I guess I didn't really understand how big DSPs are. I just got the Star Fox Assault soundtrack (big thanks to Mouser X), and the whole thing spans a whopping 188 MB. When you guys said that the DSPs were big, I thought that you meant as bug as a GYM log. However, the STA DSPs are almost as big as my WHOLE GYM collection.
In light if this "significant" discovery. (I guess I was asleep when you guys were discussing file size.) I am going to revise my DSP wishlist, not only to save my HD space, but also to make your guys lives easier. Here is my revised list:
Super Monkey Ball (Entire soundtrack)
Super Monkey Ball 2 (Entire soundtrack)
Luigi's Mansion (E. Gadd's Lab and Gameboy Horror Themes Only)
I may ask for more later, but this is all for now. The list mostly consists of soundtracks that I already have on low-quality MP3, but I would like to get them in a higher-quality format. (ie. No sound effects in the music.)
Thanks for your help. I hope to get these soon.
Anyone else interested in sending/receiving DSPs feel free to post here - this isn't my personal thread.
edited 11:32 AM EST November 22, 2005
http://bt.halleyscometsoftware.com/index.php
edited 2:02 PM EST November 22, 2005
On a side note, I'd like some opinions on this. Though I don't have them, and most likely won't be getting them soon, I'm considering torrenting the Sonic Heroes ADX files. But, as was pointed out, the GC version (the one I have easiest access to) is 32hz, whereas the Xbox version is 48hz. I assume the PS2 would be the same as the Xbox version, so if I ripped the higher quality files, I'd do it from the PS2 version. The quesstion though, is whether you'd prefer larger, higher quality files (I don't know their size, but I'm guessing it would be close, or in excess of, 500mb), or smaller, 32hz files. One is easier to get, and distribute, and store. The other is bigger, but sounds better (though by how much I don't know). What are you're thoughts? Thanks in advance for any input you may have. Mouser X over and out.
If you look at the descriptions of the torrents, you'll notice that some of the files don't play properly. Sorry about that, but I did test them, and they are valid (and will playback with Cinepak). So, anyway, enjoy! Mouser X over and out.
Anyway, your input on this would be nice. I hope to be able to seed it soon, so let me know your preferance. Seed now at 32khz, or (possibly?) seed later at 48khz and increased file size? Thanks in advance for anything you may have to add.
[EDIT]
OH YAH!!! I just finished downloading Fire Emblem: (Whatever the subtitle is...) for the GC, and it uses STMs, like Paper Mario 2 did. So, after renaming them to DSP, they work GREAT!!! Here's an interesting note. If you push ALT+3 after selecting the song in Winamp's playlist, it says "Paper Mario 2 (STM) header type." Anyway, I'll be starting a torrent soon, but I might go to bed first... Mouser X over and out.
edited 5:53 AM EST November 25, 2005
>> (which I'm pretty sure the PS2 has, based on what was said about the Xbox version). The question I have is, should I just torrent it as is, or should I look for the 48khz files?
Smaller is better. :)
edited 11:38 AM EST November 25, 2005
Sorry. =/
However, the point of this post is actually for HCS. I think I've noticed a bug in the tacker. So far, it hasn't been a major cause of concern because I don't think it effects the functionality of the tracker. The problem is that, for some reason, it's not getting rid of duplicate/dead entries. There's one torrent where, even though I'm running only 1 BitTorrent client, it has me listed as a seed 6 times. On top of that, I know for certain that at least 1/2 of the IPs listed are dead, because it's my IP, but I'm not connected under that account right now, and yet it still lists me as a seeder... I've started noticing this increasingly on the torrents. I think what the problem is, is that when I lose connection (ping timeout, or somesuch thing) my client either doesn't send a signal saying I'm getting off, or the tracker thinks I'm still on, because I never "left" of my own accord.
Of course, I could be way off on this one. I just thought it would be important to get rid of all the "ghost" seeds and such. Nonetheless, thank you very much for your awesome services. I'd just like to add that, according to my torrenting client, I am currently seeding the Sonic Heroes ADX files (from the USA NTSC version) to someone in Japan. I thought that was funny, in a way, since the vocal songs will be in English.
Anyway, if all goes well, I'll be able to start a torrent for Super Monkey Ball 2 (if the audio files can indeed be ripped) soon, and (with A LOT of luck) F-Zero GX. And, maybe even the "Lego Star Wars" game (hey, it's a great game). Oh, and if anyone wants it (you'll need to actually request this one), I can start a torrent for Donkey Konga DSPs, and Donkey Konga 2 DSPs. However, in my personal opinion, I didn't think they were worth torrenting. If you really want them (or specific songs in them, as that might be better), ask, and I'll see what I can do.
