ZXTune - Chiptunes player

Vitamin/CAIG

About this app

ZXTune - Chiptunes player

Player of computer music from ZX Spectrum, Amiga, Atari, Commodore and more!

Visit official project site at https://zxtune.bitbucket.io

Supported formats:
- ZX Spectrum (ASC, FTC, GTR, PSC, PSG, PSM, PT1/PT2/PT3, SQT, STC/ST1/ST3, STP, VTX, YM, TurboSound tracks, AY with embedded player, TXT files for Vortex Tracker II, CHI, DMM, DST, ET1, PDT, SQD, STR, TFC, TFD, TFE)
- PC (669, AMF, AMS, C67, DMF, DSM, FAR, FMT, FNK, GDM, IMF, IT, J2B, LIQ, PLM, PSM, MDL, MO3, MT2, MTM, PTM, RTM, S3M, STIM, STM, STX, ULT, V2M, XM)
- Amiga (DBM, EMOD, MOD, IMS, MED, OKT, SFX, AHX)
- Atari (DTM, GTK, TCB, SAP, RMT)
- Acorn (DTT)
- Sam Coupe (COP)
- Commodore 64/128 MOS6581 (SID)
- Amstrad CPC (AYC)
- Super Nintendo (SPC)
- Multiplatform (MTC, VGM, GYM)
- Nintendo (NSF, NSFe)
- GameBoy (GBS, GSF)
- TurboGrafX (HES)
- MSX (KSS)
- PlayStation (PSF, PSF2, AT3, AT9)
- Ultra64 (USF)
- Nintendo DS (2SF, NCSF)
- Dreamcast (DSF)
- Saturn (SSF)
- Generic (MP3, OGG, WAV, FLAC)
- XSPF (import and export) and AYL (import only) playlists
- Archives (ZIP, RAR, LHA, UMX, GZip, 7zip and FSB)

Integration with music catalogues
- ZX Spectrum music catalogue http://zxtunes.com
- ModLand music collection ftp://ftp.modland.com
- High Voltage SID Collection catalogue http://www.hvsc.c64.org
- Modern ZX Spectrum music catalogue http://www.zxart.ee/eng/music
- Josh W catalogues http://joshw.info
- Amiga Music Preservation http://amp.dascene.net
- The AY Great Original Resource http://abrimaal.pro-e.pl/aygor/
- The Mod Archive http://modarchive.org
- Atari SAP Music Archive http://asma.atari.org
- Aminet catalogue http://aminet.net
- VGMRips https://vgmrips.net
- Scene.org file archive https://files.scene.org/

Functionality:
- single version for phones and tablets
- supported resolutions up to xxhdpi
- works on Android starting from 4.0.3 (API v14)
- pausing while incoming/outgoing calls
- headset playback control (not for all devices)
- different interpolation modes with performance and quality optimizations
- caching of playlist entries on local SD card
- home screen widget
- send modules and share references to modules from http://zxtunes.com, http://www.zxart.ee/eng/music and http://modarchive.org
- ability to set chiptune as ringtone
- search and playback modules from archives

Used permissions:
- internet access/network status for remote data sources access
- read/write SD card for local data sources access and playlists export
- wake lock for scan service speedup
- change system settings to set chiptune as ringtone

Ratings and reviews

App seems to be working again. Anything I had saved the last couple of days is gone and what was loaded in the currently playing section was what I was listing to a week ago... But it works again. No idea what happened. Playlist tracks didn't play until I played anything else first, and then my playlist tracks started loading.

I love Chiptunes and mod music. I've been listening to this kind of music since the mid 80's. This app is great way to do this on my phone. I've been using the app for a while and I have experienced zero issues with it. I should have posted this review a long time ago. Highly recommend this app if you're a fan of (retro) video game style music.

09/30 Edit: In my original review, I mentioned that saving and loading Playlists is not entirely intuitive. It's a somewhat clunky step-by-step progress at present, and loading Playlists also rescans all the files. While this remains true, the author IS WORKING ON IT, which I appreciate! That aside, this is a darn good little player for most module formats (except FST) and several chiptune formats (ZX Spectrum, C64, et cetera.) It has options for cover art, too! Simple, but very sweet.

What's new

Build 5070:

* fixed embedded strings processing for some formats
* updated libsidplayfp library, fixed playback of some .sid tracks
* improved compatibility with old Android versions
* supported archived/packed tracks sending