BMS (aka JaiSeq) is a sequence format from Gamecube games. As you are all aware, I have been doing analysis on the format for a while.
Known types of JaiSeq archives:
- SeqBank (.arc files) (Super Mario Sunshine, Luigi's Mansion)
- RARC (.arc files) (Zelda WW, Twilight Princess)
For games that use JaiSeq, take a look at the GC stream database, JaiSeq-powered games are usually identified as having "AW" files.
The purpose of this thread is to analyze the formats used by JaiSeq, including AW (samples), AAC (init files), BMS (sequences), and integrate support in in_cube.
More stuff coming soon.
// Generated by BreakPoint Software's Hex Workshop v4.20
// http://www.hexworkshop.com
// http://www.bpsoft.com
unsigned char rawData[16] =
{
0xA4, 0x08, 0x00, 0xA4, 0x09, 0x00, 0xA4, 0x0A, 0x00, 0xAC, 0x0B, 0x00, 0x00, 0xFE, 0x00, 0x30,
} ;
Regarding the sequences themselves, I am currently doing analysis on the sequence format. Once again, I urge all of you to annoy hcs to decode the .AW sample blocks so that I can figure out how to play this shiz.
You can find the BMS sequences at http://unknown.hcs64.com/JaiSeq
And yes, I am aware the extractor is somewhat broken.
Of course, a complete re-write might be in order, to accommodate BMS files. Even so, I'd think having something to learn from would help out a lot.
Anyway, good luck on this. I always look forward to whatever progress you may have had. Mouser X over and out.
I think there is probably more similarities with the way the nintendo ds plays sequenced data.
Edit: I just checked the bms of Donkey Kong Jungle Beat(yes i wanted the music from that game) and what i noticed is F0 and FF are very common and often with 2 bytes in between so i guess these are the note on and note off events. I could be completely wrong though.
Also the the 5th byte the bigger it is the more i see E0 in the file followed by 00 and another byte(and then E0 again). Sounds like empty channels.
edited 4:14 PM EST December 16, 2006
Stuff to implement:
- RARC support
- Yaz0/Yay0 support
Stuff to fix:
- fake RARC suport
Sequence controls might be in there as well...
UPDATE:
It was rejected by the SMTP server.
edited 10:32 PM EST December 19, 2006
Kudos to you if you manage to reverse-engineer the sequenced files.
edited 2:46 AM EST December 20, 2006
Sequences now have a different flag. For example:
unsigned char jaiseq_pikmin[4] =
{
0xC1, 0x07, 0x00, 0x0E, // extra flags
} ;
is different than
unsigned char jaiseq_standard[4] =
{
0xC1, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, // unused bytes?
} ;
EDIT: err, screw that
that is the standard format, just stored a bit differently
edited 7:37 PM EST December 20, 2006
it is essentially AFC, just modified in a way that I don't know how to decode yet
it's probably mono
A list of its functions can be found here.
From what it looks, it was written in C and C++ and assembled with GCC.
Stay tuned for more stuff.
See the list here (courtesy Wikipedia).
As we don't know who compiled the US build of Pikmin, we cannot determine who has the library, and even asking them about it would result in no response.
We can, however, wait for a Gamecube emulator with sound and debugging features that works so that we can analyze the format from there. Who knows, we even might be able to make 3sf rips...
thakis programmed some tools for GC files a whole while ago, among them an ARC archive dumper. If your ripper has a different purpose I apologise for the useless information. :-)
3sf? What's that an acronym for?
