HCS Forum - xxx.joshw.info Music Archive thread of awesome

by bnnm at 6:57 PM EDT on September 1, 2017: Uploads:
- Capcom vs. SNK 2 (PS2)
- Tales of Zestiria (PC)
- Drakengard 2 extra JP tracks (PS2)

I think I actually DLd Zestiria from here, but I don't see it in joshw, so.
The PS3 version seems to use the exact same files.

@Knurek - can you rename PS2 Devil Kings > Devil Kings [Sengoku Basara]?
by marcusss at 9:03 PM EDT on September 1, 2017: Nice releases bnnm.

Will grab it. THX

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On Another Note...

PC RIP UPLOADS

* Desktop Dungeons
* Lost Castle

edited 1:01 AM EDT September 2, 2017
by ChillyBilly at 10:33 PM EDT on September 1, 2017: Got a few PS3 goodies here:

Saint Seiya: Soldiers' Soul

Sonic & All-Stars Racing Transformed (Didn't have time to sort out the voices/SFX from this one, sorry)

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutants in Manhattan

Tekken 6 (Dupes a-freaking-plenty with this one. Again, didn't have time to sort it all out)

Transformers: Devastation

Huh, I wonder why the wwise audio for Platinum titles don't loop.... well, whatever. Anyways, enjoy!
by Knurek at 12:35 AM EDT on September 2, 2017: @bnnm: Renamed.
Speaking of Tekken 6, anyone could take a look at the PSP version?
I've tried to rip it a few times, couldn't get around to it - either it has compressed datafiles or uses custom header for its AT3 streams. :\
by Kirishima at 1:36 AM EDT on September 2, 2017: I ripped the XA audio from "Tales of Phantasia", the English patch version although that shouldn't matter since it should still contain the same xa streams. If I were to upload it to vgm.hcs64, would it be added to the current set or would I need to add the psf's that are currently there to my files and upload the whole thing?
by Knurek at 1:57 AM EDT on September 2, 2017: Just upload however you want, if it needs to be added to the current set, just make a note of it in the archive name/txt file inside archive.
by (!!!!!) at 2:08 AM EDT on September 2, 2017: Wii U:

Adventure Time - Explore the Dungeon Because I Don't Know! (2013-11-19)(WayForward)(D3 Publisher)(Bandai Namco Games).7z

DuckTales Remastered (2013-11-12)(WayForward)(Capcom)(Disney Interactive Studios).7z

Giana Sisters - Twisted Dreams (2013-08-22)(Black Forest Games).7z

Monster Hunter 3 Ultimate [Monster Hunter Tri] (2013-03-19)(Capcom).7z

NES Remix [Famicom Remix] (2013-12-18)(indieszero)(Nintendo).7z

NES Remix 2 [Famicom Remix 2] (2014-04-25)(indieszero)(Nintendo).7z

Severed (2016-04-26)(Drinkbox Studios).7z

Shantae Half Genie Hero (2016-12-20)(WayForward).7z

EDIT: Reuploaded Shantae, original link was missing a track

edited 4:02 AM EDT September 2, 2017
by bnnm at 6:04 AM EDT on September 2, 2017: @Knurek - Tekken 6 PSP uses Namco's "nub" header at3 version, as seen in a RAM dump. It's a simple wrapper, like "nub" xma/vag are in T6 X360/RR7 PS3. Interesting T6 PS3 didn't use it.

But the data is encrypted in an invisible DATA.BIN, I think DATA401.IDX (also encrypted) has the index table, so that's the hard part.
by ChillyBilly at 11:00 PM EDT on September 2, 2017: A little something for the PC:

Greedy Guns

Also, the Wii U rips reminded me: A while back I ripped Dr. Luigi, but the music came in this "MSCF" archive. I don't think it's sequenced either, since it was clearly in a stream folder. Maybe anyone knows how to get anything playable out of this thing? Got the file right here:

Dr. Luigi

^As always, thanks in advance to anyone who can help!

edited 12:50 AM EDT September 3, 2017
by ChillyBilly at 11:15 PM EDT on September 2, 2017: Edit: Whoops, double post, sorry!

edited 12:49 AM EDT September 3, 2017
by punk7890-2 at 5:43 AM EDT on September 3, 2017: PS2

Hermina to Culus Lilie no Atelier Mou Hitotsu no Monogatari (2001-12-20) (Gust).7z - Not sure if this is an acceptable name or not.

Another Gust game done, many to go.

@Knurek As of right now, Atelier Viorate cannot be played back on any player for some reason. So that game probably won't be uploaded anytime soon :(. If you want, I could probably tag the tracks at least. The game has a debug menu so I can tag them if needed, but its a mystery if the psf2s themselves are at fault.

edited 6:15 AM EDT September 3, 2017
by Knurek at 6:42 AM EDT on September 3, 2017: @punk7890-2: TY, up on server, looking up to future uploads, and yeah, both me and snakemeat (IIRC) took a look at Viorate previously and couldn't get ahead.
There's always the PSP remake (and streams from previous Atelier games in PS3 titles)
by punk7890-2 at 8:05 AM EDT on September 3, 2017: Thanks for uploading it. Yeah, I realized Atelier Ayesha has a massive pack of music in good quality which happens to have Viorate's entire soundtrack.
by Nisto at 5:07 AM EDT on September 4, 2017: Metal Gear Solid (1998-09-03)(KCE Japan)(Konami).7z (when Knurek redirects my upload)

As discussed here, it has some problems. In short: at the moment, only Mednafen is known to play these PSFs without issues. If you want to listen to them in your favorite player as badly as me, maybe try to poke at some PSF plugin developers to see if they can't try to fix the SPU IRQ emulation (if that is indeed the ultimate problem for these PSFs..).

edited 3:44 PM EDT September 4, 2017
by (!!!!!) at 5:49 AM EDT on September 4, 2017: Wii U motherlode incoming:

8Bit Hero (2016-05-12)(Sean Garland)(RighteousWeasel).7z
99Moves (2014-12-18)(EnjoyUp).7z
99Seconds (2014-10-02)(EnjoyUp).7z
Abyss (2014-05-01)(EnjoyUp).7z
ACT IT OUT! A Game of Charades (2016-10-10)(Snap Finger Click).7z
Adventures of Pip (2015-06-04)(TicToc).7z
Aenigma Os (2016-09-15)(Akies).7z
Aqua TV (2017-03-23)(Extra Mile).7z
Armikrog (2016-08-23)(Pencil Test)(Versus Evil).7z
Art Academy - Home Studio (2015-06-25)(Headstrong)(Nintendo).7z
Art Academy - SketchPad (2013-08-09)(Headstrong)(Nintendo).7z
Art of Balance (2014-10-09)(Shin'en).7z
Asdivine Hearts (2016-04-14)(Exe Create)(KEMCO).7z
B3 Game Expo For Bees (2016-06-02)(Famous Gamous).7z
Back to Bed (2017-02-16)(Bedtime Digital).7z
Ballpoint Universe - Infinite (2014-10-16)(Arachnid).7z
Beatbuddy (2015-09-24)(Threaks).7z
Blok Drop U (2014-03-06)(RCMADIAX).7z
BLOK DROP X TWISTED FUSION (2014-12-18)(RCMADIAX, Leuvsion).7z
Bombing Bastards (2014-07-03)(Sanuk).7z
Chasing Aurora (2012-11-12)(Broken Rules).7z
Chompy Chomp Chomp Party (2016-05-19)(Utopian World of Sandwiches).7z
Christmas Adventure of Rocket Penguin (2015-11-05)(Petite).7z
Chroma Blast (2016-07-14)(WizByte).7z
Chronicles of Teddy - Harmony of Exidus (2016-03-31)(LookAtMyGame)(Aksys).7z
Citadale (2016-11-24)(Nitrolic).7z
Cloudberry Kingdom (2013-08-01)(Pwnee)(Ubisoft).7z
Color Zen (2014-05-15)(Cypronia, Large Animal).7z
Color Zen Kids (2014-06-19)(Cypronia).7z
Cosmophony (2014-10-30)(Moving Player, Bento).7z
Cubemen 2 (2014-09-04)(3 Sprockets)(Nnooo).7z
Demonic Karma Summoner (2016-10-27)(GNOBSOFTWARE).7z
Dragon Skills (2016-08-04)(StarGush)(Joindots).7z
Dreamals (2016-04-21)(XINESS).7z
Dreamals - Dream Quest (2016-09-29)(XINESS).7z
Eba & Egg - A Hatch Trip (2017-07-20)(Agile Drill)(Daniel Morais).7z
ECTOPLAZA (2016-10-27)(Syndicate Atomic).7z
EDGE (2013-11-21)(Two Tribes).7z
Electronic Super Joy - Groove City (2015-01-15)(Yazar).7z
Electronic Super Joy (2015-11-05)(Michael Todd, Broken Rules).7z
Elliot Quest (2015-03-19)(Ansimuz)(PlayEveryWare).7z
Exile's End (2016-11-22)(Magnetic Realms)(Marvelous USA, XSEED).7z
Extreme Exorcism (2015-09-23)(Golden Ruby)(Ripstone).7z
Fire - Ungh's Quest (2016-10-20)(Daedalic).7z
Flowerworks HD - Follie's Adventure (2014-04-17)(Nocturnal).7z
forma.8 (2017-02-23)(MixedBag).7z
FreezeME (2016-02-04)(Rainy Night Creations).7z
Futuridium EP Deluxe (2016-05-26)(MixedBag)(Playism).7z
GAIABREAKER (2014-08-14)(UBIQUITOUS).7z
Gear Gauntlet (2016-09-15)(Drop Dead)(Crystalline Green).7z
GetClose - A game for RIVALS (2014-11-27)(Wombat Source)(JH Specialty).7z
Girls Like Robots (2015-11-12)(Popcannibal).7z
Gravity Badgers (2014-05-29)(Wales).7z
Gunman Clive HD Collection (2015-09-03)(HÃ¶rberg).7z
Hello Kitty Kruisers (2014-03-21)(Scarab)(Bergsala Lightweight).7z
Ittle Dew (2014-05-29)(Ludosity).7z
Jewel Quest (2016-03-10)(PlayEveryWare)(iWin).7z
Joe's Diner (2016-01-28)(VIS, Silent Future, Joindots).7z
Koi DX (2017-01-19)(Dotoyou)(CIRCLE).7z
Letter Quest - Remastered (2016-09-08)(Bacon Bandit, Saturnine)(Digerati).7z
Level 22 (2016-01-28)(Moving Player).7z
Life of Pixel (2015-06-18)(Super Icon).7z
LOST REAVERS (2016-04-28)(Bandai Namco).7z
Lovely Planet (2016-04-05)(QUICKTEQUILA)(tinyBuild).7z
Lucadian Chronicles (2014-12-11)(Dark Roast).7z
Mahjong (2016-10-13)(Sanuk).7z
Maze (2015-01-08)(TreeFall, Eli Brewer).7z
MikroGame - Rotator (2016-08-18)(Studio de la Torre).7z
Monkey Pirates (2014-06-26)(Henchmen).7z
Mr. Pumpkin Adventure (2016-10-20)(CottonGame)(CIRCLE).7z
Nano Assault Neo (2012-11-18)(Shin'en).7z
Neon Battle (2015-07-09)(Bailey Earley, Ari Markowitz, Xander Wall)(Helix).7z
Nihilumbra (2015-05-14)(Beautifun).7z
Ninja Pizza Girl (2016-10-06)(Disparity).7z
Nova-111 (2015-09-24)(Carbon, Funktronic Labs)(Curve Digital).7z
Ohayou! Beginner's Japanese (2016-11-17)(Finger Gun).7z
Olympia Rising (2016-06-09)(Paleozoic)(PlayEveryWare).7z
Paper Monsters Recut (2014-10-16)(Mobot).7z
Pig Medal (2014-07-22)(Nintendo).7z - Japanese exclusive that originally goes by "ãƒ–ã‚¿ãƒ¡ãƒ€ãƒ«"
Pirate Pop Plus (2016-10-20)(dadako)(13AM).7z
Pixel Paint (2014-10-30)(Aury Glenz, Two Kernel Connection).7z
PokÃ©mon Rumble U (2013-08-29)(Ambrella)(The PokÃ©mon Company).7z
PONCHO (2016-08-18)(Delve)(Rising Star).7z
psyscrolr (2015-04-02)(Jonathan Meyer, Scott Hitchcock, Jared Cohen)(Actos).7z
Pumped BMX + (2015-10-01)(Carbon, Yeah Us!)(Curve Digital).7z
Quest of Dungeons (2016-09-29)(Upfall).7z
Runbow (2015-09-27)(13AM).7z
RUSH (2013-12-12)(Two Tribes).7z
Shiny The Firefly (2014-11-27)(PadaOne, Stage Clear).7z
Shovel Knight (2014-06-26)(Yacht Club).7z
Shovel Knight - Plague of Shadows (2015-09-17)(Yacht Club).7z
Shovel Knight - Specter of Torment (2017-04-21)(Yacht Club).7z
SteamWorld Dig (2014-08-28)(Image & Form International).7z
SteamWorld Heist (2016-10-20)(Image & Form International).7z
Tank! Tank! Tank! (2012-11-18)(Bandai Namco).7z
Teslagrad (2014-09-11)(Rain Games).7z
The Deer God (2016-04-28)(Mobot).7z
Toki Tori (2013-11-07)(Two Tribes).7z
Toki Tori 2+ (2013-04-04)(Two Tribes).7z
Tumblestone (2016-07-12)(The Quantum Astrophysicists Guild).7z
Underground (2015-04-02)(Grendel).7z
VRog (2017-03-16)(ByteRockers).7z
Wicked Monsters BLAST! HD+ (2016-01-14)(Corecell Technology).7z
Yakuman Phoenix (2015-2-18)(Nintendo).7z
Ziggurat (2016-08-18)(Milkstone).7z

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by punk7890-2 at 4:07 AM EDT on September 5, 2017: PS2

Atelier Lilie Plus - Salberg no Renkinjutsushi 3 (2002-04-04)(Gust) - Only added and tagged the streamed tracks.