As for Fire Emblem: Path of Radiance, the DSPs mostly work, but there's some that are pretty messed up. I'll torrent it as soon as that issue is cleared up. Anyway, I hope you enjoy what's up right now. Mouser X over and out.
edited 2:30 AM EST November 27, 2005
There. Idle peers will be removed from the list. I lengthened the time for unseeded torrents to stick around to four years, rather than four hours, so I think we're covered there.
This might have been deleterious to performance, as the tracker will not give you *all* peers, just a random subset, so the more dead IPs on the list the longer you'd need to wait for a connection. I think. It does show that we're not nearly as well-seeded as we'd thought.
I'll take a look at the Fire Emblem STMs when I get back to school (some time today).
edited 9:08 AM EST November 27, 2005
As for F-Zero GX, I was pretty lucky, but not enough. I'm 47mb short of completing the thing, and I have to wait in line again for at least some number of hours. Hopefully it will finish soon, as I'd really like to get a torrent out of those.
Anyway, feedback is appreciated. Thanks in advance for anything you might have to add. I hope you enjoy the sets out now, and that you'll enjoy those to come. Mouser X over and out.
edited 1:51 PM EST November 27, 2005
Thank you for working on the Super Monkey Ball 2 DSPs. I can't wait to get them.
I believe that torrenting only the music will be sufficient. The SE on this game weren't that great anyway.
I guess that since ADP does not work they should not need to be distributed now. What kind of data do you think they contain? (Music, SE, etc.) Then again, if they contain music then it may be a good idea to go ahead an distribute them because I am sure that hcs will eventually add support for them to the DSP plugin. But, it all comes down to whatever works for you.
Again, thanks a lot. I will be excitedly waiting for them to be uploaded.
With all of the audio files (ADX, ADP, DSP, minus SFX), it's 267mb for the whole thing. Considering how many times Sonic Adventure 2 ADX files were downloaded (based on the count kept by the tracker), and the number of times the "missing files" for SA2 were downloaded, I think that I'll include the ADP files into the torrent, with a note of what they are, and how to convert them to playable form. If you don't want the ADP files yet, I'd recomend you get a BitTorrent client that can select what files to, and not to, download. BitTornado, Azureus, ABC, BitComet (I think), and ?Torrent can all do this.
Since the Super Monkey Ball 2 DSPs were pretty good, I went ahead and started Super Monkey Ball 1. It's more than 50% done, but I don't know how well the next 50% will come along. Again, I don't know what audio type it uses, so don't get your hopes up yet. I just thought that you (specifically marioman) might like to know.
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The torrents to F-Zero GX and Super Monkey Ball 2 are now up. I hope you enjoy! Both of these are pretty good. Hopefully these torrents work for you (the creation of the Super Monkey Ball 2 torrent gave me problems). For those of you who have been looking forward to this, I highly recommend you use the torrents. Good luck with these.
[EDIT2]
Emil007 said:
"just got mail from nintendo, i've asked if it is illegal to rip the music out of gamecube-games and play them in winampo. They said it is legal as long as i dont use it for commercial things... Kinda interesting i think :)"
I must agree, interesting indeed. Mouser X out.
edited 3:09 AM EST November 28, 2005
Er, on a few seconds of further thought, Network Transmission doesn't loop anyway in the current version of in_dsp. Nothing to see here.
edited 6:21 PM EST November 28, 2005
edited 9:01 AM EST November 29, 2005
However, I must say, thanks for the Custom Robo and Kirby's Air Ride rips. I'm still working on getting them, but I'm looking forward to it. Mouser X over and out.
//EDIT: and should i add both tracks (Left an Right) or only one?
edited 10:30 AM EST November 29, 2005
To get an idea of what I'm talking about, why don't you rename some of the files so that they no longer match, and listen to it then, and compare it to when both files are present. There's a huge difference (at least there was for Metroid Prime). Also, it's wise to give all the tracks a breif listen through before you torrent them, in case any of the files have some problems. Again, thanks for the new sets. Good luck with this, and I look forward to more. Mouser X over and out.
[rant]
Just a note about Super Monkey Ball 2, if any of you have an opportunity to play it, be sure to do so. Although the game may seem it was designed for 8-year-olds, I would challenge any kid under the age of 10 to beat it. The game is incredibly challenging, and is a lot of fun. One of the most amazing parts of the game is the backgrounds. They are very complex, and they are almost as interesting as the levels themselves. There is also a lot to be said about the music - it fits the levels perfectly. Anyway, enugh of that.
[/rant]
Thanks again Mouser X, and I will keep an eye out for that SMB 1 torrent.