Comments written in Japanese have been removed
//***********************************************************
//
// Project: GC KART
// Author: Yoji Inagaki
// Date: 2003.5.8(THU)
//***********************************************************
#define baac 'b', 'a', 'a', 'c', long, long
#include"GCKart.def"
begin_audio_arc
bst, _BEGIN_BST, _END_BST
// bstn, _BEGIN_BSTN, _END_BSTN
ws, 0, NINTENDO_LOGO_MARIO_WS_START, 0xffffffff
ws, 1, SE_WS_START, 0 //0xffffffff
ws, 5, TANAKA_BGM_WS_START, 0 //0xffffffff
bnk, 1, SE_BANK_START
bnk, 0, NINTENDO_LOGO_MARIO_BANK_START
bnk, 5, TANAKA_BGM_BANK_START
bsft, _BEGIN_SFT
bsc, _BEGIN_BSC, _END_BSC
bms, JA_BGM_TITLE, _BEGIN_BMS_0001, _END_BMS_0001
bms, JA_BGM_SELECT, _BEGIN_BMS_0002, _END_BMS_0002
bms, JA_BGM_OPTION, _BEGIN_BMS_0003, _END_BMS_0003
bms, JA_BGM_RECORD, _BEGIN_BMS_0004, _END_BMS_0004
bms, JA_BGM_START_FANFARE, _BEGIN_BMS_0005, _END_BMS_0005
bms, JA_BGM_START_FANFARE2, _BEGIN_BMS_0006, _END_BMS_0006
bms, JA_BGM_START_FANFARE4, _BEGIN_BMS_0008, _END_BMS_0008
bms, JA_BGM_START_FANFARE5, _BEGIN_BMS_0009, _END_BMS_0009
bms, JA_BGM_START_FANFARE6, _BEGIN_BMS_0010, _END_BMS_0010
bms, JA_BGM_STAR, _BEGIN_BMS_0011, _END_BMS_0011
bms, JA_BGM_FINALLAP_FANFARE, _BEGIN_BMS_0012, _END_BMS_0012
bms, JA_BGM_WANWAN, _BEGIN_BMS_0013, _END_BMS_0013
baac, _BEGIN_BAAC, _END_BAAC
end_audio_arc
_BEGIN_BST
#incbin "GCKart.bst"
_END_BST
//_BEGIN_BSTN
//#incbin "GCKart.bstn"
//_END_BSTN
_BEGIN_SFT
#incbin "GCKart.bsft"
_END_SFT
SE_BANK_START
#incbin"SE/Banks/se00.bnk"
#evencl
SE_BANK_END
SE_WS_START
#incbin"SE/Banks/se00.ws"
#evencl
SE_WS_END
TANAKA_BGM_BANK_START
#incbin"BGM/Tanaka/Banks/bgm.bnk"
#evencl
TANAKA_BGM_BANK_END
TANAKA_BGM_WS_START
#incbin"BGM/Tanaka/Banks/bgm.ws"
#evencl
TANAKA_BGM_WS_END
NINTENDO_LOGO_MARIO_BANK_START
#incbin"SE/Banks/NintendoLogoMario.bnk"
#evencl
NINTENDO_LOGO_MARIO_BANK_END
NINTENDO_LOGO_MARIO_WS_START
#incbin"SE/Banks/NintendoLogoMario.ws"
#evencl
NINTENDO_LOGO_MARIO_WS_END
_BEGIN_BSC
#incbin "SE/Seqs/GCKartSe.bsc"
_END_BSC
_BEGIN_BAAC
#incbin "SceneJPN.baac"
_END_BAAC
_BEGIN_BMS_0001
#incbin "Bms/0001.bms"
_END_BMS_0001
_BEGIN_BMS_0002
#incbin "Bms/0002.bms"
_END_BMS_0002
_BEGIN_BMS_0003
#incbin "Bms/0003.bms"
_END_BMS_0003
_BEGIN_BMS_0004
#incbin "Bms/0004.bms"
_END_BMS_0004
_BEGIN_BMS_0005
#incbin "Bms/0005.bms"
_END_BMS_0005
_BEGIN_BMS_0006
#incbin "Bms/0006.bms"
_END_BMS_0006
_BEGIN_BMS_0008
#incbin "Bms/0008.bms"
_END_BMS_0008
_BEGIN_BMS_0009
#incbin "Bms/0009.bms"
_END_BMS_0009
_BEGIN_BMS_0010
#incbin "Bms/0010.bms"
_END_BMS_0010
_BEGIN_BMS_0011
#incbin "Bms/0011.bms"
_END_BMS_0011
_BEGIN_BMS_0012
#incbin "Bms/0012.bms"
_END_BMS_0012
_BEGIN_BMS_0013
#incbin "Bms/0013.bms"
_END_BMS_0013
Forest_0 from Pikmin
wScene_1.aw from Mario Sunshine
Sorry for the static.
