Just like how one can upload an MP3, it could be nice if we could upload the source file(s) for a song on compos where the entries are already processed sound files (nsf, allgear, wildcard, etcetera).

Great idea

This should go in the "Feature Requests and Bugs" part of the forum, but yeah, that'd be cool.

People who upload source should get Pedagogist points; as well as when it's accessed. Shouldn't be allowed for any open formats like s3xmodit or GameBoy SAVs.

more like shouldn't be necessary lol, module files or savs are already pretty much the source file anyway

I was speaking in the sense for getting points.

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Sorry just had to say it. Couldn't fight the urge.

Bumping this because I would love this feature, especially for formats like nsf and pc-x801 where the submitted file is not the source file.

At the moment people sometimes post links to source files, but those are often lost to the sands of time. It would be great to have an archive of this valuable data!

To flesh out the idea a bit more:
* Add "up Source" button underneath "up MP3"
* Source files can be replaced or deleted by admins to account for mistakes
* Available on all formats (even formats that already include source, because it might have been converted from something else)
* Honor system to not upload joke sources or Bad Things, punishable by ailment

I'm not too worried about the last point (people uploading Bad Things) because we already have an honor system with formats that accept .zip files and it's been working fine so far.

I want to upload .fur to wildchip XHB without being penalized. it would be cool if i could submit an mp3, then upload a .fur as the source file and the .mp3 would also act as the render for listoning
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i agree though

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what will we do for sourcefiles with huge sizes? and will we ignore soundfonts and large samples

i do support this, i'd love to upload .furs and .0ccs and whatever for my nsfs and vgms and other such things

obviously this isn't nearly as viable if you're working in a daw with lots of vsts and samples, but for that we've got a description and/or comment that you can fill out with what you've used and how you've used it. you could upload a text file or odf or something like that going into detail as the "source" for those formats? but i feel that's too different from what's actually being proposed...

chiptune stuff is kind of in a special privileged space for sharing sources since theyre often small and self-contained enough for it to be viable which i think is great.

what i don't personally agree with is having it be open for every format though. some formats, like furnace, famiplus, famitracker, s3xmodit and the many modxk formats, mpt, renoise, and other formats where you submit the source itself rather than a rendered file or exported file, would only lead to confusion imo

also for cases like wildchip in majors, if you're already submitting a .fur or .0cc or whatnot, then having another button for source would be a bit pointless no? i'd see the argument to make wildchip ONLY mp3 and then use teh source button for sources, but that's a different conversation


IN SHORT

i like the feature. i dont think it should be added for every single format, but rather for stuff that doesn't expect a module/project file as the sole upload format (so nsf, vgm, sgen, sid, etc...)

what if you're nitrofurano and your source file is a python script or whatever?

Then you upload that

I'd love that. the only problem I see is that it would stop nobody from uploading malware disguised as a project file.

i think that's fixable by not allowing certain file types that are commonly used for malware (exe, scr, etc). while this might be bypassed with a .zip file (if we permit those), ppl who are being maliciouos with the feature can be ailed accordingly like with abuse of other site featuers

put source file upload after a level barrier if youre concerned about malware. but anyone can already upload malware for a .zip-allowing format anyway so i dont rly see why this shld be an issue