Also on the current PSF2 plugin for Foobar, the Atelier Judie set is broken with it (it played fine about a year or so ago). There is a lot of instruments missing while playing songs. I tried re-ripping it to see if it was a bad set, but I get the same results.
by bnnm at 12:08 PM EDT on September 6, 2017: Uploads:
- Blood+ One Night Kiss (PS2)
- Sine Mora (X360) [re-rip with names and full tracks]
- Red Dead Redemption (X360) [unplayable for now]
- Lightning Returns - Final Fantasy XIII (X360)

Many LR FFXIII use 2ch+2ch for main+subsong, but vgmstream plays all at the same time; I don't have an appropriate solution ATM. A few unplayable files will be fixed later. Also has unused tracks from XIII/XIII-2 (sometimes with LR's annoyingly loud "battle encounter" subsong).
by ChillyBilly at 10:23 PM EDT on September 6, 2017: Here's something else I got for the Wii U:

Sonic Lost World + movie audio: Part 1 Part 2

^This rip is NEARLY complete. The only things missing are the Nightmare DLC tracks (the Yoshi and Zelda tracks are present and accounted for, though). I searched like a madman for that Nightmare data, but it was no good. And before anyone else points it out, yes, I'm well aware that the PC version has the Nightmare DLC included.... but I want to stay consistent here, y'know? If anyone else happens to have the Wii U Nightmare contents on them though, that would be most swell! ;)

Oh, and as for why the movie audio comes in separate downloads.... the demuxing process took so freaking long for me that I just went ahead and uploaded the main audio first, then uploaded the rest later in two separate chunks. But hey, minor complaints aside.... enjoy!
by Knurek at 12:37 AM EDT on September 7, 2017: @bnnm: there are two LR uploads, one 1.7 GB archive that is corrupted, the other extracts okay, but is only 900 MB in size.
Does the latter have all the data intact?
by banshiryuu at 2:18 AM EDT on September 7, 2017: Hey, what are the odds that I was just about to look back into Atelier Viorate after a year or two and there's posting here about it lol. The Viorate OST as part of Ayesha's set is nice quality, but for a number of songs the loops are different than the original game. Actually, they're different sometimes across PS2, PSP, and later games (at least, this was the case for Number One Daughter of Carrot Village)
by bnnm at 4:33 AM EDT on September 7, 2017: @Knurek - the 900 MB one is correct.
I uploaded the set but got "disconnected". Checking the directory listing I didn't see it, so I pressed "retry" and it seemed to work. BUT the uploaded file was 1.7 GB (I guess it "resumed" the disconnected upload), so I had to reupload (twice, as I had even more disconnects --in case you some more garbage).

EDIT: uploaded Baroque (PS1)

edited 11:44 AM EDT September 7, 2017
by Mouser X at 7:29 PM EDT on September 7, 2017: Is Child of Eden (X360) a native rip (and not converted from XWB)? I know it's a music-based game, and as I recall, the "series" is known for dynamically changing the music. I would think that XWB files would be easier to dynamically change between (since they're all part of the same file) than XMA, but there's certainly plenty of other ways to do it (I seem to recall a game that used MIDI for keeping track of timing within multiple streamed files, without necessarily having those streamed files all loaded/playing in memory). The files are XMA, which IIRC, is what most XWBs are split into. I don't know if there's an easy way to check this (other than to download/rip the game myself/yourself, and check the files).

While I'm asking, what about Mass Effect (X360)? The 7z file contains BMS scripts, "xma_parse.exe", and "xma_parse_rebuild.bat". I don't know if it's worth re-ripping (if it even needs it), but I saw those files, and I couldn't help but wonder. I also noticed that Mass Effect 2 (X360) also has some BMS scripts, EXEs, and BAT files as well (inside the "Kasumi - Stolen Memory" directory). Even Mass Effect 3 (X360) conains EXE files (though, considering how much they effect the overall file size, that's probably unimportant).

Then there's Fireaxis verus Firaxis. I haven't downloaded those yet (and they have different file sizes, and different file dates on the server), so I don't know which is "more correct".

And last(?) for now, is Star Ocean - The Last Hope (X360) versus http://x360.joshw.info/s/Star Ocean - The Last Hope [Star Ocean 4 - The Last Hope] (2009-02-19)(tri-Ace)(Square Enix).7z. The "short name" one is newer, but the "long name" one has files named to match the OST. It looks like the "long name" (and older) one is a conversion to XMA (from ACE, which is used in the newer "short name" rip). Comparing them by file size, it looks like the primary difference is the header for the ACE files is bigger (and contains a file name - ex: "SO4_BGM_64.wav" inside the header of "SO4_BGM_64.ace"). If I were to hazard a guess, I think you could probably rename the "short name" set's "SO4" files to the "long name" set's files, based on file size. I might do that myself, but I doubt my internet connection is reliable enough to upload anything (I average 1200ms pings, with 20%-25% loss in pings sent vs. received. :( ).

These were just some of the things I noticed as I've been downloading/updating various sets I've been wanting to add to my collection, that either weren't available last time I was here, or weren't playable with the version of VGMstream that was available at that time. Mouser X over and out.

edited 8:08 PM EDT September 7, 2017

Well, after about 30 minutes of edits, I've concluded that the "]" character in the 2nd Star Ocean link ("long name") is breaking the url tag I've been trying to use. I bolded the link (copy+paste the bold), because I can't figure out how to force the forum to properly parse the second "]" character. I suspect there *is* a way to get it to work right (it's almost certainly come up before now), but I couldn't figure it out. :(

edited 8:37 PM EDT September 7, 2017
by datschge at 8:18 PM EDT on September 7, 2017: @bnnm - Regarding your faulty first LR upload, according to the log you managed to get the server to start two SSH uploads at the same time. o.O; I guess the SSH upload was still in progress and your "retry" started a second one. Will look into preventing that.
by ChillyBilly at 9:30 PM EDT on September 7, 2017: Interesting coincidence that a Lightning Returns rip pops up, since I just recently got this done:

Final Fantasy XIII-2 (PS3)

^I think I got all the music.... I even looked through the DLC, and the only extra tune I found was the Gilgamesh battle theme (which I added, naturally). I tried demuxing the movies, but I got nothing from them, so... here you are. Maybe I'll look into the PS3 version of LR myself, if I get the chance....
by Basillica at 3:03 AM EDT on September 8, 2017: In its current state, the archive for The Silver Case Remaster is unplayable due to being in FSB format. Through a lot of effort and research, I have a full set of all the music and (probably) most of the sound effects, including the remixed music that was added in June.

The reason they can't be played as they are is because the timing information is missing (I think, it's been a while.) To bring them to a playable state, I used a Python script called python-fsb5 to reconstruct the OGG chunks that were encoded in the FSB files, so there aren't any reencoding losses.

I could upload them to Google Drive if anyone's interested.

Interesting note: There were some BIN files I found that were actually MIDIs extracted from the original game. They even work perfectly well with the SF2 files I created with VGMTrans.
by bnnm at 4:53 AM EDT on September 8, 2017: @Mouser X - Child of Eden is probably correct. Files have seek tables, which conversions tools would remove.
Mass Effects are conversions. As a rule, if the game's year is >2006, uses XMA1 and/or was uploaded in march/april 2015, there a 99% change it's transmogrified, missing loop points. Ogg conversions have a "ww2ogg" comment, but at least those are well done and handle loops.
"long name SO4" are not XMA, but exactly like "short name SO4" missing a part of the header. Only useful if you make a GENH or something.

@Basillica - those FSB play fine in the latest vgmstream.
I hope you can upload at least the remixed OST, preferably in the original FSBs.
by Basillica at 6:01 AM EDT on September 8, 2017: @bnnm
Oh, the problem was that I left one of the boxes unchecked. Works now.