Decoding is done thus:
outbin=*(long*)inbin - 128;
idx = (outbin)&0xf;
outbin=((outbin-16)+afccoef[idx][1]);
outbin=(outbin << 8)^0x8000; // convert to 16-bit signed pcm
Samples should be decoded at 18000 Hz
This uses some code from the AFC decoder, and I must admit that it works quite nicely, though not accurately.
...
What, you're still here?
Fine, take these wavs and leave me alone!
Wavs from Super Mario Sunshine and Luigi's Mansion
This is on megaupload as the ftp uploads here are slow and I am collapsing from drowsiness atm, so get it while its hot.
Decoding is now done thus:
for (int i=0;i<2;i++) {
outbin=*(long*)inbin + 128;
idx = (outbin)&0xf;
delta = 1<<(((outbin)>>4)&0xf); // currently unused.
outbin=outbin^afccoef[idx][i];
outbin=(outbin << 8)^0x8000;
// output the audio here...
}
and the samplerate is 36000 Hz.
The way decoding is done is pretty much the same as before, but at least it's easier to hear now.
I'm also doing analysis on the BMS format as well. Setting up the instruments seems to be done thus
SET_INSTRUMENT(long instrument,long offset)
C1 0000 00E2
In theory, to get to the function that handles music, we could xref DVD-related functions until we land at the jaudio sequence subroutines.
For now, I need to go downstairs and brave the idiots in the cafeteria lineups.
The .PAT file syntax is very screwy. What I'm currently attempting to do is thus:
3C8080..54630BFC3804..7C601A14A06300004E8000200000000000000000 20 0000 0040 :0000 ac_WsVirtualToPhysical__FUs :0020 Jac_BnkVirtualToPhysical__FUs ....0000
It keeps turning me away, claiming "bad pattern". Can your lordship hcs help me?
Currently, the following functions are supported by the signature file:
Jac_WsVirtualToPhysical__FUs
Jac_BnkVirtualToPhysical__FUs
Jac_WsConnectTableSet__FUlUl
Jac_BnkConnectTableSet__FUlUl
Jac_PlayBGM
I hope to have more functions supported later. For now, I'm going to play Mario Sunshine.
The second version of the library is written in C++ as opposed to C, so there are likely to be major differences. Super Mario Sunshine might use some of the same functions, but I'm not sure.
I am still working on the .sig files for Dolphin OS Revision 37 (Luigi's Mansion, Pikmin), and I'll do OS Revision 54 (ZeldaWW, Mario Sunshine) when I get around to it. There are very very few functions supported, so you'll need to wait a bit.
As for killing threads, it can probably be achieved in this manner
infiniteloop:
b infiniteloop
nop
hcs, here's a hint at what jaudio does:
1) Sequence notes are played back on the CPU.
2) A mixer compiles the notes into AFC.
3) The AFC stream is passed to the DSP.
4) The DSP decodes the data.
5) Rinse and repeat.
Perhaps by looking for the decoding function that you could capture the ADPCM and pass it to the output?
http://unknown.hcs64.com/gcformatdev/jaudio.htm
Anyway I can tell Donkey Kong Jungle Beat is Revision 5(it has BMS files inside ARC files and AFC codecs inside AST containers).
Anyway what are the CIT files inside the JaiChord.arc files then? Chords Info Table or something?
edited 5:43 AM EDT March 16, 2007
Just wanna know if you could upload the luigis mansion and super mario sunshine .aw files, and the program you used to convert them to wav, and anything else that might help me get the .aw files onto a cd. Video game music CD's are my life!
ova hea
- Luigi's Mansion has the BARC header in JaiInit.aaf
- Pikmin has the BARC header in the DOL executable
- Super Mario Sunshine has the BARC header in msound.aaf, hidden away inside nintendo.szs
The format is rather simple, however, and all the sequences have been extracted.
