Bug 167626

Summary:	VGM support in Amarok
Product:	[Frameworks and Libraries] Phonon	Reporter:	David Korth <gerbilsoft>
Component:	general	Assignee:	Matthias Kretz <kretz>
Status:	RESOLVED UPSTREAM
Severity:	wishlist	CC:	sitter
Priority:	NOR
Version First Reported In:	unspecified
Target Milestone:	---
Platform:	Gentoo Packages
OS:	Linux
Latest Commit:		Version Fixed In:
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Description David Korth 2008-07-28 23:43:29 UTC

Version:            (using KDE 4.0.98)
Installed from:    Gentoo Packages

It would be nice to have support for VGM files in Amarok. VGM files are small files that contain exact music reproductions from classic video game systems, such as the Sega Genesis / Mega Drive. Additionally, support for VGZ (GZipped VGM) would be useful, since VGM files can be compressed to very small sizes (<10k per file in some cases). Also, VGM has its own tagging format called "GD3", which is similar to ID3 tagging.

The file format specifications for VGM and GD3 are available at http://www.smspower.org/music/vgmspecs.shtml

Comment 1 Lydia Pintscher 2008-07-28 23:54:37 UTC

Amarok can play what Phonon can play.
Reassigning to Phonon.

Thank you for your report.

Comment 2 Harald Sitter 2010-12-21 18:23:23 UTC

Phonon itself does not play anything, it uses existing frameworks, so functionality would need to be implemented in those (e.g. gstreamer or vlc ...)