NEZPlug assistance? by P_L at 11:56 PM EDT on July 12, 2007
I've recently installed NEZPlug as a replacement GBS plug-in for Winamp after discovering that Meridian was apparently incompatible with a lot of GBSs that I wanted to play. NEZPlug's sound is undeniably better than Meridian's, but ... skipping between tracks is tedious as I have to skip the seek bar to the end of the song to get to the next song (which eliminates being able to skip backwards and makes getting to any particular song in the set, especially farther in, a royal pain), and there appears to be no way to mute channels. Choosing to "configure the plug-in" on the Winamp preferences menu brings up a TXT file that appears to be just automatic timing information (which is odd, because the TXT says to make all songs loop twice with a 5-second fade and to set the default song length to 3:00, but Winamp always, ALWAYS makes every song exactly 5:05 long ...) and contains no way to manipulate channels or anything (I'd guess this is normal, just mentioned it incase it's not). Can anyone give a NEZPlug newbie some advice?
Alright, here is the lowdown on NEZPlug. First of all, there is a new version that you MUST get if you haven't done so already. Get it here!
This version fixes all kinds of GBS problems.
Secondly, channel muting is, as of now, not available. Not much else I can do for you there.
Thirdly, one of the best features of NEZPlug is the advanced playlist reader. It allows you to tag/time all of your NSF/GBS/KSS/HES/AY/etc. files using a quite sophisticated (if not over-defined) M3U file. Blm07 has a few completed lists here.
All that you have to do it make a .txt file, change the extension to .m3u, open it and type "#EXTM3U" on the first line, and then paste the stuff from the site under it. If you have NEZPlug installed, Winamp will recognize the format. Just make sure that your GBS filename is correct in the M3U file, and also make sure that the M3U file is in the same directory as you GBS file.
I have also noticed that you can separate the tracks the tracks by making one file for every line of the playlist.
Ahh yes, that seems to have been what I needed. I'll definitely be making a few of my own playlists from the template on that page you linked to (already started on one, and it seems to be running smoothly). Thanks a bunch! :)