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Show HN: Pixeltune, a nicer chiptune and VGM player

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80 points tomaspollak | 1 comments | 11 Aug 24 19:42 UTC | HN request time: 0.296s | source

10 years ago I began working on Muki, a web-based MIDI and chiptune player which I eventually announced here on HN[0]. It was a fun weekend project.

Over the years I received numerous requests from people that wanted more: more music, more features, more playable formats, you name it.

Eventually I began working on a complete rewrite of the app (this time for real), and, realizing that each year another chiptune or MIDI website went offline, I decided to start archiving them for preservation.

Today, 10 years after the first release, I think it's finally time for the new, nicer version to hit the shelves. It's now called Pixeltune and yes, now you can actually turn down the volume. :)

Hope you like it!

[0] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10305918

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snowram ◴[12 Aug 24 07:02 UTC] No.41221862[source]▶
Looks like there are a bunch of Famitracker modules (.ftm files) that are converted to MIDI but should actually be converted to NSF like any other NES song.
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snowram ◴[12 Aug 24 07:14 UTC] No.41221922[source]▶
Also SID files play for a fixed amount of time, so long-ish ones cut during playtime. I know HVSC has a database that defines track length, not sure for the others though.
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1. tomaspollak ◴[12 Aug 24 12:16 UTC] No.41223549[source]▶
Yes, as I mentioned in another comment, the player has a time limit on songs to prevent them from looping forever. I'll include an option to let you modify this, so you can listen to them _almost_ forever.