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by snowram 683 days ago
Looks like there are a bunch of Famitracker modules (.ftm files) that are converted to MIDI but should actually be converted to NSF like any other NES song.
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Oh, yes. That's because the Famitracker port I'm using[0] is a bit old and doesn't support the newer .ftm versions. So in case the player doesn't support a given song, there's a fallback to using FTMtoMID so you can still listen to it.

This was all done before I ported Furnace Tracker (that also supports the .ftm format) so I might just use Furnace for playing them. I have to check whether it can play the newer .ftm versions.

[0] https://github.com/nukep/famitracker-cx

Also SID files play for a fixed amount of time, so long-ish ones cut during playtime. I know HVSC has a database that defines track length, not sure for the others though.
Yes, as I mentioned in another comment, the player has a time limit on songs to prevent them from looping forever. I'll include an option to let you modify this, so you can listen to them _almost_ forever.