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Suggestions & Requests / Modular music support
« on: May 23, 2015, 05:50:40 AM »
Let's face it, music files are big. If you choose to download everything from a server, music loops can take far longer than anything else, and with a filesize cap at 1 megabyte, they can't really be any longer than about two minutes. Obviously this has its share of drawbacks.
As a partial solution, why not add support for music modules? These include .MOD, .XM, and .IT formats. They're widely supported by advanced media players like WinAMP and VLC, and they have a tendency to be very small files. I'm talking in the ballpark of 100 kb, and filesize only depends on the instrument samples used; length is practically indefinite. Basically, they are perfect for quick sharing. There is a drawback, in that they can't be simply converted from WAV or MP3; they have to be arranged or composed from scratch, or converted from another sequenced music format like MIDI. Still, it would be a nice alternative to OGG Vorbis for cases where you might want a long piece of high-quality music in a small filesize.
As a partial solution, why not add support for music modules? These include .MOD, .XM, and .IT formats. They're widely supported by advanced media players like WinAMP and VLC, and they have a tendency to be very small files. I'm talking in the ballpark of 100 kb, and filesize only depends on the instrument samples used; length is practically indefinite. Basically, they are perfect for quick sharing. There is a drawback, in that they can't be simply converted from WAV or MP3; they have to be arranged or composed from scratch, or converted from another sequenced music format like MIDI. Still, it would be a nice alternative to OGG Vorbis for cases where you might want a long piece of high-quality music in a small filesize.
