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diff --git a/audio/asap/README b/audio/asap/README new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..d8312d9893 --- /dev/null +++ b/audio/asap/README @@ -0,0 +1,32 @@ +asap (player/converter for Atari 8-bit chiptune formats) + +ASAP is a player of Atari 8-bit chiptunes for modern computers +and mobile devices. It emulates the POKEY sound chip and the 6502 +processor. + +ASAP supports the following file formats: SAP, CMC, CM3, CMR, CMS, +DMC, DLT, FC, MPT, MPD, RMT, TMC/TM8, TM2, STIL. It can convert to +.wav, raw audio samples, or Atari executables (.xex). It can also +convert other chiptune file formats to SAP. + +The package includes: +- Plugins for the MOC and XMMS 1.x audio players. +- Optionally, plugins for the XMMS 2.x and VLC players (see below). +- Example chiptune files (in /usr/doc/asap-*/examples). +- libasap.a and asap.h, the ASAP library and header. +- asapconv, the standalone converter. +- asap-sdl, a simple standalone CLI player. +- asap-mplayer, a script which plays SAP files via mplayer. +- sap2ntsc, converts PAL SAP files to NTSC timing. +- sap2txt, converts SAP file headers to/from a text dump format. +- chksap.pl, shows info on and checks for errors in SAP files. +- Man pages for all the commands listed above. + +*Not* included are the asapscan tool, nor the bindings for Java, C#, +JavaScript, OpenCL, Python, or Swift. + +Optional dependencies: xmms2, vlc. If these are installed, the asap +package will include plugins for them. + +These is a large archive of Atari 8-bit chiptunes available at: +https://asma.atari.org/ |