retrobits | I made a fully automatic C64 Stereo Jukebox with Python! @retrobitstv | Uploaded January 2024 | Updated October 2024, 1 hour ago.
3 ways to create a playlist of chiptunes on your Commodore 64 with the SD2IEC, Ultimate64/UII+ REST API, or disk images!

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Stereo SID History – youtube.com/watch?v=xlWMtI0RSOs
Evo64 Build – youtube.com/watch?v=usR8WtOMWJU
Ultimate REST API Livestream - youtube.com/watch?v=QPYBGaRYCTM&t=3058s

Python Script - github.com/Armitage64/ultimate_64_jukebox
High Voltage Sid Collection - hvsc.c64.org
Compute’s Gazette Sid Collection - c64music.co.uk
Sidplay64 - sourceforge.net/p/sidplay64/wiki/Home
Ultimate REST API - 1541u-documentation.readthedocs.io/en/latest/api/api_calls.html

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00:00 Introduction
00:43 Compute’s Gazette .MUS Files and CGSC
01:53 Setting up the SD2IEC
03:40 Demoing the Stereo Player
06:10 Testing with the 1541 Ultimate II+ Soft IEC drive
07:04 Building and testing a 1581 disk image
08:24 Sidplay64, .SID files, and HVSC
09:59 Setting up the Kawari and UII+
11:33 Why are all of our .SIDs the same length?
12:24 Modified .SID files with song length
13:01 Sidplay64’s different play modes
15:10 REST API for Ultimate devices
15:43 Python jukebox - walking the code
19:07 Demoing modern stereo 2SID files
26:39 Conclusion