is why I RARed it up - so they would play in the correct order. And as a bonus, it saves space). However, Suikoden Tenmei no Chikai leads me to my next bug....
#4) Some PSF sets don't crash, but they only play silence. Of the sets I have on my tablet, these ones give the appearance of playing, but only produce silence:
"Mega Man Battle & Chase [RockMan Battle & Chase](1997)(Capcom)[PSF]"
"Suikoden Tenmei no Chikai (1996)(-)(Koei)[PSF+Streams]"
"Riven The Sequel to Myst (1997)(Cyan)(Sunsoft)(Enix)[PSF]"
I assume that's an emulation bug, and therefore could be difficult to fix. I'm pretty sure Audio Overload uses SexyPSF for PSF support, so I'll be downloading AO today, so I can test on a PC whether these files play using SexyPSF (though, even if they play in AO, that doesn't necessarily mean they should be playing in Droidsound.... It could still be something else).
#5) "Legend of Dragoon" completely crashes Droidsound entirely. Whether it's in a RAR or extracted, any PSF of that set that I've tried to play has crashed Droidsound so thoroughly that it doesn't even throw an error. It just dumps me back to Android's home screen. Again, I'll listen to this using AO, and see what kind of effect I get from this.
All that aside, Droidsound seems to be at least usable for PSF playback, which is definitely something Rockbox doesn't have yet. The only other thing I'd mention is that PSFs, more often than not, are quieter than most of the audio. I usually have my tablet turned up as high as it will go when listening to PSFs, and %50-%75 for everything else (depending on how noisy the street/bus is).
[EDIT] While searching for information on SexyPSF, I found this. They're currently working on PSF2 support, and that would be pretty nice to have.... And since I'm mentioning additional sources (in an attempt to aid Droidsound), it should also be mentioned that GME is version 6.something. Droidsound is using v.5.5, but I know Rockbox uses a more recent version than that. There's a Google code page here.
Also, as I mentioned in a different thread, the default browser in Android can't download from Sendspace, but Firefox on Android can.... Just useful information. Thanks again Sir-Sabin for putting Droidsound 1.5 up for me. And thanks Knurek for putting together your amazing console/emulated/streamed rip collections. Mouser X over and out.
edited 7:59 PM EST February 6, 2013
- by haspor at 9:55 AM EDT on November 2, 2013
- Hi,
i added PSF2 support for my version of Droidsound + many other features. I also added VGMSTREAM support but there are couple of formats that are acting weird -> development help is welcome :)
Thanks to kode54 for help.
edited 9:55 AM EDT November 2, 2013
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