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I know v17 does have a SID audiodecoder. not_spiff was the one who ported these all to binary addons.
You could try a portable install of v17 and try
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Just installed v17 Beta3 (should be the latest from the nightly builds). Still the same issue. I can get to the directory but not see any .sid files.
Also tried to rename a file as mp3. I can rightclick the file and tell it to open the file with PAPlayer. However it gives the error that playback failed.
This is the Windows version (and I'm running Win10 Pro). In case that helps any.
Besides PAPlayer the only other choice is video player (which I also tried but no go)
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If the decoder is installed it should auto recognise the sid files. Maybe spiff can comment?
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Only had time for a brief look, but to me it looks like it's not being passed to the appropiate audio decoder.
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I was sort of wondering that myself. I notice it says "detected format" as mp3 for some reason (sid music typically doesn't include digital tunes, not sure why it is detecting as such. I'd guess Kodi should be checking for file header data to determine the file type).
Its a good bet that the file format detection is the issue here. I'm just not familiar with Kodi enough to know if there is an override that can be put in, or how it does a check on file formats.
If needed, I can dig online for more detailed information on the normal .sid file format. I am pretty sure they have some sort of header attached to the rest of the music player routines and music data.
Just let me know if you need anything else.
Thanks!
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Does anyone know if there is some way to force/override the file format detection?
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I tried to search for a username on the forums labeled not_spiff to see if I could try to reach out to them. However the search didn't come back with any results. Are they under a different name in the forums?
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2016-10-25, 06:02
(This post was last modified: 2016-10-25, 06:06 by ironic_monkey.)
hi, i'm notspiff. you have to install and activate the audiodecoder.sidplay audio decoder add-on. sid files will then automagically show up in the browser, you don't have to add extensions manually or do anything else. for some reason i cannot fathom team kodi has chosen to deactivate all add-ons by default. you have to go into the add-on browser, browse your way to the audio decoder, open info then hit 'enable'. KISS my backend.