Reripping the files is going to take a while, so in the meantime, here's another OST: CRAP! No One Loves Me (2015-09)(Arcane Kids) (PC)

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by Basillica at 7:18 AM EDT on September 8, 2017: @bnnm
Okay, I remembered that I actually used the unitypack Python script to extract the files because none of the other batch programs worked for me. I had to make a few changes so it would output raw FSB instead of OGG, but the filenames won't have the same structure as the ones in the existing archive. Would that be acceptable?

edited 10:41 AM EDT September 8, 2017
by ChillyBilly at 9:03 PM EDT on September 8, 2017: Time for goodies galore:

Android

Rockman Xover (One track, but two different file types!)

PC

An Oath to the Stars

Graceful Explosion Machine

HYPER DRIVE: The Insane Gravity Race

Lazer Cops

MagiCat

Necrosphere

A Robot Named Fight! (These were the only tunes I could find.... not sure if there's any more)

Senko no Ronde 2 (A bit of a hefty download (a little over 2GB unpacked), but it's worth it.... this soundtrack kicks ass. Also, I know the latest vgmstream updates makes splitting XWBs unnecessary, but I went and did it anyway)

West of Loathing

PS1

Lightning Legend: Daigo no Daibouken

Poy Poy 2

PS3

Tekken Tag Tournament 2 (Like with Tekken 6, there's several duplicate tracks here that I didn't have time to sort out.... my apologies)

Wii

Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: The Crystal Bearers (I recall someone else posting their own rip of this a year or two ago.... and while I downloaded it back then, I've since lost that set, sadly enough. Thus, I decided to go ahead and make my own rip instead!)

Enjoy!

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by Mouser X at 12:57 AM EDT on September 9, 2017: I got help ripping Crystal Bearers back in 2012 (or earlier?), but it didn't receive support in VGMstream until Dragon Quest X came out. I wasn't able to upload it, so Sir-Sabin ripped, and uploaded it. More than once, I think. Thank you for uploading it again. Hopefully it ends up on JoshW's server this time! I have the thread open where the rip was requested (multiple threads, multiple times. Apparently by the same person?), in the hopes that it would remind me to upload it some time. Again, thanks for posting/uploading this set! I've listened to it (years ago), and was unimpressed. Nonetheless, knowing it's rippable (and has been ripped), had bugged me for quite some time.... Though, that can be said for *lots* of games I've ripped over the years (my internet connectivity has been poor/non-existent for years). Skylanders: Spyro' Adventure (though I can't recall if I ripped the PC version, or the Wii version [I have both]), any of the "MySims" games on the Wii, and a few others come to mind.

I just thought it was interesting that you'd post the FFCC:CB rip, when it had been on my mind so recently. Thanks again. Mouser X over and out.
by Basillica at 1:14 AM EDT on September 9, 2017: Here are the extra songs I promised: The Silver Case Remaster (June Additions)
Genso Suikoden III? by RetroFanatic at 4:30 AM EDT on September 9, 2017: What's the reason this isn't available for download? I found some old threads and it seems itÃ¤s one of those games that uses an uncommon sound format/extension or whatever.

No one answered last time so I figured I should try asking again.
by Nisto at 6:44 AM EDT on September 9, 2017: Genso Suikoden 3 is at least partially (it's been a long time since I looked at it) sequenced. Same with GS4. I did try ripping GS4 with the use of the Silent Hill 2 and Winning Eleven 5 drivers, since they use similar formats, but unfortunately wasn't able to get it playing. Maybe in the future I'll rip GS3 at least, if no one else has by that time, since there seems to be a demand for that at least.
by punk7890-2 at 7:38 PM EDT on September 9, 2017: @banshiryuu Yeah its a bummer Viorate isn't playable. If you'd or anyone else wants to look into it, I uploaded a few samples from the game. It's probably doing something Foobar/Winamp plugins don't like I'd imagine. I would really like that game to be playable so I can fully rip it.

Got some more Gust games ripped.

PS1

Welcome House 2 (1996-12-20) (Gust)
Meru Purana (1996-6-21) (Gust)
Falcata - Astran Pardma no Monshou (1995-06-23)(Gust) - Added all the missing streams.
The Adventures of Robin Lloyd (2000-1-6) (Gust) - Sadly, this is missing some songs. I have no idea where they would be, sorry!

PS2

Atelier Iris - Eternal Mana [Iris no Atelier - Eternal Mana] (2004-05-27)(Gust) - Properly timed and tagged now.
Atelier Iris 2 - The Azoth of Destiny [Iris no Atelier - Eternal Mana 2] (2005-05-26)(Gust) - Properly timed and tagged now.
Hermina to Culus - Lilie no Atelier Mou Hitotsu no Monogatari (2001-12-20) (Gust) - Properly timed and tagged now.
Jet Ion Grand Prix (2002-03-22) (Ubisoft) - The .ADS files here don't loop for some reason. I assume they are handled by the game's executable somewhere. I might come back to this a take a look sometime. This game also go's by the name, Hresvelgr.
Taishou Mononoke Ibunroku (2003-02-27)(-)(Gust) - Did a full re-rip and tagged the set since it was missing a lot of tracks.

I think that's all of the PS2 Atelier games that can be ripped now. The rest I think are already fully complete.

edited 7:39 PM EDT September 9, 2017
by ChillyBilly at 11:30 PM EDT on September 9, 2017: @Mouser X: Yeah, I do recall it being Sir-Sabin who posted that previous Crystal Bearers link. I personally enjoyed the music, but as I said before, I unfortunately lost it somehow... hence me taking matters to my own hands and ripping it again myself. I also see it's been mirrored already, so we shouldn't have to worry about losing this rip again anytime soon! :)

That being said.... tonight I figured I'd post a little PC Mega Man X-travaganza (along with a couple additions):

PC

Mega Man X4

Mega Man X5

Mega Man X7 (Technically Rockman X7 since the PC version is apparently Korean-exclusive, but.... eh, whatever)

Mega Man X8

Guardian

PS1

Ultraman: Fighting Evolution

X: Unmei no Sentaku (Pretty rockin' soundtrack, this one.... reminds me a little of the Guilty Gear series)

^I left the file extensions for a couple of those MMX games intact (.se, .dat, etc.), but I wholeheartedly assure you that they play just fine if you simply change them to .wav. And as for why X6 isn't included among those rips.... well, I actually did rip it, but I couldn't get anything playable out of it, unfortunately. The music comes in a big .XA file, but I think it's encrypted or something. Here it is for anyone who wants to check it out themselves. Maybe you guys can figure something out. Interestingly, it seems the PC version of X6 is also exclusive to Korean/Asian territories... not sure if that has anything to do with my rip issue, though (especially since X7 worked just fine for me). All that aside, enjoy!

edited 11:31 PM EDT September 9, 2017
by Mouser X at 11:55 PM EDT on September 9, 2017: @bnnm
Thanks for looking at those for me. I probably mixed up Child of Eden with a different rip, I guess. Good to know it looks good (I liked the music too, but for the proper "effect", I think I'd need to merge some of the XMA files. The OST [if there is one] would probably be better).

Too bad about Mass Effect (1). I have the PC rip as well (it's OGG). I haven't listened to it yet. Hopefully it has proper loop points (to be fair, I haven't listened to the X360 rip yet either, so for all I know it's just fine).

