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Forum: Conversion Tutorials 23-05-2025, 12:16
Replies: 7
Views: 5,556
Posted By teusma
the larger size was because I wasn't using srep....

the larger size was because I wasn't using srep. my final repack size is 13.1GB.
Forum: Conversion Tutorials 17-05-2025, 19:26
Replies: 7
Views: 6,399
Posted By teusma
But as far as I know, lolz is also not compatible...

But as far as I know, lolz is also not compatible with Windows XP
Forum: Conversion Tutorials 16-05-2025, 20:26
Replies: 7
Views: 5,556
Posted By teusma
but how can that be? If when I compress (lzma2)...

but how can that be? If when I compress (lzma2) only the audio (.rpf) is almost 13gb?

Is it because I didn't use srep first?
I compressed the .rpf using 7-zip, just for testing...
Forum: Conversion Tutorials 16-05-2025, 19:56
Replies: 7
Views: 6,399
Posted By teusma
Try it and you will see that this saves space...

Try it and you will see that this saves space significantly. Of course, not in all cases. but with gta san andreas radios this works.
Forum: Conversion Tutorials 16-05-2025, 19:54
Replies: 7
Views: 6,399
Posted By teusma
To generate an exe compatible with WinXP I would...

To generate an exe compatible with WinXP I would have to change the compiler... tell me why don't you let WinXP rest in peace?

Adding the line "header=0" with this program in freearc will cause it...
Forum: Conversion Tutorials 16-05-2025, 03:56
Replies: 7
Views: 5,556
Posted By teusma
What's the explanation for his (seleZen) GTA 4...

What's the explanation for his (seleZen) GTA 4 Complete Edition repack being so small... could it be lolz that is different from the lolz that was published by profrager?
Forum: Conversion Tutorials 14-05-2025, 21:05
Replies: 7
Views: 5,556
Posted By teusma
what is "srep_new"?

I saw that repacker seleZen used this in his repack of GTA IV complete edition - which went from 32,283,105,702 to 13,842,608,305 bytes. The only thing different he's using is this "srep_new" - if I...
Forum: Conversion Tutorials 12-05-2025, 20:45
Replies: 7
Views: 6,399
Posted By teusma
Tool to decrypt GTA San Andreas radios/audio to then compress with Oggre.

the radio/audios (the one in the streams folder) in GTA San Andreas is encrypted so oggre cannot process/compress the .ogg audios - but with this tool (stream_tool) you will be able to.

so it will...
Forum: Conversion Tutorials 10-05-2025, 20:40
Replies: 15
Views: 11,989
Posted By teusma
On second thought... maybe you're right fitgirl,...

On second thought... maybe you're right fitgirl, because the other audios are in bad quality. it's as if it selected only the "07b_SarasTheme.wav" to not be compressed.

Are you using bzip3's...
Forum: Conversion Tutorials 10-05-2025, 11:41
Replies: 15
Views: 11,989
Posted By teusma
There is a big chance that this is not the case,...

There is a big chance that this is not the case, because when analyzing the acoustic spectrum (with the spek program) the audio extracted from A0.dta (the largest of them) called:...
Forum: Conversion Tutorials 10-05-2025, 11:19
Replies: 15
Views: 11,989
Posted By teusma
maybe, who knows... it would be strange, not to...

maybe, who knows... it would be strange, not to say bizarre, but the inflated size can also be explained by its own proprietary compression. since there is this same compression in the other files...
Forum: Conversion Tutorials 09-05-2025, 22:36
Replies: 15
Views: 11,989
Posted By teusma
The files that have ogg inside are AB.dta and not...