Thanks a lot.
Other than Luigi's Mansion (which I've seen, but haven't gotten yet), is there anything else others may want? Currently, some soon to be available sets would be Mega Man X: Command Mission (if all goes well, I'll have 2 pieces left to download by the end of today), Lego Star Wars (It's a great game, and it's smaller than the PC version, so I figured why not?), and, maybe, Skies of Arcadia Legends. I've heard it uses DSP, so I'm downloading it to find out just how much it has.
The biggest problem I'm running into now is hardrive space... If you've downloaded some of these audio sets, please help seed. I need to get rid of some of these sets off my drive, and I can't do that if I keep seeding. Thanks in advance. Mouser X over and out.
but for now i am burning a part of them on DVDs because i need the space for DSP-Sets ;)
@Mouser i would help seeding but i think seeding my Sets with only 40kbs up is much more important than seeding other sets
edited 12:43 PM EST November 29, 2005
Have you notified hcs about the format of the SMB music? Does he think that it will be supported soon?
I cannot think of any particular DSPs at the moment that I would like to have outside of Luigi's Mansion and Super Monkey Ball. Thanks for the offer though.
Oh yeah, I forgot to mention. That comment about by Nintendo about music ripping was neat. I wish that they had the same feelings toward ROMs. :)
Thanks for your help Mouser X.
[EDIT]
I just got verification on Fire Emblem. Apparently, there's a couple of files that are actually messed up on the GC disk itself. I've included a text file explaining the problem. Anyway, please enjoy the DSPs to Fire Emblem: Path of Radiance. Mouser X over and out.
edited 11:36 AM EST December 1, 2005
Now, the ONLY other DSP soundtrack that I am interested in is Luigi's Mansion. (And not even all of it.) So, just to let you know, if you do run across it I will be interested.
Thanks for your help.
Hopefully it will be small enough for me to actually be able to distribute...
Thanks.
Streams might, however, so it's a good idea to pay attention to plugin development.
Goes without saying :)
Anyway, please enjoy. Mouser X over and out.
Any news on rips for Resident Evil 1 Remake and Eternal Darkness ?
Keep it up!
Q;
CRI Middleware Introductory Example
I can certainly rip them... my problems lie in distribution I'm afraid... (Yousendit just doesn't seem to like me at uni.) I have thought of one possible solution. I could put anything I rip up on my own webspace for one person to download and seed on bittorrent. If anyone is interested in being my DSP seeder then this way might actually work! I obviously wouldn't want the urls made public.
pokeparadox@gmail.com for anyone that wants to get in touch about this...
edited 3:09 PM EST December 5, 2005
If you don't want to use the torrents, there's Rapidshare links for all 3 of the sets uploaded by Sir-Sabin. However, I only have links for Megaman X8 right now (I don't keep logs of the chat...). You can find the links in the comments of the torrents. Please enjoy! Mouser X over and out.
Do you know - is the Metroid Prime DSP rip a prelim rip? It appears to be missing some tracks :
Title Screen, Save Select Screen?
Or am I missing something? Or are they non-dsp?
Thx, Q;
edited 2:21 AM EST December 5, 2005
Just so you know, support for the RSF files is unlikely, but it is certainly wanted. If you read through the in_dsp thread, this has already been discussed. So, no, it's not a prelim rip. It's got everything that's worth sending. I hope that helps and answers your question. Mouser X over and out.
Also, I noticed a reeealy slight problem still in Fire Emblem, in "gcfe bgm evt heron2 32k.dsp" during the 24th second (and again at 49 seconds) there is a slight "dit" in the left channel. It is only noticable because there is silence during the loop.
on a semi-related note, I've updated my list I'm not sure whether it should be in the plugin or distro thread...
http://www.projectinfinity.org.uk/media/dspaudio.txt
EDIT: I just realised something on visiting the tracker page... You upload the files to the tracker? I thought a tracker just had info to download a file from a seed, I didn't think you could actually upload files to it... I might be able to just upload any rips to it? I won't be able to seed though.
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edited 5:28 PM EST December 5, 2005
I use this often and it works perfectly.
On the subject of AW...
It seems most AFC files have a 0xF byte header.
I have freely guessed the following bytes:
0x00-0x03 = Loop End
0x04-0x07 = Loop Start
0x08-0x09 = Sample Rate
0x0A-0x0F = unknown as of this writing
AW files themselves are composed of a sequence and (probably) headered samples.
hcs has a copy of the Wind Waker DOL, so it should give him some data to work with to figure some stuff out.
In the meantime, just get DSPs!
(updated versions of the AW format documentation can be found at http://unknown.halleyscometsoftware.com/gc.)
