Help with ogg-sound files,please!!!

AS · 10-30-06, 10:28 AM

Hi Mates, I´m doing a l ot of modding my SH3 sound files but I´ve got severe problems with the voice files (.ogg-files): using one or two modded files MAY work fine, others cause immediate CTD. I know it must have to do with the encoder used. I tried both a direct .ogg-export from an ordinary "Sound-Studio"-software and I tried to convert from wav into ogg with WinVorbis-Converter. I´ve got a brandnew UltraSound 3D PCI Soundcard from ultron and the latest drivers. Can anyone help? Cheers, AS

lafeeverted · 10-30-06, 11:19 AM

If you think it is your converter, try a search of the forus for ogg. That should bring up a thread with a link to a free converter, dbPowerAmp I believe. Make sure your converted files match the same specs as the game files mHz and mono/stereo. Very long files ( +30 secs) also seem to cause some looping problems. Hope this helps.

Sailor Steve · 10-30-06, 11:29 AM

Make sure they're mono; SHIII speech hates stereo .ogg files.

Tikigod · 10-30-06, 12:06 PM

what about music .ogg files for the grammaphone? stereo or mono? I kinda like having stereo in 1940....I hear its going to be the wave of the future....

Sailor Steve · 10-30-06, 12:18 PM

People say .ogg files are best for the gramaphone. I convert them to .wav myself, and I change them to mono. I'm not sure about mono for the gramaphone files, but I figure why take the chance. As to "wave of the future", I've actually experimented with sound filters to make them sound more "tinny". Nothing I like yet, though.

AS · 10-30-06, 01:17 PM

Hi Sailor Steve, you are "my man" since I love your sound files. Now you seem to know about how to use ogg files without causing crashes. Which software do you use? I also don´t know about the Bitrate setting- one of my encoders asks me if I´d like "variable bitrate" or "constant bitrate"...

Another interesting thing is the possible length of wave files in SH3: I made a really good ambient-interior sound file which is about 5 minutes or so. It plays well, but once it´s finished it does NOT restart. On the other hand, if I cut it to about 1:30 min. it loops fine... SH3 surely has its limitations when it comes to sounds, eh?

Cheers, AS

10-30-06, 10:28 AM	#1
AS 中国水兵 Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Germany Posts: 275 Downloads: 135 Uploads: 0	Help with ogg-sound files,please!!! Hi Mates, I´m doing a l ot of modding my SH3 sound files but I´ve got severe problems with the voice files (.ogg-files): using one or two modded files MAY work fine, others cause immediate CTD. I know it must have to do with the encoder used. I tried both a direct .ogg-export from an ordinary "Sound-Studio"-software and I tried to convert from wav into ogg with WinVorbis-Converter. I´ve got a brandnew UltraSound 3D PCI Soundcard from ultron and the latest drivers. Can anyone help? Cheers, AS __________________ Whenever people agree with me I always feel I must be wrong. (Oscar Wilde)

10-30-06, 11:29 AM	#3
Sailor Steve Eternal Patrol Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: High in the mountains of Utah Posts: 50,369 Downloads: 745 Uploads: 249	Make sure they're mono; SHIII speech hates stereo .ogg files. __________________ “Never do anything you can't take back.” —Rocky Russo

10-30-06, 12:06 PM	#4
Tikigod Grey Wolf Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: United States Posts: 777 Downloads: 28 Uploads: 0	what about music .ogg files for the grammaphone? stereo or mono? I kinda like having stereo in 1940....I hear its going to be the wave of the future.... __________________ My Current Mod Contributions for SHIII

10-30-06, 12:18 PM	#5
Sailor Steve Eternal Patrol Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: High in the mountains of Utah Posts: 50,369 Downloads: 745 Uploads: 249	People say .ogg files are best for the gramaphone. I convert them to .wav myself, and I change them to mono. I'm not sure about mono for the gramaphone files, but I figure why take the chance. As to "wave of the future", I've actually experimented with sound filters to make them sound more "tinny". Nothing I like yet, though. __________________ “Never do anything you can't take back.” —Rocky Russo

10-30-06, 01:17 PM	#6
AS 中国水兵 Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Germany Posts: 275 Downloads: 135 Uploads: 0	Hi Sailor Steve, you are "my man" since I love your sound files. Now you seem to know about how to use ogg files without causing crashes. Which software do you use? I also don´t know about the Bitrate setting- one of my encoders asks me if I´d like "variable bitrate" or "constant bitrate"... Another interesting thing is the possible length of wave files in SH3: I made a really good ambient-interior sound file which is about 5 minutes or so. It plays well, but once it´s finished it does NOT restart. On the other hand, if I cut it to about 1:30 min. it loops fine... SH3 surely has its limitations when it comes to sounds, eh? Cheers, AS __________________ Whenever people agree with me I always feel I must be wrong. (Oscar Wilde)

10-30-06, 11:19 AM	#2
lafeeverted Chief Join Date: Jan 2002 Posts: 329 Downloads: 13 Uploads: 0	If you think it is your converter, try a search of the forus for ogg. That should bring up a thread with a link to a free converter, dbPowerAmp I believe. Make sure your converted files match the same specs as the game files mHz and mono/stereo. Very long files ( +30 secs) also seem to cause some looping problems. Hope this helps.