Program to examine MOD file (ST/PT, version # etc)?

Photon · 29 October 2021, 21:10

So you know the correct tracker/version to play the module with.

Alternatively an Amiga tracker that displays detailed info if the file can or can't be loaded. Cheers

But preferably a CLI utility that I can stick in C: and type e.g. examine MOD.randomname

Hm. Does some file manager do that?

Don_Adan · 29 October 2021, 21:51

I dont think that you can find/have something better than Delitracker 2 tracker recognition routine. For CLI you must rip and adapt this routine.

Photon · 30 October 2021, 00:47

Delitracker has come up in searches, yes. I can write my own, but hoped there would be a CLI utility from around 1993 onwards that does a correct ID. Was less of a problem then, when we kept close track of versions, now it's difficult even with module release date known.

chip · 30 October 2021, 01:16

Perhaps "modinfo" is what you are looking for ?

https://amp.dascene.net/download.php

Photon · 30 October 2021, 13:58

modinfo requires 68020 for no reason and generates a report which is nice, but the format description is short and seems wrong, Pro/Noise/Star-Tracker for a Soundtracker song predating all 3 trackers. (And what is Star-Tracker? Startrekker?)

I should have emailed asle to begin with.

Thx Chip.

Edit: After some research, I found out that LemonAmiga had the release date wrong. The correct date elsewhere allows the song to be a Noisetracker song, which means modinfo could be correct.

29 October 2021, 21:10	#1
Photon Moderator Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Eksjö / Sweden Posts: 5,602	Program to examine MOD file (ST/PT, version # etc)? So you know the correct tracker/version to play the module with. Alternatively an Amiga tracker that displays detailed info if the file can or can't be loaded. Cheers But preferably a CLI utility that I can stick in C: and type e.g. examine MOD.randomname Hm. Does some file manager do that? Last edited by Photon; 30 October 2021 at 00:47.

30 October 2021, 13:58	#5
Photon Moderator Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Eksjö / Sweden Posts: 5,602	modinfo requires 68020 for no reason and generates a report which is nice, but the format description is short and seems wrong, Pro/Noise/Star-Tracker for a Soundtracker song predating all 3 trackers. (And what is Star-Tracker? Startrekker?) I should have emailed asle to begin with. Thx Chip. Edit: After some research, I found out that LemonAmiga had the release date wrong. The correct date elsewhere allows the song to be a Noisetracker song, which means modinfo could be correct. Last edited by Photon; 30 October 2021 at 16:35.

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29 October 2021, 21:51	#2
Don_Adan Registered User Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Warsaw/Poland Age: 55 Posts: 1,959	I dont think that you can find/have something better than Delitracker 2 tracker recognition routine. For CLI you must rip and adapt this routine.

30 October 2021, 00:47	#3
Photon Moderator Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Eksjö / Sweden Posts: 5,602	Delitracker has come up in searches, yes. I can write my own, but hoped there would be a CLI utility from around 1993 onwards that does a correct ID. Was less of a problem then, when we kept close track of versions, now it's difficult even with module release date known.

30 October 2021, 01:16	#4
chip Registered User Join Date: Oct 2012 Location: Italy Age: 49 Posts: 2,942	Perhaps "modinfo" is what you are looking for ? https://amp.dascene.net/download.php

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