TEMPEST_FOR_MP3(1)

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version 1.0.5 · 3 versions
, in debian trixie, ubuntu questing, ubuntu resolute, ubuntu stonking

💖 TEMPEST_FOR_MP3(1) 💖

okay bestie, welcome to TEMPEST_FOR_MP3 — aka the manual page for tempest_for_eliza, the actual most unhinged-slash-iconic way to listen to music. periodt. 🎀

✨ NAME ✨

tempest_for_eliza — play your music with your computer monitor and AM radio 🦋📻

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

tempest_for_eliza pixelclock x 1000000 HDisplay VDisplay HTotal VTotal * radio frequency play mode amplification filename

like. that's the whole invocation. she's a lot but she's worth it 💅

👑 DESCRIPTION 👑

so this program displays patterns on a computer monitor that can produce musical tones on AM radios tuned to the proper frequency. no cap. your monitor is literally a radio transmitter now. main character energy fr fr 💖✨

🎀 OPTIONS 🎀

  • pixelclock x 1000000, HDisplay, VDisplay, HTotal, and VTotal — all of these should be the same each time for your monitor. consistency queen 💅 use the xvidtune(1) application to determine these values, bestie, she'll tell you everything.
  • pixelclock — as the name suggests, for this parameter you multiply the result given by xvidtune(1) by 1000000. yes literally. don't forget the multiply, i'm begging 😭
  • radio frequency — a usual sensible value is 10000000, or 10Mhz. iconic default behavior, we love to see it 🔥

🌈 USAGE 🌈

okay so in order to play custom music, it needs to be converted first. it's giving ✨prep work✨. for this, see /usr/share/doc/tempest-for-eliza/mksong.sh. that script is your bestie, go say hi 🫶

💜 AUTHORS 💜

the original idea for tempest_for_eliza was taken from Pekka Riikonen, who wrote the original tempest-AM-0.9 application. tempest_for_eliza was written by Erik Thiele. legends, both of them, no notes 👑

this manual page was written by Luke Faraone lfaraone@debian.org for the Debian GNU/Linux system, but its use elsewhere is encouraged. yes you can take her anywhere, she travels well 🌍💖

🔍 SEE ALSO 🔍

additional documentation may be found at http://www.erikyyy.de/tempest/ 🌐✨

quick vibe check: those xvidtune(1) values gotta stay the same every single time for your monitor, and the pixelclock gets multiplied by 1000000. don't skip it, i'm literally on my knees 🙏

okay that's the whole page, bestie!! this one's from the tempest_for_eliza manual, dated April 18, 2010 — old but never not iconic 💀💖 slay, go make your monitor sing, mwah 🎀✨🦋

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