Game Music - What's being used?
May 27, 2003 11:14 PM
Just wondering what Music file formats are popular for games in these modern times? Is MIDI still used for anything, or is it all MP3 now?
Or what? You'll send the dogs? Or the bees? Or the dogs with bees and when they bark they shoot bees at you?
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May 28, 2003 02:23 AM
mp3, ogg etc. No one uses a single format. Every game has its needs.
[edited by - jaevin on May 28, 2003 3:24:04 AM]
[edited by - jaevin on May 28, 2003 3:24:04 AM]
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May 28, 2003 02:44 AM
I would imagine that mp3 is being less used now due to the new mp3 license. This is just speculative, but since most games I have seen lately doesn''t use mp3, I would imagine this to be a correct assumption.
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May 28, 2003 03:12 AM
Can you shed some light one that?
Ive beta tested quite a few games lately and they all used mp3 for music...
Ive beta tested quite a few games lately and they all used mp3 for music...
"... And what really sickens me? :-) well a company I contacted informed me that they had an audio developer.. they have bio on their website, he graduated in marketing and was the lead programmer, audio really is the side job."
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May 29, 2003 02:06 PM
Recently, a license fee has been imposed on using mp3, so people are switching to the .ogg format which is just as good at compressing, and in most cases retains the same quality as the mp3 version.
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May 29, 2003 08:30 PM
For PC games, mp3 and ogg.
Xbox and Game Cube both use Wavs, whilst PS2 requires *Vag encoding, all upto 48khz
Xbox and Game Cube both use Wavs, whilst PS2 requires *Vag encoding, all upto 48khz
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May 29, 2003 08:37 PM
mp3 and ogg for static sound tracks.
Direct Music or MIDI w/ DLS is popular for dynamic sound tracks.
Direct Music or MIDI w/ DLS is popular for dynamic sound tracks.
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