F1 2011 DVD9 to 2xDVD5

[The-revenge]

Originally Posted by Onizuka87k

I found a way to do a 1xDVD5 conversion without spending too much time with bik resampling, just leave as they are!

Unfortunatelly my knowledges aren't too good to do a complete installer with Inno, i just can use bat script!

1) I encoded all .WIP sounds (\root-installation-folder\audio\dictionaries\<all-subfolders>) to .ogg with OggEnc and raw parameter.
Dictionaries folder before (with only original WIP files): ~2,94GB
Dictionaries folder after (with only encoded OGG files): ~198MB


2) Compressed with FreeArc all files and folders in the game's installation folder except "video" folder.

3) Final size of the .ARC file is ~2,73GB (uncompressed are ~6,7GB)

4) .ARC file and video folders (without any resemapling): ~4,06GB, and it's all you need!

With an E8400 (dual core) it took like ~15 minutes for the WIP-to-OGG, ~50 minutes for the arc.

For the extraction you can use OggDec (v1.0.1) for the OGG-to-WIP and it's very quick, about 1 minute.

For the language and installation folder you can use a reg file, just add to registry something like:

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Codemasters\F1 2011]
"PATH_APPLICATION"="<your-game's-installation-folder-path>"
"LANGUAGE"="1040"
"locale"="1040"

The 1040 in my case is italian language and you can see them by searching, on google, "Windows Locale Codes".

@peterf1999: What do you think man?

i have a question, the final size of sound file are very small rather than the original size; there are a significative loss of audio quality, for example audio effect of the car and the enviroment?