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Programming Manual |
1. Overview
2. Troubleshooting
3. Hardware Architecture
4. Software Architecture
5. Game Production Process
6. N64 OS Overview
7. OS Functionality
8. Input/Output Functionality
9. Basic Memory
Management
10. Advanced Memory
Management
11. RSP Graphics
Programming
12. RDP Programming
13. Texture Mapping
14. Texture Rectangles
(Hardware Sprites)
15. Antialiasing / Blending
16. N64 Sprite Library
17. Audio Library
18. Audio Tools
19. Audio File Formats
20. Using the Audio Tools
21. Audio Memory Usage
22. Scheduling Audio and
Graphics
23. GameShop Debugger
24. Performance Tuning
Guide
25. Microcode
System Microcode
25.1 3D Graphics
Microcode
25.2 RSP to RDP Command
Processing
25.3 F3DEX Microcode
25.4 F3DEX2 Microcode
25.5 Sprite Microcode S2DEX
25.6 Audio Microcode
25.7 JPEG Microcode
25.7.1 Introduction
25.7.2 Library Functions
25.7.2.1 njpgHuffEncode
Function
25.7.2.2 njpgDeEncode
Function
25.7.3 Microcode
25.7.3.1 Decompression
Microcode (njpgdspMain)
25.7.3.1.1 Decompression
Microcode's Input Data
25.7.3.1.2 Activating the
Decompression Microcode
25.7.3.1.3 Decompression
Microcode's Output
Data
25.7.3.2 Compression
Microcode (njpgespMain)
25.7.3.2.1 Compression
Microcode's Input
Data
25.7.3.2.2 Activating
the Compression
Microcode
25.7.3.2.3 Compression
Microcode's Output
Data
25.7.4 Tools
25.7.4.1 njpgCompress Tool
25.7.4.2 njpgMakeSlide Tool
25.7.4.3 rgb2u64 Tool
25.7.5 General
Reference Material
25.7.5.1 N64 JPEG
Compression Process
25.7.5.1.1 Convert to the
YUV Format
25.7.5.1.2 Cull Less
Essential Data
25.7.5.1.3 Perform DCT
25.7.5.1.4 Reduce the Data
Range via Quantization
25.7.5.1.5 Perform
Zigzag Scanning
25.7.5.1.6 Perform Huffman
Entropy Encoding
25.7.5.2 Output Data
Formats
25.7.5.2.1 njpgMakeSlide
25.7.5.2.2 njpgCompress
25.7.5.3 Quantization Table
25.7.5.4 Huffman Encoding
Table
25.7.5.5 Programming
Cautions
25.7.5.5.1 Image Quality
25.7.5.5.2 Data Form
After Decompression
25.8 Past Microcode
26. SI Devices
27. EPI Functions and
Extension Devices
28. n audio Library
Sample Program
Descriptions