(see next post for sequence filenames)
edited 9:54 PM EST February 13, 2008
(C) Copyright 1985-2003 Microsoft Corp.
>barcdump jaiinit.aaf
BARC----
Output LuigiSe.bms OK
Output Mario02.com OK
Output PianistQuiz01 OK
Output PianistQuiz02 OK
Output PianistQuiz03 OK
Output Mario.com OK
Output OyamaLab.com OK
Output LuigiSings.co OK
Output Training.com OK
Output Mario.com OK
Output Demo_FirstMon OK
Output Demo_FirstDoc OK
Output OyamaLab.com OK
Output Training.com OK
Output GetKey.com OK
Output Gallery.com OK
Output OyamaPress.co OK
Output Total.com OK
Output GoodNight.com OK
Output Fishing_Zako. OK
Output Fishing_Event OK
Output PictureSays.c OK
Output Telescope.com OK
Output DanceHall.com OK
Output Demo_BabyCrie OK
Output Demo_Entrance OK
Output Demo_FirstDoc OK
Output Demo_FirstMon OK
Output DoorLoop.com OK
Output Kinopio.com OK
Output Kinopio_Light OK
Output Room_Baby.com OK
Output Room_Space.co OK
Output Tittle.com OK
Output Total_Picture OK
Output Total_Score.c OK
Output Warp.com OK
Output Training_Cont OK
Output Training_Resu OK
Output Training_Stop OK
Output select.com OK
Output Babyroom.com OK
Output BabyDemo.com OK
Output BabyBattle.co OK
Output BlueOhaka.com OK
Output BlueDemo.com OK
Output BlueBattle.co OK
Output TelesaDemo01. OK
Output TelesaDemo02. OK
Output TelesaBattle. OK
Output BattleClear.c OK
Output PianistBattle OK
Output Room_AfterBos OK
Output GetKey_Heart. OK
Output OyamaPress_Pr OK
Output Ending01.com OK
Output Ending02.com OK
Output Ending03.com OK
Output Event_Speak.c OK
Output Event_Game.co OK
Output Event_Speak.c OK
Output GetKey.com OK
Output OyamaCall.com OK
Output OyamaSpeak.co OK
Output Change_Kabe.c OK
Output Change_Water. OK
Output Change_Mayoi. OK
Output StuffRoll.com OK
Output Demo_GetPictu OK
Output Demo_Lion1_1. OK
Output Demo_Lion1_2. OK
Output Demo_Lion2.co OK
Output Demo_Sakasa.c OK
Output Demo_TeleChec OK
Output Demo_TeleOpen OK
Output Telesa.com OK
Output TelesaSpeak.c OK
Output TelesaSpeak2. OK
Output Light.com OK
Output Light.com OK
Output KuppaDemo01.c OK
Output KuppaDemo02.c OK
Output KuppaBattle.c OK
Output KuppaDemo03.c OK
Output Ochi01.com OK
Output Ochi02.com OK
Output Ochi03.com OK
Output HeyHoo.com OK
Output Demo_Star.com OK
Can't open - for writing. Probably hit the end of the file
>barcdump pikmin.dol
BARC----
Output pikise.jam OK
Output sysevent.jam OK
Output dummy OK
Output dummy OK
Output tutorial.jam OK
Output play3.jam OK
Output d_end2.jam OK
Output jungle.jam OK
Output dummy OK
Output yaku.jam OK
Output cave.jam OK
Output boss2.jam OK
Output map.jam OK
Output demobgm.jam OK
Output dummy OK
Output dummy OK
Output boss3.jam OK
Output flow.jam OK
Output select.jam OK
Output char.jam OK
Output cresult.jam OK
Output fresult.jam OK
Can't open - for writing. Probably hit the end of the file
>barcdump msound.aaf
BARC----
Output se.scom OK
Output k_dolpic.com OK
Output k_bianco.com OK
Output k_manma.com OK
Output t_pinnapaco_s OK
Output t_pinnapaco.c OK
Output t_mare_sea.co OK
Output t_montevillag OK
Output t_shilena.com OK
Output k_rico.com OK
Output k_clear.com OK
Output t_chuboss.com OK
Output k_miss.com OK
Output t_boss.com OK
Output t_select.com OK
Output t_bosspakkun_ OK
Output k_title.com OK