Huh. If the Star Ocean 4 files aren't XMA, and aren't ACE (neither of them play in Winamp or FB2k), I wonder how they were named to match the OST. I doubt it was done blindly.... I haven't tried to create a GENH before (I understand the basic principle/mechanics), so I have no idea if perhaps it was done that way. If so, though, then why aren't they GENH files in the archives? Would GENH be the way to go with these (is there enough info in the ACE header?) files? Or should "ACE" be implemented natively (I don't know if there's already an ACE implementation, and if there is, if it'd be "compatible" to SO4's usage. Really, I'm of no useful help on that one).

Regardless, thanks again for looking into it.

@ChillyBilly
Well, since I *did* rip it myself, I had the ISO. Perhaps my attempted play through effected my opinion of the music. To be fair, I didn't play much (so much to do, so little time), so maybe I just didn't "get" it. Thanks nonetheless. And double thanks for the MMX music. While I haven't played much of that series (I'm terrible at 2D side scrollers), I have always enjoyed MM music. Thanks again. Mouser X over and out.

edited 12:25 AM EDT September 10, 2017
by punk7890-2 at 7:11 AM EDT on September 11, 2017: Incoming Gundams.

PS1

Vigilante 8 (1998-05-31)(Luxoflux)(Activision) - Full lossless rip of the CD-DA audio now. The one on joshw is mp3 for some reason.

PS2

Mobile Suit Gundam - Zeonic Front [Zeonic Front - Kidou Senshi Gundam 0079] (2002-1-5) (Sunrise Interactive) (Bandai)
Mobile Suit Gundam - Journey to Jaburo [Kidou Senshi Gundam Meguriaiuchuu] (2001-8-6) (Bandai)
Mobile Suit Gundam - Federation vs. Zeon DX (2001-12-6) (Capcom) (Bandai)
Mobile Suit Gundam SEED - Never Ending Tomorrow [Kidou Senshi Gundam Owaranai Ashita e] (2005-9-29) (Bandai)
Puyo Puyo 15th Anniversary (2007-3-21) (Sonic Team) (Sega)
Mobile Suit Gundam Z - AEUG vs. Titans [Kidou Senshi Z Gundam - AEUG Vs. Titans] (2003-12-3) (Capcom) (Bandai)
Kidou Senshi Gundam Seed Destiny - Generation of C.E. (2005-8-25) (Bandai)

edited 7:11 AM EDT September 11, 2017
by Knurek at 10:33 AM EDT on September 11, 2017: A lot of older CDDA rips were transcoded to MP3 to save bandwidth and server space.
Feel free to reup any of them, neither of the above are an issue nowadays.
by marcusss at 12:55 PM EDT on September 11, 2017: After a bit of rest here I have uploaded some more goodies onto the server.

Android
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Swords and Sandals Medieval
LINE Bubble
LINE Disney Tsum Tsum
Order and Chaos -- good music. Musepack
Inotia 4
Dungeon Rush

PC
====
Lantern Forge
Exanima

More to come..

edited 2:47 AM EDT September 12, 2017
by Basillica at 3:04 PM EDT on September 11, 2017: I've uploaded a couple of rips I had lying around for a while.

NDS:
Bird & Beans / Pyoro

PC:
CRAP! No One Loves Me

I'd also upload The Silver Case Remaster if I figure out a good way to separate the songs that were added in the June update from the rest of them.
by bnnm at 3:11 PM EDT on September 11, 2017: Uploaded:
- Enchanted Arms X360 (bms)

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@Basillica - thanks!

@Mouser X - "short name" .ACE work in the latest vgmstream.
"long name" SO4 was converted to real .xma back in the day then renamed, to use with MS's tools since XMA in vgsmtream is recent, but I guess they uploaded the base files instead.
So the old rip isn't very useful now, but you can make GENHs or unzip this file in the folder to play them.
by Mouser X at 1:12 AM EDT on September 12, 2017: Thanks for the clarification. Apparently, my VGMstream for FB2k was out of date (they're playing in FB2k now). Winamp's problem is a plugin compatibility mismatch. :( I use "in_zip.dll" to play music from archived files (it supports ZIP, 7zip, and others), and apparently ACE is a format that in_zip takes, instead of VGMstream. To the best of my knowledge, there's no easy way to "force" Winamp (or a plugin) to take preferred treatment over a different plugin.

And, just for to be thorough, I verified I had the most recent version of VGMstream. I also looked for a newer in_zip, but the author (DrO) has taken his plugins offline. I've attempted to rename VGMstream, in an attempt to get Winamp to load it first and therefore, maybe, have VGMstream handle the ACE files instead, but no luck.

Obviously this isn't your problem, and it's not something that VGMstream can, or even should, fix (it's an in_zip problem, obviously). But, since I'm talking about incompatibilities, I might as well mention that the subsong support that VGMstream uses (aka, "creating" fake *.vgmstream files by spoofing the playlist) doesn't work with in_zip either. But that's entirely expected, as in_zip is completely unable to handle that special case of file/playlist handling. I only mention this, in the unlikely event that someone else is using in_zip, and is trying to figure out why XWB files aren't working (or in the unlikely event that DrO still shows up here every so often ;P ).

So, last thing - is it possible there might be a file extension I can rename these ACE files to, that VGMstream would still recognize, and handle properly? If there is, I'd be extremely surprised. At this point, I very strongly suspect that my best option is to create GENH files from these ACE files, but even that's a stretch, as ACE has to be within the "supported" GENH handling (if I understand GENH properly). That, or use the "long name" XMA files, to create GENH files. Or, I suppose I could convert everything to ADX/LOGG files using "test.exe". :/

Lucky me and my wonky Winamp install (DrO often commented about how much he "loved" working with me, as I'd frequently, accidentally, uncover previously undiscovered bugs and bad behavior in Winamp, and its/his plugins).

Anyway, thanks for the support, regardless. Mouser X over and out.
by bnnm at 11:10 AM EDT on September 12, 2017: You can rename the .ace to .laac and they should work (the original ext are .aac but that's a common ext so both .ace and .laac were added as a compromise)
by Basillica at 12:52 PM EDT on September 12, 2017: I've finally gotten around to uploading it.

PC:
Silver Case, The (Includes the songs that were added in the 2017-06 update.)

edited 1:39 PM EDT September 12, 2017

edited 3:34 PM EDT September 12, 2017
by Mouser X at 1:35 PM EDT on September 12, 2017: @bnnm
Awesome, thanks! Yah, apparently ACE is a compression format on other systems. I think it might be an old Mac one, or something. Its author (DrO)is still extremely active in the Winamp community, but he's busy with a different Winamp-related project, so his plugins don't get updated anymore. I'll mention it to him though, and see if he can implement a fix that allows the user to specify what extensions his plugin is allowed to handle. Mouser X over and out.
by marcusss at 11:43 PM EDT on September 13, 2017: A couple more uploads

==PC==

* Hellblade - Senuas Sacrifice (2017-08-08)
* Kingdoms of Amalur Reckoning + DLCs

==ANDROID==

* Sdorica Sunset
* Dungeon Hunter 4 Has a couple unplayable VXN files but MPC all play fine

* Candy Crush Saga
* Heroes of Dungeon
* LINE Pokopang
* Dawn Rising
* Dragon's Blade (Uses XNB for music :| )
* Magic Rush Heroes
* Candy Crush Soda Saga
* Galaxy Legend
* Castle Clash

* War Pirates Heroes of the Sea -- This game used unity3d but has UnityFS header which current unity3d bms does not support. Thankfully I managed to extract it using Unity Studio twice.

