Tag Archives: IDX

The origin of the IDX format supported by DC2N5-LC, Ultimate-64, etc

Posted on October 13, 2020 by Luigi Di Fraia

I have been made aware of claims that the IDX format has its origins in somebody else’s work and they were not credited for their original idea. Let me put the record straight: this claim is inaccurate. In pretty much … Continue reading →

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TAPClean Front End update!

Posted on June 24, 2017 by Luigi Di Fraia

TAPClean Front End version 0.37 has just been published! Binaries are available for Windows and Linux on my Software page. For user convenience these binaries also provide the latest released version of TAPClean, 0.34. An updated version of the user … Continue reading →

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C2NEmu GUI client progress

Posted on January 15, 2017 by Luigi Di Fraia

I finally had some time and inclination to progress the C2NEmu GUI client and add most playback related features, including Play/Resume, Pause, and Stop button callbacks. In the above image “Real Stunt Expert” was fully played back in under 2 minutes as indicated … Continue reading →

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DC2N5-LC video time: PRG and IDX file support!

Posted on December 14, 2016 by Luigi Di Fraia

As promised, here’s a video about the latest development efforts on DC2N5-LC. Enjoy!

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DC2N5-LC IDX file support completed

Posted on December 13, 2016 by Luigi Di Fraia

I am glad to announce that the IDX support development went very smoothly and I am now testing the outcome with successful results 🙂 For my test I used a compilation, whose IDX I had already shared here: 0x14 Gazza’s … Continue reading →

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DC2N5-LC IDX file parser completed

Posted on December 13, 2016 by Luigi Di Fraia

I decided to add IDX support in DC2N5-LC as my C2NEmu project benefits from that feature too. For the time being I completed the parser for IDX files. The use of IDX files will be quite simple in DC2N5-LC: IDX … Continue reading →

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Initial change to TAPCleanFE to aid the creation of IDX files

Posted on October 22, 2016 by Luigi Di Fraia

I’ve had some time today to add start offset information into TAPClean Front End’s report, tape edit and split tools. The benefit should be obvious given the screenshot below: Obviously, I am still convinced that a semi-automated tool to create … Continue reading →

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Linux C2NEmu TAP playback client updated too!

Posted on October 18, 2016 by Luigi Di Fraia

This evening after work I managed to do the necessary adjustments to my C2NEmu TAP playback client for Linux too and I am very satisfied with the results 🙂 Here’s the output of the tool under Linux: $ sudo ./c2nemu-play -i joinedtape.idx … Continue reading →

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C2NEmu progress!

Posted on October 17, 2016 by Luigi Di Fraia

This evening I finally decided to implement support for the IDX file format in my C2NEmu PC client for TAP playback: C2NEmu play utility, rel 1.3 – (C) 2016 Luigi Di Fraia Communicates with a C2NEmu device to play TAP files … Continue reading →

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