Need Help w/Song Randomizer

letterboy1 · 10-04-07, 10:58 AM

Well, I've researched all of the gramophone related threads here and can find no definitive list of attributes that a file has to have in order to work with SH4. Apparently .ogg, .mp3, and .wav will work. The only things left are the more detailed prperties like the bit resolution, the sample rate, and the bit rate.

Wav files ripped directly from CDs should have a 16 bit resolution, sample rate of 44.1 KHz (often simply listed as 44), and a bit rate around 1411.

Mp3 files should have a resolution of 16 bit, a sample rate of 44.1 KHz (also listed as just 44), and a bit rate of at least 128kbps . . . that's to be on the safe side; lower bit rates may work but I can't say for sure.

Also, here is a link for a huge download of radio mods. You can just use the music files from that mod and stick them in your gramophone folder if you'd rather not mess with the radio part. At least these files are already formatted to work with SH4. With some searching you will find more links to WW2 era music that users here have made available.

http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/show...ght=gramophone

Here is a thread that discusses the file format and properties of music for the gramophone. There is even a link in there to a freeware sound editor that you might want to experiment with in order to change the properties of your non-playing files.

http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/show...ght=gramophone

Spadefish · 10-04-07, 09:00 PM

Letterboy, thanks for all the hard work, I really appreciate it. I'm going to download from the link you sent and see what the results are. Thanks again for all the great help!

fred8615 · 10-05-07, 08:34 AM

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Originally Posted by letterboy1

Also, here is a link for a huge download of radio mods. You can just use the music files from that mod and stick them in your gramophone folder if you'd rather not mess with the radio part. At least these files are already formatted to work with SH4. With some searching you will find more links to WW2 era music that users here have made available.

http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/show...ght=gramophone

Just FTR, the music files are a seperate download from the radio mods.

letterboy1 · 10-05-07, 12:00 PM

Thanks Fred, so the AFRS is only a collection of actual shows aired at certain times.

Sorry Spadefish, the actual music is at the link Fred just posted . . . and there's quite a bit of it. Getting it now!

Spadefish · 10-05-07, 12:27 PM

Thanks guys. Pulling them now.

10-04-07, 10:58 AM	#1
letterboy1 Captain Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Columbus, GA, USA Posts: 525 Downloads: 89 Uploads: 0	Well, I've researched all of the gramophone related threads here and can find no definitive list of attributes that a file has to have in order to work with SH4. Apparently .ogg, .mp3, and .wav will work. The only things left are the more detailed prperties like the bit resolution, the sample rate, and the bit rate. Wav files ripped directly from CDs should have a 16 bit resolution, sample rate of 44.1 KHz (often simply listed as 44), and a bit rate around 1411. Mp3 files should have a resolution of 16 bit, a sample rate of 44.1 KHz (also listed as just 44), and a bit rate of at least 128kbps . . . that's to be on the safe side; lower bit rates may work but I can't say for sure. Also, here is a link for a huge download of radio mods. You can just use the music files from that mod and stick them in your gramophone folder if you'd rather not mess with the radio part. At least these files are already formatted to work with SH4. With some searching you will find more links to WW2 era music that users here have made available. http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/show...ght=gramophone Here is a thread that discusses the file format and properties of music for the gramophone. There is even a link in there to a freeware sound editor that you might want to experiment with in order to change the properties of your non-playing files. http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/show...ght=gramophone __________________ Asus P8 Z68 Deluxe MoBo Intel Core i7 @ 4.4 GHz 16 GB RAM EVGA GTX Titan Black 1.5 T-byte HDD Antec 1 KW True Power Quattro PS

10-05-07, 12:00 PM	#4
letterboy1 Captain Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Columbus, GA, USA Posts: 525 Downloads: 89 Uploads: 0	Thanks Fred, so the AFRS is only a collection of actual shows aired at certain times. Sorry Spadefish, the actual music is at the link Fred just posted . . . and there's quite a bit of it. Getting it now! __________________ Asus P8 Z68 Deluxe MoBo Intel Core i7 @ 4.4 GHz 16 GB RAM EVGA GTX Titan Black 1.5 T-byte HDD Antec 1 KW True Power Quattro PS

10-04-07, 09:00 PM	#2
Spadefish Mate Join Date: Jul 2005 Posts: 52 Downloads: 27 Uploads: 0	Letterboy, thanks for all the hard work, I really appreciate it. I'm going to download from the link you sent and see what the results are. Thanks again for all the great help!

10-05-07, 12:27 PM	#5
Spadefish Mate Join Date: Jul 2005 Posts: 52 Downloads: 27 Uploads: 0	Thanks guys. Pulling them now.