RAR contains:
Mario Kart: Double Dash - Theme
- From the Bonus Disc.
Zelda OoT and MQ - Menu
- From the special pre-order disc for Wind Waker that contains a port of OoT and never release MQ on the N64.
"GCN Theme"
- Also from the special pre-order disc for Wind Waker. I just called it "GCN Theme" because there's a computer voice that keeps saying "Nintendo GameCube" and it looks like it was done on FL Studio. XD
edited 2:43 PM EST December 6, 2005
If you got the torrent before I put up the fix, don't worry. You've got everything, and the fixed version has nothing to offer you. In case you're still concerned, do a "sort by file size" on the ADPs, and you'll notice that every file has a counterpart that has the same filename, + "m" for monaural. I just removed all of the "m" files. I was unaware of this problem until recently, otherwise I would have put up a fix sooner. I hope that answers your question. Mouser X over and out.
{EDIT} Spelling. It was probably due to the acting I used to do... And, apparently I still had it wrong.
edited 2:40 AM EST December 7, 2005
I was just extrapolating from stereophonic.
And guess where monaural refers back to?
RapidShare
...or...
YouSendIt.com
Enjoy!
EDIT: OK, I've got all the ADXs, and separated them into voice and music. I'll probably do a torrent of each, but it will be tomorrow, since it's fairly late now and I wouldn't get much seeding done anyhow.
edited 6:43 AM EST December 8, 2005
EDIT2: OK, so I ended up doing it tonight, anyway, but I'm only gonna be around for the next twenty minutes or so. Otherwise, wait 'til tomorrow.
edited 7:38 AM EST December 8, 2005
Please see "info.txt" in the torrent for more info. However, if you come across the "RARE" JPN release of the GC rip, please make a note of it here so that this set can be completed. Thanks in advance for any help you can offer, and please enjoy! Mouser X over and out.
[EDIT] Oops. RARE did the JPN version, not the PAL version. Please take note of that, as it's wrong in the "info.txt" file as well.
edited 8:30 AM EST December 8, 2005
The file in question. (Don't download it expecting anything at all. I'm just hosting it in case hcs wants a look.)
Anyway, the Taxi music torrent will be up tomorrow. I also have Sonic Shuffle on its way. The odds are rather high that it'll be ADX, too, so it shouldn't be too long before that's up as well.
In the meantime, go get Ecco the Dolphin Defender of the Future ADXes, which are up on the trackz0r now.
edited 7:36 PM EST December 11, 2005
edited 11:01 PM EST December 11, 2005
Understand that these don't play with in_cube at present. And my bandwidth sucks. So if you're just downloading for kicks, go home.
\1ST_READ.BIN
\EVTDATA\NAREV00A.MDT
\MISCDATA\ADXVOICE.MDT
EDIT: I started coding in HTML halfway through one of my links. Whoops.
edited 10:16 PM EST December 14, 2005
EDIT2: Third time lucky?
edited 10:18 PM EST December 14, 2005
EDIT3: This is getting old.
edited 10:19 PM EST December 14, 2005
EDIT4: Doot doot doo.
edited 10:20 PM EST December 14, 2005
Extracts ADX files from any file containing them.
I tried it on the ADXVOICE.MDT and it seems to work alright.
Seems to work on an AFS I tested with, too, though afs2adx seems to put some more zeroes on the end of the file than the ADX actually needs. Also, my numbers are in hex... might want to change that.
edited 11:39 AM EST December 15, 2005
This is the first step (well, after SSMEx) towards handling some of the many packed formats out there. I've got to do some more work on the DSP ones (such as the aforementioned inaccurate SSMEx).
edited 12:08 PM EST December 15, 2005
Now this isn't as simple as them being byte-for-byte copies, it seems as if one set has had some sort of filter applied, and is a few hundred KB shorter.
Should I include both in the torrent? The rest are 351 MB, these 9 tracks would take another 70 MB.
The Ecco ADX's seem to be mono, but the Dreamcast ADX files ripped to mp3 on another site are stereo, is there a problem with the files or the playback?
http://web8.orcaserver.de/ecco/music/dotf/index.php
Thanks,
Q;
These are the files straight off of the disc.
http://www.angelfire.com/cantina/dcnfos/kal-ecco.txt
This happened with Soul Calibur too I think.
Q;
Anyway, please enjoy the newly completed set. It's pretty good. Mouser X over and out.
Anyway, Merry Christmas! Mouser X over and out.
I saw some people on the generation trance forums use it and it seemed to work well, there's no quota limits or restrictions on the number of files you can dl at once. The only limit is that it only allows you one thread per file (it does support DL managers tho).