Output t_chuboss2.co OK
Output k_ex.com OK
Output t_delfino.com OK
Output t_marevillage OK
Output t_corona.com OK
Output k_kagemario.c OK
Output k_camera.com OK
Output t_montevillag OK
Output t_mechakuppa_ OK
Output k_airport.com OK
Output k_chika.com OK
Output k_titleback.c OK
Output t_montevillag OK
Output t_delfino_kaj OK
Output t_event.com OK
Output t_timelimit.c OK
Output t_extra_skyan OK
Output t_montevillag OK
Output t_pinnapaco_m OK
Output k_select.com OK
Output t_casino_fanf OK
Output t_race_fanfar OK
Output k_camerakage. OK
Output k_gameover.co OK
Output t_boss_hanach OK
Output t_boss_geso_i OK
Output t_chuboss_man OK
Output t_montevillag OK
Output t_shine_appea OK
Output k_kuppa.com OK
Output t_monteman_ra OK
Can't open - for writing. Probably hit the end of the file
The good news is that the audio library just seems to use sequence IDs as opposed to file names so easy memory pokes can be done to make an easy gamerip.
0x80018CC8 = nop
This skips a check and writes sound code 2. I can't test it yet, though, because every GCM streaming program I've tried won't work and I'm not willing to waste DVDs.
But I will, to test this patch.
...and it froze up.
edited 8:05 PM EST February 14, 2008
Maybe we can finally get a full pikmin, luigi's mansion and super mario sunshine rip with all the songs and no sound effects like the line over rips on galbadia hotel.
I hope donkey kong jungle beat follows too.
{
8 # basic
1 # event
1 # otakara event
1 # kehai
1 # battle
2 # ground
# pikmin (moonspeak I can't translate)
{
0 0 0 0 # 0~3
0 0 0 1 # 4~7
0 0 0 0 # 8~11
0 0 0 0 # 12~15
}
# do mask - note on ID
{
0 0 0 1 #0~3
1 1 1 1 #4~7
}
}
The voices are almost completely drowned out, it sounds a bit static at times with the voices but it's the best possible.
Also, as was posted elsewhere, Link's Crossbow Training seems to be using a Wii variant of the same library. I'll check it out once I can find an ISO of it.
I'm also going to need to make signatures for IDA Pro so I can get stuff analyzed without needing to keep comparing crap. (I did at one point, but I lost them)
hmm... i wonder what i inherit?
@spyfoxguy: that's pretty cool, if someone else tried it I don't remember hearing about it
DO IT UF! DO IT! FIGURE IT OUT!
edited 6:23 AM EDT July 10, 2009
I suppose the other possibility is that someone else (not UF) decides to fiddle with this stuff, and figures it out. That might happen before a NGC xSF player is created, but I certainly wouldn't put my hopes on that. Mouser X over and out.
Yes, though, everyone annoy UF until he does all the work for us and gives us what we want.
...
Please?
I also recall that SSBB also has some sequenced jingles, like DK's Final Smash.
Anyway, I'm glad there are so many people interested in deciding on the name. Anyone interested in actually making the format?
edited 2:21 PM EDT July 17, 2009
I guess it would be beneficial if I started kicking around the iRC more often. Where is it again?
reminds me though. i gotta redownload full soundtracks for SMS and Wind Waker...
Luigi's Mansion
Super Mario Sunshine (large parts released on multiple CDs)
Pikmin (large parts released on CD)
Pikmin 2
Donkey Kong Jungle Beat