MpsMachine Struct Reference

Decoder for "MPS MIDI" format data. More...

Data Structures
struct	Channel
	Starting parameter and playback status for one channel/track. More...

Public Types
enum	MpsMidiStatus { MPSMIDIST_SEGMENT_RETURN = 0xFD , MPSMIDIST_SEGMENT_CALL = 0xFE , MPSMIDIST_ENDSONG = 0xFF }
	Overridden MIDI status codes used in the data format. More...

Public Member Functions
	MpsMachine (const uint8_t *data, size_t length, MidiFile &target)
	Construct a TTD DOS music format decoder. More...
uint16_t	ReadVariableLength (uint32_t &pos)
	Read an SMF-style variable length value (note duration) from songdata. More...
void	RestartSong ()
	Prepare for playback from the beginning. More...
uint16_t	PlayChannelFrame (MidiFile::DataBlock &outblock, int channel)
	Play one frame of data from one channel.
bool	PlayFrame (MidiFile::DataBlock &block)
	Play one frame of data into a block.
bool	PlayInto ()
	Perform playback of whole song.

Static Public Member Functions
static void	AddMidiData (MidiFile::DataBlock &block, uint8_t b1, uint8_t b2)
static void	AddMidiData (MidiFile::DataBlock &block, uint8_t b1, uint8_t b2, uint8_t b3)

Data Fields
Channel	channels [16]
	playback status for each MIDI channel
std::vector< uint32_t >	segments
	pointers into songdata to repeatable data segments
int16_t	tempo_ticks
	ticker that increments when playing a frame, decrements before playing a frame
int16_t	current_tempo
	threshold for actually playing a frame
int16_t	initial_tempo
	starting tempo of song
bool	shouldplayflag
	not-end-of-song flag
const uint8_t *	songdata
	raw data array
size_t	songdatalen
	length of song data
MidiFile &	target
	recipient of data

Static Public Attributes
static const int	TEMPO_RATE = 148
	Frames/ticks per second for music playback.
static const uint8_t	programvelocities [128]
	Base note velocities for various GM programs. More...

Detailed Description

Decoder for "MPS MIDI" format data.

This format for MIDI music is also used in a few other Microprose games contemporary with Transport Tycoon.

The song data are usually packed inside a CAT file, with one CAT chunk per song. The song titles are used as names for the CAT chunks.

Unlike the Standard MIDI File format, which is based on the IFF structure, the MPS MIDI format is best described as two linked lists of sub-tracks, the first list contains a number of reusable "segments", and the second list contains the "master tracks". Each list is prefixed with a byte giving the number of elements in the list, and the actual list is just a byte count (BE16 format) for the segment/track followed by the actual data, there is no index as such, so the entire data must be seeked through to build an index.

The actual MIDI data inside each track is almost standard MIDI, prefixing every event with a delay, encoded using the same variable-length format used in SMF. A few status codes have changed meaning in MPS MIDI: 0xFE changes control from master track to a segment, 0xFD returns from a segment to the master track, and 0xFF is used to end the song. (In Standard MIDI all those values must only occur in real-time data.)

As implemented in the original decoder, there is no support for recursively calling segments from segments, i.e. code 0xFE must only occur in a master track, and code 0xFD must only occur in a segment. There are no checks made for this, it's assumed that the only input data will ever be the original game music, not music from other games, or new productions.

Additionally, some program change and controller events are given special meaning, see comments in the code.

Definition at line 499 of file midifile.cpp.

Member Enumeration Documentation

MpsMidiStatus

enum MpsMachine::MpsMidiStatus

Overridden MIDI status codes used in the data format.

Enumerator
MPSMIDIST_SEGMENT_RETURN	resume playing master track from stored position
MPSMIDIST_SEGMENT_CALL	store current position of master track playback, and begin playback of a segment
MPSMIDIST_ENDSONG	immediately end the song

Definition at line 525 of file midifile.cpp.

Constructor & Destructor Documentation

MpsMachine()

MpsMachine::MpsMachine ( const uint8_t *  data, size_t  length, MidiFile &  target  )

inline

Construct a TTD DOS music format decoder.

Parameters

data	Buffer of song data from CAT file, ownership remains with caller
length	Length of the data buffer in bytes
target	MidiFile object to add decoded data to

Definition at line 549 of file midifile.cpp.

Member Function Documentation

ReadVariableLength()

uint16_t MpsMachine::ReadVariableLength ( uint32_t &  pos )

inline

Read an SMF-style variable length value (note duration) from songdata.

Parameters

pos	Position to read from, updated to point to next byte after the value read

Returns

Value read from data stream

Definition at line 588 of file midifile.cpp.

Referenced by RestartSong().

RestartSong()

void MpsMachine::RestartSong ( )

inline

Prepare for playback from the beginning.

Resets the song pointer for every track to the beginning.

Definition at line 602 of file midifile.cpp.

References MpsMachine::Channel::delay, MpsMachine::Channel::playpos, ReadVariableLength(), and MpsMachine::Channel::startpos.

Referenced by PlayInto().

Field Documentation

programvelocities

const uint8_t MpsMachine::programvelocities

static

Initial value:

= {
  100, 100, 100, 100, 100,  90, 100, 100, 100, 100, 100,  90, 100, 100, 100, 100,
  100, 100,  85, 100, 100, 100, 100, 100, 100, 100, 100, 100,  90,  90, 110,  80,
  100, 100, 100,  90,  70, 100, 100, 100, 100, 100, 100, 100, 100, 100, 100, 100,
  100, 100,  90, 100, 100, 100, 100, 100, 100, 120, 100, 100, 100, 120, 100, 127,
  100, 100,  90, 100, 100, 100, 100, 100, 100,  95, 100, 100, 100, 100, 100, 100,
  100, 100, 100, 100, 100, 100, 100, 115, 100, 100, 100, 100, 100, 100, 100, 100,
  100, 100, 100, 100, 100, 100, 100, 100, 100, 100, 100, 100, 100, 100, 100, 100,
  100, 100, 100, 100, 100, 100, 100, 100, 100, 100, 100, 100, 100, 100, 100, 100,
}

Base note velocities for various GM programs.

Definition at line 518 of file midifile.cpp.

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The documentation for this struct was generated from the following file:

• src/music/midifile.cpp