extracting sound files from PC games

[invictus32]

is there a utility out there that allows you to extract the sound (not music) files from a PC game. some games have a sound utility or a program (i.e. Starcraft) which allows just such a thing, but I'm hoping, with all the audio software and programs out there, there's GOTTA be one which works for most or all PC games. Any help?[SIZE=3]is there a utility out there that allows you to extract the sound (not music) files from a PC game. some games have a sound utility or a program (i.e. Starcraft) which allows just such a thing, but I'm hoping, with all the audio software and programs out there, there's GOTTA be one which works for most or all PC games. Any help? :fire

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Well.. it really depends on the game, sound formats, compression used, etc.

You can just open files as RAW files in a lot of sound/sample editors. Problem is, you have to try different formats for the data:

-128 - signing on bits with 8-bit samples
-32768 signing on bits with 16-bit samples
stereo or mono samples??

and you've also gotta remember that the developers of games will often use compression tools that are either in-house or not that well known. (Unlike quake's "pk3" files a.k.a - "ZIP" files!!)

If you want to rip stuff from the majority of games you'll need to find data unpackers and all sorts. For some you'll get away with just finding the right file, reading it as raw and getting the data format correct. Some games, hell.. just grab the WAV files ;)

But the all-round answer is... it's not that easy with all games and often requires some games-ripping experience.

Another option (and probably a bit easier) is to try and find a sample ripper that will let you play memory-ranges as if they were samples, and extract them that way. - but i can't find many apps to do that.

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you can use this one fore starcraft i have personally used it and it can extract sound files.

how to use:

1: extract files to the starcraft folder where the file called storm.dll is found

2: double click on MPQ Viewer

3: click on open archive

4: then find file star dat.mpq

then you can find the files you want then extract them