Actualy Sdorica Sunset and others are like this too now.. Hmm

edited 11:00 PM EDT September 14, 2017

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edited 11:11 PM EDT September 14, 2017
by ChillyBilly at 11:46 PM EDT on September 14, 2017: Some PC stuff:

Darwin the Monkey

Kung Fury: Street Rage

Laika 2.0

Occult RERaise

More stuff later!
by ChillyBilly at 11:15 PM EDT on September 15, 2017: Okay, here's more good stuff:

PC

The Journey - Bob's Story

Samurai Riot

Startide

Temporal Storm X: Hyperspace Dream

Vulture

PS1

Kamen Rider Agito

Kamen Rider Kuuga

Kamen Rider Ryuki

Kamen Rider V3

PS3

Nier (Noticed only the "Gestalt" version was upped, so here's "Replicant"! ;))

Xbox 360

Zoids Infinity EX Neo

Might have a few more additions tomorrow, we'll see!
by marcusss at 12:40 AM EDT on September 16, 2017: I will upload some more later also. Nice update ChillyBilly. I know some like Crypt of the Necrodancer, just noticed the 24bit soundtrack here

Prob. old news but I loved the VGM music so was glad to see the awesome soundtrack ;-)

edited 12:40 AM EDT September 16, 2017
by ChillyBilly at 9:58 PM EDT on September 16, 2017: Okay, here's my last few uploads for the weekend:

Arcade

Wangan Midnight Maximum Tune 3 (Found this one totally by chance. You can never go wrong with more Yuzo Koshiro! ;))

PC

Songbringer

PS1

The Great Battle VI

SD Gundam: Over Galaxian (Again, just change the .DA files to .WAV to play them!)

Enjoy!
by marcusss at 8:38 AM EDT on September 17, 2017: These PC rips should appear soon on the server as I am uploading them now.

* 7 Mages
* Cavern of Time
* Dark Quest 2
* Data Hacker Initiation
* Dear Red Extended
* Dreaming Sarah
* Dungeons
* Dungeons and Darkness
* Evoland
* Forgotten, Not Lost - A Kinetic Novel
* Learn Japanese To Survive! Hiragana Battle
* Ludoria
* Millennium
* Sage Fusion 2
* Sky Break
* Sunless Sea
* Tales of Maj'Eyal
* The Guild 2 + Renaissance
* The Princess Heart
* Torn Tales
* Zoop Hunters Grimm

edited 12:51 AM EDT September 18, 2017
by Basillica at 10:03 PM EDT on September 18, 2017: Would it be okay if I uploaded a rip of the PlayStation version of the Earthworm Jim 2 soundtrack? The songs in the Saturn rip are encoded as MP3s, so I'm wondering if it would be okay to upload it as a FLAC.
by datschge at 6:17 AM EDT on September 19, 2017: @Basillica - Sure, feel free to contribute any CDDA as FLAC. The existing MP3 encodings only exist due to past space restrictions that no longer apply, so the more of them are replaced with FLAC versions the better.

edited 6:18 AM EDT September 19, 2017
by Knurek at 12:14 PM EDT on September 19, 2017: I'd personally recommend APE for any lossless rips, especially ones where the source files are WAVE, not CD-DA.
IIRC FLAC strips RIFF headers, whereas APE preserves them.
by birdmanager6 at 12:24 PM EDT on September 19, 2017: I have the actual WAVs (with RED extension) extracted from the CD BIN/CUE image with CDMage.
by datschge at 12:36 PM EDT on September 19, 2017: FLAC can also include RIFF chunks, using the CLI tool add --keep-foreign-metadata while encoding or decoding.

Actually of all the common lossless audio codecs only ALAC, WMAL and TTA don't appear to support RIFF chunks.

edited 12:38 PM EDT September 19, 2017
by marcusss at 1:22 PM EDT on September 19, 2017: Some more PC uploads added to the server

* The Guild GOLD Edition
* Devils and Demons
* Fushigina Tsukino Yoru no Tobari
* Run or Die
* On a Roll 3D
* SnarfQuest Tales, Episode 1 The Beginning
* School of Talent SUZU ROUTE

edited 10:22 PM EDT September 19, 2017
by Basillica at 7:22 PM EDT on September 19, 2017: Do they have to be separate files, or is a single file+CUE acceptable?
by Mouser X at 11:28 PM EDT on September 19, 2017: I for one prefer separate files. Last time I downloaded one that was a single file, I had to manually cut it apart (I probably had outdated tools, but considering how little I've updated since then, I most likely still have outdated tools, and I really don't want to have to manually cut it apart again).

It's possible that Winamp can handle that properly (it's what I've been using for years, but since I avoid downloading one-file-CDDA, I don't know if that's been updated, or works). I do have FB2k installed, and I suppose it's likely that it's supported there, but I pretty much only use FB2k when I can't get Winamp to work (though, I did recently discover that, when converting to the SPEEX format, FB2k is wonderful!).

But I'm one person, and I didn't do the rip. I just figured I'd voice my preference, since you asked it as a general question. Mouser X over and out.
by marcusss at 11:41 PM EDT on September 19, 2017: I always prefer songs separate as well.
by Basillica at 5:01 AM EDT on September 20, 2017: Some new uploads in the queue:

Sega CD
Earthworm Jim: Special Edition

PS1
Earthworm Jim 2

CD-i
Tetris

I'll also upload the music for the other well-known CD-i games as soon as I can use my Windows PC for vgmtoolbox and test some options to see if they'll fix the issues I'm having.

If worst comes to worst, I'll try to edit jPSXdec's source code to add an option to save assets as raw files, as the issues are absent there.

(Yes, the Earthworm Jim rips are separate files, just because I had to rerip them due to the fact that the first time I ripped them, I probably just converted the disk images to WAVs using Audacity and removed the data tracks, though I'm not too sure.)

edited 3:31 PM EDT September 20, 2017

edited 3:32 PM EDT September 20, 2017
by Basillica at 3:35 PM EDT on September 20, 2017: Well, looks like they didn't make it through to the archives. They were in the queue, so they were probably rejected for some reason.
by datschge at 4:36 PM EDT on September 20, 2017: Nah, I'm sure Knurek is just busy atm. If he rejects something he usually mentions why.
by Basillica at 5:01 PM EDT on September 20, 2017: So occasionally, there's a period where it's removed from the queue, but it's not uploaded to the joshw server?
by datschge at 5:31 PM EDT on September 20, 2017: Afaik Knurek removes the files once he got them. He may look at them, correct them where applicable, and put them into the public part of the server at any later time.
by Basillica at 5:43 PM EDT on September 20, 2017: I see.
by (!!!!!) at 7:25 PM EDT on September 20, 2017: Wii U:

Ninja Gaiden 3 - Razor's Edge (2012-11-18)(Tecmo Koei)(Nintendo).7z

Music format is new. I'm guessing an ADPCM variant of MSF.
by marcusss at 11:37 PM EDT on September 21, 2017: Hey guys

I went to download dotHack GU on PS2 (PSF2 set) and it seems to have disappeared. Is this because they have been reected and need re-ripping ?