The files that have ogg inside are AB.dta and not AA.dta and yes, I tested this file and it doesn't influence anything whether it is compressed or extracted
Forum: Conversion Tutorials 08-05-2025, 21:16
Replies: 0
Views: 1,695
Posted By teusma
help with encrypted and compressed .dta file trom mafia 1

Could someone create a quickbms script or a tool that decrypts and decompresses and encrypts and compresses back the .dta files from Mafia 1. There are many compressible files within these .dta that...
Forum: Conversion Tutorials 08-05-2025, 20:20
Replies: 15
Views: 11,989
Posted By teusma
it will be? which is specific to this wav sound...

it will be? which is specific to this wav sound data from the game mafia or if you use this same encryption and compression in other PCM wav audios from others games and then compress it with a good...
Forum: Conversion Tutorials 08-05-2025, 19:50
Replies: 15
Views: 11,989
Posted By teusma
when doing more compression tests with A0.dta... ...

when doing more compression tests with A0.dta...
A0.dta >>> 7z(lzma2) 343 MB
A0.dta >>> lolz_tt16 335 MB
A0.dta >>> razor 334 MB
A0.dta >>> bzip3 324 MB

in the extracted files
A0.dta(sounds)...
Forum: Conversion Tutorials 08-05-2025, 18:34
Replies: 15
Views: 11,989
Posted By teusma
The tests I did were applying srep first, on the...

The tests I did were applying srep first, on the files (from the sounds folder) extracted from A0.dta - 7z seems to "not like this" and then it ends up with an even "crazier" ratio of 70% vs 45% when...
Forum: Conversion Tutorials 08-05-2025, 17:02
Replies: 10
Views: 4,011
Posted By teusma
forget it, I managed to create myself (with the...

forget it, I managed to create myself (with the help of AI) a tool(with only 29kb) that can be used like this: -mpak+oggre+srep+msc+lolz reaching all types
of files inside the data.pak already...
Forum: Conversion Tutorials 08-05-2025, 16:31
Replies: 15
Views: 11,989
Posted By teusma
I tried with the A1.dta that contains other types...

I tried with the A1.dta that contains other types of data, which are not wav pcm) and it didn't work, the file got bigger when compressed with the "unknown proprietary compression" - I mean if you...
Forum: Conversion Tutorials 08-05-2025, 16:04
Replies: 15
Views: 11,989
Posted By teusma
Weird DTA compressed file in Mafia

In Mafia there is a file called "A0.dta" with 9,439 files - all of them in wav (PCM) format, this file is compressed and encrypted... but what's interesting about that? I'll explain as best I can, I...
Forum: Conversion Tutorials 24-04-2025, 19:26
Replies: 10
Views: 4,011
Posted By teusma
Couldn't you (if it's not too much to ask)...

Couldn't you (if it's not too much to ask) simply produce a tool that looks like this pak_enc_dec that can be put in a chain like this: -mpak_enc_dec+oggre+srep+msc+lolz.

To be honest, your...
Forum: Conversion Tutorials 24-04-2025, 02:37
Replies: 10
Views: 4,011
Posted By teusma
It took me a while but I understood haha, thanks....

It took me a while but I understood haha, thanks. the only downside is that the quickbms executable is 19.3 MB and compressed 3.79 MB, this will overshadow almost all the gain I will have by...
Forum: Conversion Tutorials 24-04-2025, 00:52
Replies: 10
Views: 4,011
Posted By teusma
Are you saying that the data.pak is empty after...

Are you saying that the data.pak is empty after executing "01_unpack.bat" because if so... I'm running it and it's still not getting empty...
Forum: Conversion Tutorials 23-04-2025, 19:26
Replies: 10
Views: 4,011
Posted By teusma
this doesn't help, because I will have to keep...

this doesn't help, because I will have to keep the data.pak plus the extracted files.
Forum: Conversion Tutorials 23-04-2025, 02:12
Replies: 24
Views: 18,117
Posted By teusma
injector make is a good program for sure! haha...

injector make is a good program for sure! haha you rock my brother. If you could remove the limitation on the size of the file that can be loaded into memory that would be even better, when you have...
Forum: Conversion Tutorials 23-04-2025, 01:59
Replies: 8
Views: 8,926
Posted By teusma
If you want to extract through the CLI, just...

If you want to extract through the CLI, just click on unarc.exe and go to properties and select the option run as administrator. This will make it extract normally.
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