H4 Extractor-Builder Problems

[Willow]

Hi everyone,

I've recently tried to use the H4 Extractor-Builder to edit the music.h4r file. I wanted to replace some music tracks, but it didn't seem to work. I followed the steps carefully, made sure all the music files were in mp3 format and correctly named... but when I finished building the h4r file and loaded the game, the tracks I had replaced just wouldn't play. The other tracks that I didn't replace were fine though.

Does anyone have any idea why this might be, or have an alternative solution to replacing music tracks in the game?

Thanx in advance,

Willow

[Pol]

I would first look in your mp3 format. It should be:

128kbit, 44100Hz, Joint Stereo, MPEG-1 layer 3 (the last usuall is, but avoid vbr also lame codec is pure classic)

That should help

[Willow]

Ah thank you, I'll try that and see if it works. The rest was correct, but I think the codec might have been different

[Willow]

Hey Pol,

I followed your suggestions, but the sound editors I use don't seem to have the Pure Classic codec (I use SoundForge and CoolEditPro2). I've tried everything else I can think of... any other suggestions?

[HellSpawn]

There is a free encoder that I've used for modifying the HoMM4 music which has the Lame codec...You can find it here: http://sourceforge.net/projects/cdexos/

I've ran into some problems while trying to create a successful edit...
1. It's best if the track has the exact same time, a few milliseconds over is no problem.

2. I had to use my Hex Editor to make my tracks work right....

If you need to know how to use the Hex Editor, just post a reply....

Later

[Willow]

Hi,

Thanx for the link, I'll try that out. Some help for hex editing would also be great Do you know of any freeware hex editors I can download?

[Pol]

Lame codec. and audio editor Audacity
Hexeditors are free, well, some of them.... (Like this one for example)

How put lame into audacity ?

Maybe EAC can be somehow helpful too.

~Sorry, I didn't noticed your question before it doesn't pop out in "Post since last visit" for me. Ups.