Just curious ;-)

edited 11:39 PM EDT September 21, 2017
by Basillica at 1:30 AM EDT on September 22, 2017: The Earthworm Jim rips made it, but the Tetris rip didn't. Maybe if I upload enough CD-i rips to justify a new directory under "Other".
by marcusss at 1:58 AM EDT on September 22, 2017: I think it will be uploaded as Knurek is busy an generally I see my uploads appear over weekends. Most or all of mine have appeared so yours probably will too sooner or later.
by Knurek at 11:24 AM EDT on September 22, 2017: I'm thinking what should I do with the CD-i rip for now.
Makes no sense to bother Josh with setting up DNS just for a single set.
So, yeah, basically, upload a few more sets for the system and we'll see how that works out. If there's not enough of them, I can always put them in Hoot folder, as I did with Arcade VGM logs.
by ChillyBilly at 10:30 PM EDT on September 22, 2017: I have much to share (particularly for the PS1), that I do:

PC

Assault Suit Leynos (A bit over 1GB when extracted, just a heads-up)

Fight N' Rage

The Onion Knights

Stellatum

VHSoverdose

Will Glow the Wisp

PS1

AirGrave

Choro Q 2

Choro Q 3

Choro Q Marine: Q-Boat

Koutetsu Reiiki: Steeldom

PD Ultraman Invader

Reverthion

Stahlfeder: Tetsukou Hikuudan

Ultraman Tiga & Ultraman Dyna: New Generations

PS2

Sengoku Basara X (Music comes in rather low quality .vag files, with the exception of the movie audio)

Wii

Penny Racers Party: Turbo Q Speedway

Actually, going back to PS1 stuff, I noticed that the first One Piece Grand Battle is missing from the joshw page.... which I found curious, since I posted a rip for that last year. Well, just in case, here it is again (yeah, MF link... this was before I switched to GDrive, heh).
by punk7890-2 at 2:06 AM EDT on September 23, 2017: Dreamcast

Army Men - Sarge's Heroes (2000-10-30) (The 3DO Company)

PS1

BattleTanx - Global Assault (2000-2-29) (The 3DO Company)
Invasion From Beyond (1998-11-30) (King of the Jungle) (GT Interactive)
Twisted Metal III (1998-10-31)(-)(989) - Lossless re-rip.
Twisted Metal 4 (1999-10-31)(-)(989) - Lossless re-rip.
Vigilante 8 - Second Offense [Vigilante 8 - Second Battle] (1999-10-31)(Luxoflux)(Activision) - Lossless re-rip.

PS2

Army Men - Sarge's Heroes 2 (2001-1-3) (The 3DO Company)
G-Saviour (2000-9-14) (Atelier-Sai) (Sunrise Interactive)
MS Saga - A New Dawn [Gundam True Odyssey - Ushinawareshi G no Densetsu] (2005-6-30) (BEC) (Bandai)
Portal Runner (2001-12-10) (The 3DO Company)
Rosario to Vampire Capu 2 - Koi to Yume no Rhapsodia (2009-7-23) (Compile Heart)
SoulCalibur II (Demo)(-)(Project Soul)(Namco) - Contains a few mastering differences compared to the final release. Unwavering Resolve is slightly different, No Turning Back has a completely different mix in this version, and Eternal Struggle is different as well to name a few.
SoulCalibur III (Demo)(-)(Project Soul)(Namco) - Every song in this version has completely different mastering. The Blade Seeker has no live flute recording in this version as well.

SoulCalibur music fans should check out those two packs I posted. Kinda neat.

edited 2:07 AM EDT September 23, 2017
by ChillyBilly at 9:03 PM EDT on September 23, 2017: Got more to share:

PC

Cloudphobia (If the .ao files don't play for you guys, just change the extension to .ogg instead... I guarantee they'll play just fine then. :))

Diadra Empty

Heroine Anthem Zero

Momonga Pinball Adventures

Mystic Melee

SteamWorld Dig 2

PS1

Muppet RaceMania (REALLY awesome soundtrack, I highly recommend it!)

Formula Nippon '99

PS3

Numblast

Enjoy!

edited 9:04 PM EDT September 23, 2017
by Basillica at 5:06 PM EDT on September 24, 2017: Sorry for the CD-i rips coming so slowly. Tagging and checking for duplicates is very time-consuming, and I've had other commitments to follow through on. Right now, I have rips for the Nintendo CD-i games, but I"ll try to do some of the other ones when I get around to it.
by marcusss at 12:30 PM EDT on September 25, 2017: Games Ripped and uploaded to VGM server

=== PC ===

* Bioshock 2
* Light Apprentice
* Pool of Radiance - Ruins of Myth Drannor
* Dungeon Keeper
* Dungeons II
* Dark Quest
* The First Tree (2017-09-15)
* Ancient Domains of Mystery

=== ANDROID ===

* Terraria
* Order and Chaos 2
* Angry Birds Blast
* Bejeweled Blitz
* Tetris Blitz
* Bubble Witch 3 Saga

Mark

edited 11:34 AM EDT September 26, 2017
by marcusss at 1:28 PM EDT on September 27, 2017: Uploading these PC games to the server

* The Chaos Engine - Remastered
* The Song of Saya (Saya no Uta)
* Star Trek Bridge Commander
* The Dungeoning
* Magicians and Looters
* Luxuria Superbia
* Fearless Fantasy - Funky music
* Castle Story
* Bazooka Cafe
* City of Chains - Lots of Nice Music
* Grim Legends 2 Song Of The Dark Swan
* Rise of Keepers
* Raiden Legacy - Arranged music
* Kingdom Tales
* Kingdom Tales 2
* Link: The Unleashed Nexus

* Birth of Shadows
* The Dwarf Run
* Ascension to the Throne
* ALADDIN NASIRAS REVENGE (Another Argonaut game using unplayale RAW PCM? ASF codec file in music folder. though doubt it helps)

edited 3:24 AM EDT September 28, 2017
by kode54 at 7:35 PM EDT on September 28, 2017: @Reis: Your Disgaea 2 PC rip appears to be weird. Either it's some special form of Ogg, or it's a broken conversion from some non-Ogg container and stream format. Or whoever stripped it down for the site did a poor job.
by ChillyBilly at 10:43 PM EDT on September 28, 2017: Couple PC rips:

Danganronpa V3: Killing Harmony

Hob
by marcusss at 10:57 PM EDT on September 28, 2017: A few more PC rips uploaded

Kara no shoujo 2
Conquest of Elysium 4 - Great Atmospheric Music
Link The Unleashed Nexus
Forgotten Places - Regained Castle
Crystal Catacombs
Forge Quest
Medieval Mercs
Orion - A Sci-Fi Visual Novel

Tiny Knight

edited 10:00 PM EDT September 29, 2017
by ChillyBilly at 12:01 AM EDT on September 30, 2017: I only have a single PS1 rip for now:

Mega Man Battle & Chase

^Like with Panzer Bandit before, I noticed the currently available rip had none of the streamed audio, so here it is! I even included audio from both the Japanese AND European versions (the difference being the EU movie tracks lack voice acting). So yeah, here ya go! ;)
by marcusss at 1:35 AM EDT on September 30, 2017: FInally had some spare time to extract music from Magicka 2. It uses Bitsquid/Stingray engine which is a pain in the ***. Hope I didn't miss anything..

Anyway It is being uploaded so I will take my leave and enjoy the weekend

edited 1:37 AM EDT September 30, 2017
by mariofan12ify at 6:24 AM EDT on September 30, 2017: Can someone remind me how to extract .dat files? Some games use these to store data and I'm not sure how to do it myself.
by Nisto at 6:32 AM EDT on September 30, 2017: The .dat extension is generic. It's just short for "data" really. It's better if you upload some example files.
by mariofan12ify at 7:18 AM EDT on September 30, 2017: I downloaded the Sonic 2 HD demo that came out today and wanted to extract the music.

