Can someone PLLEEEEEEASE help me??  I'm a bit on the "RETARDED" side and as such have great difficulty following software configuration and setup directions the vast majority of the time. As such, I have NO IDEA AT ALL of how to store and play music on my MEGA EVERDRIVE cartridge!! Can someone out there with the knowledge, patience and tolerance please help "WALK ME THROUGH IT" step by step (Kindergarten style) so I can play music on my Genesis while playing games? That would be great fun!
Thanks a TON in advance!
Sincerely,
Charles J. Gutman

These are not Everdrive modules and need ROM flashing for them to run. Beats the point.
[edit] *TIRED*

tfmcom filename.tfd

There are VGM players for SMD and it is very probably that you can use them with Everdrive: 1, 2

No more answers from me for you.

I think I just posted you every detail I could give you. Even what the software has outputted now that it was run without crashing (for once). It did NOT do a TFC file, only a bunch of "whatever the fuck they are" files. What am I supposed to input if you DID NOT TELL ME which parameter to use and NO ONE DOES and in NO DOCUMENT IT APPEARS?? I did what is logical and put an input file and then an output file. All I got was THAT garbage posted above. USing a classical "?" parameter gives no help. Invoking it without arguments igives no verbose error or a list of parameters like any fucking command line program does. Anything else I type makes the program CRASH.

If you don't want to answer just stop replying to this thread and I'll look for the help of someone more helpful but I do not deserve to be treated like this just for asking a question. I kept myself very polite throughout the conversation but I have a limit.

It was easier to say " type tfmconv whatever1 whatever2 ... whateverN"  than this violent ramble you are on.

VGM cannot be played by Everdrive so what you propose is preposterous.

Now if someone can help, what the fuck are the parameters this program needs to output a TFC file so I can play it in my fucking Sega Genesis? Thank you to all those who can help.

TFM MM and TFMCOM are personal projects made for personal needs and released for free without any responsibility (as stated in docs). I don't owe anything to anyone, neither author of TFMCOM does. There are no docs for TFMCOM in english, russian doc is pure tech info (format specification) without any user guide or parameters specification. Generally it is a tool for programmers only. I can't be responsible that someone decided to use this tool/format for common use, there is VGM export for general purposes.

I answer questions about TFM MM for 5 years now, and most of the time I have to literally beg for details about a problem. I've asked you about details twice, and you still didn't answered.

Edit: the files are temp files, as you can guess from their names. You can delete them after conversion.

I suppose it will also be too much to ask what the hell all these files this commandline created are.
I guess I am stupid for not being clairvoyant and know what commandline parameters I am supposed to use to get a damned TFC file.

You are tremendously mean without justification while I was being polite all throughout my questions.

If you are not responsible for a software you bundle with your software, then don't bundle it, or take the necessary effort to include that software's original documentation too so people don't bother you with questions about it.

Your manual does not give a commandline example. How am I suppsoed to know what the parameters are??? Crashing like this when no parameters are given are a major design fail. It should give a VERBOSE error instead. You did not write this, fair enough, so you should perhaps include the tfmconv documentation too because this makes no sense. I trieddifferent parameters but all gave a crash.

You need to step back and treat people better when they ask you questions. I was in no way rude and I am in no way an ignorant.

First, I'm not author of TFMCOM, TFC format, and it is not part of TFM MM. It is included just because it could be useful and it is not easy to find.

Second, you wrote a lot of text but still haven't provided 'detailed explaination what you doing'. Your screenshot does not show an important part, the command line, and my only guesses so far are you either run it without parameters (it crashes in this case indeed), or trying to convert not a TFD file (result depends from a file, may be hang or crash).

I would appreciate it if you didn't assume it is my fault this isn' t working. I am not a retard and know how to use a command line and there is no complication in typing a command and an argument. It could be that my specific configuration is giving a problem but you cannot say it is *my* fault because I didn' t do but execute the program. Also, the manual does not give any example on how to use tfmconv. I can only GUESS and I won' t get anywhere if I can' t summon the command in any shape and form without it crashing.

As I said, I tried to paste here the Windows crash report but Windows does not let me copy the text it gives out. Here's a screenshot with SOME of the text it spurts out.

It works for a lot of people for years, so obviously the problem is that you doing something wrong. I only can provide help (maybe) if you provide a detailed explaination what you doing and what is wrong. I can't answer anything meaningful to 'gives an error'.

Take a screenshot, for example.

Well man, I am running XP and it crashed. I tried to copy the crash report but it doesn't let me. How can I forward this problem to you?

It works under XP.

Shiru, I tried that but executing tfmcom.exe gives an error. I'm running Win XP.

Export TFD, use tfmcom.exe, it is in /replayers/.

Call me a noob if you wish so: I cannot find ANY option to make a TFC file, only TFD. I want to play mah tunes on a real Sega.