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| Red Faction : [RED] Editing : Custom WAV. files not working for others |
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| Spikey2005 |
  Posted 12th Aug 2005 11:32am |  |
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| Quoting NoClanFrank | Dude don't take this the wrong way, but what the hell are you on... 
All you had to do is read my previous post Post 1322 / 1330 above and you would have the answer you are seeking. Also when using dB Power Amp Music Converter to convert Mp3s to .wav try using a 8 bit(mono) setting and the music files will be much smaller and still sound good in RED FACTION! |
No, thats wrong, I use Golden Wave. converting to 8 bit (mono) pulls the sound quality away. Therefore there is a way to make Wav files the same size as MP3 files with GOOD QUALITY, just like I posted on my last post 33/35 if you READ it properly.  |
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NoClanFrank  |
Posted 12th Aug 2005 8:48pm | |
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| Quoting Spikey2005 | | No, thats wrong, I use Golden Wave. converting to 8 bit (mono) pulls the sound quality away. Therefore there is a way to make Wav files the same size as MP3 files with GOOD QUALITY, just like I posted on my last post 33/35 if you READ it properly. |
In that case use a different setting. Like 11 bit. In the long wrong it doesn't matter since I would probably change the music to my liking and I still prefer to use the program I mentioned above over gold weave.
To shorten/fade songs I now use a wave editor that comes with nero-burner.  |
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| Spikey2005 |
Posted 14th Aug 2005 11:28pm | |
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You can do all that in Golden Wave << should spell it correctly .
Changing it to 11bit still cuts quality and i tried it the other day with 11bit. A mp3 file that is 3mins 47secs at 320k quality converted to a wav with 11bit as u stated goes to 10.6mb's.
Now, i tried this aswell for a test. I got the same mp3 file i used to do ur test at 11bit. this file was 4365kb's thats rougly 4.2mb's. I renamed the file and instead of .mp3 on the end, i typed .wav instead. the computer promted me about changing the format... I stuck the file into a VPP file and a map that uses the song.
HEY Presto! it works!
There you go, thats one way to convert a file to wav, without the trouble.
BUT, theres a slight catch to this proceedure.
Doing this to some mp3 files doesn't work for some strange reason.
I do not know why this happens, but it seems that Red Faction will only accept SOME sound files converted in this way. |
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| ExoStatic |
Posted 15th Aug 2005 12:02am |
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It's surpising that nobody has posted this yet.
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How to get small .WAV files in Red Faction and have a high quality sound!
Program used : dBpowerAMP Music Converter
Download that program, and set it up. When you have it installed, run it. Duh.
You should have a box come up telling you to browse for and specify which files you would like to convert which looks like this :
Click on the song(s) you would like to convert, (use CTRL+LeftClick to choose multiple files) in my case, I will convert "01 you Held The World In Your Arms Tonight". This is a 192KBit song and comes in at a medium sized 4.62MB.
Click Open.
Next, you should have a screen which looks like this :
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If you are not on something like this, with the codec options near the top, then click the drop down box at the top, and select Wave.
As you can see, I have the setting "Compressed" Selected. This is what you want.
The next step is to change the format/codec of the file. To do this, we click "Change Format".
The settings which I find work best are these :
You can edit the settings, but it's ideal you stick to the ones that I chose as these give a pretty nice size. When you are done, click OK.
Next you must choose a folder to save the converted file to... I am going to choose "Same Folder as Original". This means that the .WAV will appear in my "My Music" folder. You can specify your own folder if you like . When you have done this, ignore the bottom few settings, and click "Convert >>". Watch the progress bar 
Dum de dum...
And the results ARE IN!!
As you can see, the filesize is roughly 1/2'ed, and there is only a little quality loss which shouldn't be noticed when you're running around in an RF map getting your hoser butt fragged off
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Jesus, I hope nobody else has posted while I've been making this.. took my approx. 20-30 minutes |
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Modified Aug 15th, 12:12am by ExoStatic |
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| Spikey2005 |
Posted 15th Aug 2005 11:20am | |
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your 20-30 mins paid off... That looks good. Id knew there be something like this to look at. I tried to get a hold of Sephiroth on this matter but its as if hes vanished off the face of the world.
No matter, your information holds great deeds to me and ill defently be using this program. |
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| Assassin |
Posted 15th Aug 2005 3:43pm |
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Good job spikey! I may give that a stab someday if I ever make another map. |
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| ExoStatic |
Posted 15th Aug 2005 3:53pm |
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Ya mean good job on the tut? Cos I made that |
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| NoClanFrank |
Posted 15th Aug 2005 5:33pm | |
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Hey ExoStatic I moved your tutorial to this page:
[RED] Editing : Music in RED
I hope you don't mind. I gave you FULL CREDIT. |
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| ExoStatic |
Posted 15th Aug 2005 5:48pm |
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Of course I don't mind If it helps share the knowledge and helps people create better maps, then I'm happy. |
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| DVL_IAC |
Posted 15th Aug 2005 10:56pm | |
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i've posted some more info about Microsoft ADPCM format here. (my 3rd post on that page) |
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