This is the file that apparently contains the data:
https://www.mediafire.com/file/7y894bb2dbd200w/sonicorca.dat
by Vector Harbor at 12:04 PM EDT on September 30, 2017: So the game Cuphead on pc is using the unity engine and the data are stored in a resS file but i couldn't figure out how to extract the music even using quick bms or Assets Build Extractor doesn't work. Can someone look at one of those resS file please ? Thank you ^^ [Cuphead] sharedassets41.assets

BTW the actual file size is 1.21 GB
by marcusss at 12:47 PM EDT on September 30, 2017: I guess i could take a look or download it
But did you try "open folder" or was it "load folder" with unity studio and load the whole game folder??

Normally works on unity games. Extracting is fine except some games use non standard files which crash the program when you try to extract them..usually video with audio like OGV (theora vid with ogg audio) in which you should use vgmtoolbox to scan for ogg as most video is ogg from what i have seen.. If you are lucky some games just have the music in the streamed folde

edited 12:57 PM EDT September 30, 2017

edited 12:58 PM EDT September 30, 2017
by Vector Harbor at 2:07 PM EDT on September 30, 2017: I use this : AssetsBundleExtractor_1.8b_64bit
And the only option was "open" not "open folder" or "load folder"
And it crashes after i tried to open it.

edited 2:08 PM EDT September 30, 2017
How by Crossonrose at 3:03 PM EDT on September 30, 2017: Thank you for choosing MagiTek choose you!
by ChillyBilly at 3:55 PM EDT on September 30, 2017: Huh, interesting I'm seeing it mentioned just now, because I just got done ripping this sucker this morning:

Cuphead (PC)

^Awesome jazzy soundtrack for an awesome game, period. A highly recommended download! :)

I should have a few more goodies up later, as well....

edited 3:56 PM EDT September 30, 2017
by Vector Harbor at 3:57 PM EDT on September 30, 2017: Thank you so much !!

But could you explain how did you do this pretty please ?

Edit: does it have loop point or not ?

edited 4:24 PM EDT September 30, 2017
by (!!!!!) at 9:04 PM EDT on September 30, 2017: PC:
Marvel vs. Capcom - Infinite (2017-09-19)(Capcom).7z
Skylar & Plux - Adventure On Clover Island (2017-05-19)(Right Nice, Grip Digital).7z
X-Morph - Defense (2017-08-30)(EXOR).7z
by marcusss at 11:15 PM EDT on September 30, 2017: Nice uploads guys. One of the Marvel games I was going to do but was 50GB or something to grab. lol

@ Vector Harbor

For Unity Games I use this besides BMS scripts Unity Studio

edited 11:19 PM EDT September 30, 2017
by ChillyBilly at 12:13 AM EDT on October 1, 2017: As I said, here's a few more uploads:

PC

Burst Fighter

River City Melee: Battle Royal Special

The Walking Vegetables

PS1

Chou Aniki: Kyuukyoku Muteki Ginga Saikyou Otoko

PS2

Chou Aniki: Seinaru Protein Densetsu

Maximo: Ghosts to Glory

Maximo vs. Army of Zin

^Honestly, despite posting those Maximo rips, I'm unable to play those .vgm files..... I feel pretty certain they're streamed audio, though (the file sizes certainly don't indicate they're sequenced). Maybe someone else knows how to get them to play (maybe bnnm, if you're reading this)? Or do I have to go the GENH route here? Either way, that's all I have for now. Enjoy!

@Vector Harbot: In addition to the Unity Studio that marcusss mentioned, another tool I highly recommend would be UnityEX. Just discovered this one a couple months back myself, and I found it extremely useful! And as far as looping FSB5 files go, I've seen very few rips in that format that loop, unfortunately.... I guess there's no support for that yet, I dunno. Hope that helps! :)
by marcusss at 2:13 AM EDT on October 1, 2017: Uploading these PC Rips to the server ...

* Dungeons 3 (2017-10-13)(Realmforge Studios)(Kalypso Media)
* The Guild 3 beta (GolemLabs)(THQ Nordic)
* Wave Magic VR (2016-12-30)(Overrun Games)
* VR Kanojo
* Parvaneh Legacy of the Lights Guardians

edited 5:31 AM EDT October 1, 2017
by bnnm at 6:23 AM EDT on October 1, 2017: Uploads:
- Dante's Inferno (X360)
- Terraria (PC/X360) [didn't split, feel free to]

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@ChillyBilly - Maximo is headerless (2ch, 4800hz) but you'll need GENH/TXTH per file because the interleave varies around (ex. 6300, 63c0, 6400...).
Usually you can open in hex editor and find where the first 0x10 bytes repeat after ~0x5000 to find the interleave.

@marcusss - Aladdin ASF I think is custom ADPCM, similar to Croc 2
by marcusss at 6:50 AM EDT on October 1, 2017: @bnnm, Yeah I know as it looks the same as croc They included an asfcodec file (asfcodec.adl) in the music folder I uploaded but doubt it will help decoding the music hey? I saw someone else upload another Argonaut game today so probably the same.

edited 6:50 AM EDT October 1, 2017
by bxaimc at 6:31 PM EDT on October 1, 2017: Uploaded:

LEGO City Undercover (2017-04-04)(TT Fusion)(Warner Bros.)[NSW]
by marcusss at 1:07 AM EDT on October 2, 2017: A few more PC uploads ...

* Troubleâ˜†Witches Origin - Episode 1 Daughters of Amalgam (2016-11-22)(Studio SiestA)(Rocket-Engine Co.,Ltd.)
Most songs are from Neo on X360 but higher quality. Also some new / Arranged songs too.

* Super Dungeon Bros (2016-11-02)(React Games)(THQ Nordic) ~ Game is like Gauntlet but uses Metal Music :P Pretty simple but cool game actually

* Project G (2016-05-13)
* Kingdom Rush Frontiers (2016-07-25)(Ironhide Game Studio)
* Eisenwald Blood of November (2016-11-02)(Aterdux Entertainment)
(Nice Medieval/Atmosperic Music)

* Fossil Echo (2016-07-09)(Awaceb)

* Way of the Red (2016-11-17)(Corey Hardman)
(Sounds like the ol' C64 SID chip :-)

* Rising Islands (2016-08-02)(Lone Hero Studios)(SOEDESCO Publishing)
* Blackfaun (2016-10-27)(Wild Guess Software

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Just 1 more music added today

* Sonic The Fighters X360 ~ Uses HCA Audio

:-)

Mark

edited 7:30 PM EDT October 2, 2017
by marcusss at 12:31 PM EDT on October 4, 2017: A couple more PC Rips

* Fall of Light (2017-09-29)(RuneHeads)(1C Company)
* Honey Select (2016-09-09)(Illusion)
* Running Gods
* Jotun Valhalla Edition ~ Has some very nice music pieces matching this Norse mythical game
* Armikrog
* Stolen Steel VR
* Obduction (2016-08-25)(Cyan Inc.)

* Zenith (2016-09-21)(Infinigon)(Badland Games) ~ This game has many music styles rolled into one. From Soft gentle songs to Italian to RPG style to fast paced to Cathedral Organs to Heavy Metal songs.. Not bad for this type of humorous RPG game

Now time for a LONG break in ripping and time to start listening and chilling :P

edited 8:07 PM EDT October 4, 2017

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