possible to downsample music/sound in Jet Grind Radio?

hrb2k · #1 24-08-2003, 20:20

is it possible to downsample the music/sound/voices in jet grind radio. if so, what are some of the tools i might need.

i like to put more than one backup game on a cd and jgr is 570MB big. i want to downsample some files so that i can fit at least 2 games on one cd.

so is it possible to downsample the music and which files are they?

Drama! · #2 26-08-2003, 07:17

You can downsamble videos (.SFD) or sound files (.ADX / .AFS). Check for them.

hrb2k · #3 26-08-2003, 09:39

ok, i know about adx files now. i just have to convert them to wav files, downsample the wav, then convert it back to adx.

i don't know how to do it with afs files. i know that they are a bunch of adx files packed in one file and i found a tool to unpack the .afs file to reveal the adx files. i have to covert the adx like i said up above. but how do i repack the afs file? i need a tool for that, but where?

Drama! · #4 26-08-2003, 10:04

Just to the same as they were individual files. Then join the extracted ADX from the AFS using a tool called AFSLINK. Look for the Darkfalz´ tools page. There are very useful programs there to make things like you want.

hrb2k · #5 26-08-2003, 18:50

ok, i searched google for info and i found the tools,

adx2wav
wav2adx
afslnk

a program to loop the new adx files and a simple program to downsample the .wavs. i'm gonna have to test this out sometime during the week. i hope it all works.

Drama! · #6 27-08-2003, 07:17

Use ADXENCD instead of WAV2ADX. The last one has serious problems with sound quality. The first is the best and you also can loop them.

hrb2k · #7 27-08-2003, 07:50

ok, i'll have to get that app. thanks for the look out. i'm gonna test it all out today.

btw, have u ever downsampled music/sound before in a DC game? if so, which games and how long did it take for each game?

hrb2k · #8 27-08-2003, 20:12

alright. i downsampled all that i could and now i cut the size of the game from 600MB down to 330MB. yyyeeeahhhhh..!!!! i d/s the adx to 8000khz/mono. i've been testing it and its really low quality. it sounds like i went from a 100 watt stereo to a clock radio!!!! but there are still some sounds and music that are high quality. i guess they are in some of the bin files in a afs file. or maybe i missed a file or two. well, the internet function doesn't work. i'll have to patch those files.

anyway, now i can maybe put 2 more small games on this cd.

Drama! · #9 28-08-2003, 06:07

I´ve only downsampled audio / music usually to make the data fit on a single CD, no other reason.
Also por replacing music is fun. Crazy Taxi with your own music taste is really good.
I don´t think that downsampling on JSR is a good idea. The music is very important there.

hrb2k · #10 28-08-2003, 09:38

yeah, i might try changing music in crazy taxi 2 sometime.

and the music in jgr is pretty cool. i might re-encode the adx files to a higher khz. maybe 22khz/mono. it'll prolly up the size to 400-410MB?? at least i can fit 1 other game in there.