gramophone and game crash

Mid · 07-30-08, 07:00 PM

hi,

my question, when i put some own ogg. songs in the gramophone, the game crash in few seconds. i play the gwx v2.1 mod. there are standard sounds in it, but how can i use own sounds without crashes?

thanks for answers

Mid

Reece · 07-30-08, 09:13 PM

Hi, see this thread:
http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?t=140036

urfisch · 07-31-08, 08:05 AM

problem is the game uses mono soundfiles. if you drop one with stereo output the game crashes, when trying to play it.

as far as i know samplingrate is not limited.

07-31-08, 08:36 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by urfisch

problem is the game uses mono soundfiles. if you drop one with stereo output the game crashes, when trying to play it.

as far as i know samplingrate is not limited.

Hi, urfisch

I'm using Jimbuna's Gramaphone assortment with lots of .ogg files. Just had a check on winamp a few tracks and they are in stereo. I'm not having any problems in game with them anyway

Sailor Steve · 07-31-08, 10:02 AM

I don't think that's the problem either. OGG files in the Speech folder have to be in mono, but I don't think it's true for the gramaphone. They work better than MP3s, which tend to skip, and are a lot smaller than .wav files, but all of those will work most of the time.

I convert mine to mono just because they didn't have stereo speakers back then. Now if I can just make them all sound tinny and crackly...

Von Manteuffel · 08-01-08, 05:27 AM

I agree with Sailor Steve - The gramophone can and does handle stereo music files. I convert mine to mono for the same reason he does.

Steve, if you want to make them crackly and more "authentic sounding" the only way I've found is to use Audacity on a track-by-track basis and change its EQ profile. Often a fairly straight line cutting bass and boosting treble can give an acceptable result. A quicker alternative is to use a sound-editor to mix a "hiss/crackle track" under each audio track. I've been known to use both.

It depends on the music you're using. If it's modern and recorded beautifully, there's more work involved in "antiquing" it than with tracks taken from older recordings which often, though cleaned-up, are still half-way there.

Sailor Steve · 08-01-08, 06:04 AM

Thanks, Von. I'll give that a go later. Unfortunately that's an awful lot of tracks to be dealing with one at a time. But, if I do it once and like the result, that's always an incentive.

Wolf359 · 08-01-08, 06:19 AM

Hi Mate,
In SH3 GWX 2.0 I prefer to use my own .mp3 music in "gramophone" and I never have problems with .mp3 music in SH3.

07-30-08, 07:00 PM	#1
Mid Watch Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Germany Posts: 24 Downloads: 268 Uploads: 0	gramophone and game crash hi, my question, when i put some own ogg. songs in the gramophone, the game crash in few seconds. i play the gwx v2.1 mod. there are standard sounds in it, but how can i use own sounds without crashes? thanks for answers Mid

07-30-08, 09:13 PM	#2
Reece CINC Pacific Fleet Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Down Under Posts: 34,701 Downloads: 171 Uploads: 0	Hi, see this thread: http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?t=140036 __________________ *Sub captains go down with their ship!*

07-31-08, 08:05 AM	#3
urfisch Sea Lord Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Deep down in Germany Posts: 1,969 Downloads: 42 Uploads: 0	problem is the game uses mono soundfiles. if you drop one with stereo output the game crashes, when trying to play it. as far as i know samplingrate is not limited. __________________

07-31-08, 10:02 AM	#5
Sailor Steve Eternal Patrol Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: High in the mountains of Utah Posts: 50,369 Downloads: 745 Uploads: 249	I don't think that's the problem either. OGG files in the Speech folder have to be in mono, but I don't think it's true for the gramaphone. They work better than MP3s, which tend to skip, and are a lot smaller than .wav files, but all of those will work most of the time. I convert mine to mono just because they didn't have stereo speakers back then. Now if I can just make them all sound tinny and crackly... __________________ “Never do anything you can't take back.” —Rocky Russo

08-01-08, 06:04 AM	#7
Sailor Steve Eternal Patrol Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: High in the mountains of Utah Posts: 50,369 Downloads: 745 Uploads: 249	Thanks, Von. I'll give that a go later. Unfortunately that's an awful lot of tracks to be dealing with one at a time. But, if I do it once and like the result, that's always an incentive. __________________ “Never do anything you can't take back.” —Rocky Russo

08-01-08, 05:27 AM	#6
Von Manteuffel Commander Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: UK Posts: 473 Downloads: 411 Uploads: 0	I agree with Sailor Steve - The gramophone can and does handle stereo music files. I convert mine to mono for the same reason he does. Steve, if you want to make them crackly and more "authentic sounding" the only way I've found is to use Audacity on a track-by-track basis and change its EQ profile. Often a fairly straight line cutting bass and boosting treble can give an acceptable result. A quicker alternative is to use a sound-editor to mix a "hiss/crackle track" under each audio track. I've been known to use both. It depends on the music you're using. If it's modern and recorded beautifully, there's more work involved in "antiquing" it than with tracks taken from older recordings which often, though cleaned-up, are still half-way there.

08-01-08, 06:19 AM	#8
Wolf359 Navy Dude Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Croatia Posts: 171 Downloads: 3 Uploads: 0	Hi Mate, In SH3 GWX 2.0 I prefer to use my own .mp3 music in "gramophone" and I never have problems with .mp3 music in SH3. __________________ Imperial Germany Mod WEBSITE: http://igm.elementfx.com/index.html DOWNLOAD: http://igm.elementfx.com/igm_download_links.htm GWX Expansion mod link: http://thegreywolves.com/