Not really, pretty much the only recently updated NSF plugin is foo_gep for Foobar2000. Disch has discontinued NotSo Fatso (the Stereo NSF/NSFE plugin for Winamp), unfortunately. Wish someone would merge it with foo_gep so I could listen to NSFs in stereo (and bandlimited as well) on it. ^_^
There's still a decent amount of NSF and GBS ripping still occuring, or at least has the potential to occur.
Some games have just proven to be a royal pain in the butt to get ripped. Mario is Missing is one of the ones I've tried, and keep getting stonewalled with. Kaettekita Mario Bros is an FDS game, and having ripped 1 of those before, I can say it's likely to be an intensive process that I don't feel like performing.
Are you sure NotSo Fatso was discontinued? I wish there was at least one more update that would make the tracks shadow into Winamp's playlist automatically and maybe ATF support (if that's even possible).
BTW I definitely prefer NSFE over NSF, having the titles of each track is much better.
Yes, Disch is no longer updating NotsoFatso. However, the source code is available, so you can use that to make updates and such yourself. HCS ported NotsoFatso to Rockbox, so updates are possible, if you can find someone willing to do them. DrO added ATF support to 64th Note. So, I would think that adding ATF support would be reasonably possible for NotsoFatso, if you can find someone willing to do the work.
Also, I agree. I prefer NSFe files to NSF because having track times is very nice (I don't like having to skip through them in Rockbox). Another reason for an update to NotsoFatso is that there's some NSFs that it can't play. It either crashes, or skips them completely. I don't know which ones off the top of my head, but I've experienced the problems myself. NSFplug is a pretty good alternative, but it doesn't have NSFe support. It's open source, so maybe someone can add it? HCS attempted to port NSFplug to Rockbox, but was unable to get it to compile (NotsoFatso compiled for him, which is why he went with that one).
Also, in regards to tags+times, there are other plugins which use some form of playlist commands to add this information. Marioman knows more about it than I though. As I recall, he uses that system. I've tried it in the past, but I never could figure it out. On top of that, I've never seen links for the playlists either. NSFe files I've seen. I wouldn't want to have to re-add all that info into some playlist stuff. If someone has already done the work, then why not host the files somewhere? They've got to be very small in size, since they're all text.
Also, Game_Music_Emu is a pretty neat library. If you know how to use it, you could probably make a NSF/GBS/etc. plugin pretty easily. Also, GME has support for NSFe files, and it might have support for the playlist tags as well (I'm not sure on that one, I don't remember).
When I see anewuser on #usf next, I'll have him check this thread. He's into the NSF stuff a lot more than I am. He could very possibly have something to contribute to this thread.
Anyway, if you know where to look, there is still NSF and GBS stuff going on. It's slowed down some, but there's still people who are working on it, in some form or another. Mouser X over and out.
Yeah, forgot about the timing, that is another advantage over NSF. I also like the playlist which allows you to put the tracks in order.
I'm not a fan of external players except for M1. If it's not in Winamp, then I don't use it. Do you think its possible to have the shadowed tracks in Winamp's media library? And what about GBS tracks, is there any support for tags? in_nez is from 2002, anything newer?
There is no way I'm going to be able to modify anything in NotsoFatso. If I'm ever going to learn a new language its going to be Japanese.
Just sent in a couple tagged NSFe files, nothing super interesting. Has anyone ever found a rip of Jim Henson's Muppet Adventure - Chaos at the Carnival?
For those needing to stock up on NSFs, here you go.
Btw, Notsofatso is crap with VRC7 emulation, so I use NSFplug instead, even though it crashes Winamp every time it shuts down, which has gotten on my nerves fast.
And NSFe is overrated. I never use it because it's barely ever used, and also because homemade music has become plentiful on the archives *cough*CHIBITECH*cough*.