rmxp - ogg not looping properly - working with FL

[megatronx]

Hi,

As we know rmxp sux at looping mp3. I know about the gap thet FL (Fruity Loops) makes at the end of the song. I fought i switch correct settings on, to move the last sounds of the song ( the bit w/out block ), to the begining. However still after conversion to ogg some of the songs are not looping properly, and in some of thise songs a small buzz is hearable at the loop point. Any advice what can i do about it?

Thanks

 

[MCsephiroth13]

Covert it to an mp3, even if they suck at looping. I personally think mp3's loop perfectly in RMXP, better than what Windows Media Player can do. That's my suggestion.

 

[Velocir_X]

The ogg has to be loaded before playing - it cannot be streamed like an mp3
so this buzzing occurs due to the fact that your ogg is large and takes a while to load
there is no way to fix this (except by cutting yout music down to around 3 seconds)
If you want perfect looping your best bet is huge-ass .wav

 

[megatronx]

shite.

any suggestion what to do with mp3 then?

 

[Velocir_X]

Nope that really anything you can do, sadly it loops the way it loops :blush:

 

[clipnotdone]

In all honesty, Ive only been using RMXP for about two days now.
However I know my share about sound formats.

Id suggest using a .wav file.
OGG and MP3 are compressed files. In order for RM to use it, it has to decompress the data, then play the resulting raw data. When the song loops, it has to re-decompress the data and begin over.

That being said, both .wav and .aff are compressionless. and as a result should loop much more smoothly.

 

[megatronx]

In all honesty, Ive only been using RMXP for about two days now.
However I know my share about sound formats.

Id suggest using a .wav file.
OGG and MP3 are compressed files. In order for RM to use it, it has to decompress the data, then play the resulting raw data. When the song loops, it has to re-decompress the data and begin over.

That being said, both .wav and .aff are compressionless. and as a result should loop much more smoothly.

Hmm, ok, but waves are quite mb heavy like 1:10. does anyone use wav bgm in their games?

 

[clipnotdone]

Unfortunately thats the trade off.

At the moment Im using some MIDI filler songs of my own until I compose some larger songs.
I just checked looping with a .wav file, it loops perfectly.

The file size can be a pain. if you wrote the music, or have a little bit of skill with audio editing you can be clever about looping compressed files. Ive found the most effective way to hiding the decompression loop delay is to actually place a pause right before the loop is about to take place, to create the illusion that the short moment of silence is supposed to be there.
Unfortunatly this method only really works with heavy 4/4 based tunes.

 

[mawk]

here is a module for rmxp that will allow it support .ogg streaming and loop points.

 

[megatronx]

here is a module for rmxp that will allow it support .ogg streaming and loop points.

Looks like something worth to look at :> Thanks Mate

ps. Just quick qestion: will it make ogg or mp3 loop w/out the buzz?

 

[mawk]

I haven't used it personally, but it should at least allow .ogg to loop seamlessly, and it should allow you to use .ogg looping tags as well. the gap in .mp3 looping is I think a characteristic of the format itself (don't quote me on that,) but it sounds worth finding out.

 

[megatronx]

Oh fxmod can't be used for free in commercial game ;<

 

[mawk]

;3

 

[Etheor]

That link no longer works, could someone mirror it?

 

[seven]

That link no longer works, could someone mirror it?

:x
You realize that only links to another page on the site, right? It works fine as is.

 

[Mundane]

Why don't you put the file into an audio editor like Audacity and clip that little 3 second gap that FL puts at the end?