Support for compressed audio files (such as .mp3)

[Former user]

Original issue 292 created by mika.append on 2012-10-21T10:16:29.000Z:

First of all thank you very much for this emulator, it is truly amazing and I cannot thank you enough for it.

Is it technically possible to support compressed audio files for the Mega CD, or are you planning on supporting these in the future?

[Former user]

Comment # 1 originally posted by ekeeke31 on 2012-10-21T10:48:23.000Z:

Nope, i think mp3 decoding libraries use a license incompatible with genesis plus non commercial license.
As for supporting other compressed format, i don't see the need right know, bin/cue or iso/wav are perfectly fine and will always be more accurate and faster when it comes to audio track emulation.

The only advantage of compressed audio files is storage space but i don' t think it's really an issue anymore with the current size of external HDD. It might be for those who absolutely want to have all existing CD games stored " just in case" but even if you really plan to play the 200-250 different games i think there are, they can fit on a 120GB drive.

[Former user]

Comment # 2 originally posted by ekeeke31 on 2013-05-30T18:22:49.000Z:

issue #330 has been merged into this issue.

[Former user]

Comment # 3 originally posted by ekeeke31 on 2013-05-30T18:32:37.000Z:

issue #338 has been merged into this issue.