uFMOD (or μFMOD) is a freeware audio player library written in x86 assembly language. It is used to load and play audio files in XM format.
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| Original author(s) | Asterix and Quantum[1] |
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| Initial release | 26 January 2006[2] |
| Stable release | 1.25.2a
/ 12 October 2020 |
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| Written in | Assembler |
| Operating system | Microsoft Windows, Linux, FreeBSD, KolibriOS |
| Available in | 3 languages |
List of languages English, Spanish, Russian | |
| Type | Game middleware Game development tool Digital audio workstation |
| License | Freeware |
| Website | ufmod |
In the library name, the lowercase u letter is the micro symbol μ [3]
The uFMOD source code can be compiled using FASM.[4]
| Operating System | Audio Libraries |
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| Microsoft Windows | WinMM, DirectSound, OpenAL |
| Linux | OSS, ALSA, OpenAL |
| FreeBSD | OSS |
| KolibriOS | Infinity Sound Audio Library |
The uFMOD library was ported to several programming languages and development environments:
The AOCRYPT cryptographic engine uses uFMOD to ensure a specific executable file size.[8] The patcher dUP2[9] uses uFMOD to play background music.
Games using uFMOD
editDue to its small size, the uFMOD is used in compact video games to play background music, for example:
References
edit- ^ a b Záleta, Martin (2011). Grafické demo v 128kB (Thesis) (in Czech). Brno University of Technology. p. 32. hdl:11012/55888.
- ^ "The Unofficial XM File Format Specification: FastTracker II, ADPCM and StrippedModule Subformats", Quantum, 2006
- ^ Kameñar, Vladimir (2021-06-01). "What does the "u" in uFMOD mean?". Quora.
- ^ "Is NASM dead?", Narkive Newsgroup Archive, 2006
- ^ "PureBasic: User-Libs", PureArea, 2007-09-02
- ^ "Play .XM .MOD audio files in Delphi without DLLs", StackOverflow, 2014-01-18
- ^ a b "Development of the game in 115 kb", Sudo Null, perfect.daemon, 2014
- ^ Оловянишников, А. Р.; Симаков, Е. Е. (2021). "Разработка алгоритма и программного обеспечения для шифрования данных". Young Scientist (in Russian). 2 (43): 46–52. ISSN 2077-8295. Retrieved 2021-05-29.
- ^ Manuel Rey Vilar (2014). "Aprende el Arte de la Ingeniería Inversa" (PDF) (in Spanish). University of Almería. p. 354.
- ^ J. Roberts; K. Saunders; S. Lamb (2015). "Lunar Jetman Remake". Indie Retro News.
- ^ "Four-in-a-row", FreeBasic Portal, 2012
- ^ Andru (2008-07-16). "Diamond Fighters". Linux.org.ru (in Russian).