The SM2ITG Converter! Anyone interested?

Frosty555 · Trick Member Joined: 14 Jun 2003

Hi all,

I wrote a tool that does ALL of the conversion necessary to make a stepmania simfile R21-ready. It does quite a lot of stuff all automatically.

This is what the tool does all automatically:

1) Converts the MP3 to an OGG file
2) Compresses the OGG the appropriate amount to make it just under 5 megs. Long songs get compressed more. Short songs get better quality!
3) If necessary, it makes the OGG file MONO instead of STEREO. This cuts half the size off the OGG file with a minimal hit to the quality. At the arcade you don't notice that it's the same stuff coming out of both speakers

. This happens when the song exceeds about 3 minutes in length. It REALLY beats lowering the quality all the way the heck down.

4) Normalizes the OGG's volume to 100%, intelligently avoiding anomolous "spikes" in the song. <-- so you don't go to the arcade and find your song is too quiet!

3) Applies the OGG Length Patch to the OGG file
4) Replaces ".MP3" with ".OGG" in the SM file
5) Copies only the necessary files (the .SM and the .OGG) to a new "ITGREADY" folder. So your original simfile is left intact and untouched

It can be executed right from the explorer right-click menu, simply by right clicking on a folder and picking "Make Simfile ITG Ready".

Or you can use the little gui I made.

Or you can run it raw from the command line.

The only caveat is you must install it in C:\SM2ITG. Nowhere else will work because the various BATCH files require that all the tools are in that folder.

So... is anyone interested in this? I'll post a link:

http://www.kleincs.com/files/sm2itg.zip

This is the first version. I expect there may be bugs. But I've tested it thoroughly on my own system and everything seems to be working fine.
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shurf · Trick Member Joined: 18 Feb 2006 Location: NJ

Good work with this! This'll come in very handy. I'll try it out soon.

Frosty555 · Trick Member Joined: 14 Jun 2003

I am keeping proper revision notes on RGCANADA.COM.

But version 1.1 is out with some bug fixes and new features!

I'm not gonna copy myself on every forum so go here to see the revisions:
http://rgcanada.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=78&t=7185&p=200542

You can redownload the file from the same place, the same link.

NIQ9 · Trick Member Joined: 21 Jun 2006 Location: Michigan

sounds nifty, but I think I'll keep converting the old fashioned way (so I can customize better, I don't want every file just under 5 megs)

I wouldn't really use it much anyway (local machine has no slots)

I might DL it later just to try it
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bobddr · Trick Member Joined: 04 Sep 2005

I don't play R21 files, but I would LOVE to see you expand your program to convert to ITGPS2 standards (OGG, no rolls, low res pictures, etc). I've seen the idea of an all in one converter kicked out on Boxorroxors and would love to see that happen.

Cool looking program either way.

B1uEM4oM4o · Trick Member Joined: 23 Jan 2008

Great idea. I'll d/load and try it when we got to itg (two weeks from now). I'm sure a lot of people will find is useful.

Frosty555 · Trick Member Joined: 14 Jun 2003

Revision 1.2 is here!
New features:
- Removes all references of graphics from the SM file
- Changes the offset of the SM file based on a number in C:\SM2ITG\offsetsmfile.txt. By default it is 0.044. This helps the issue where converting from MP3 to OGG ended up with an offsync simfile. You can change this number however you like to match your personal experience.
- Added new explorer menu item to open the GUI
- Both of those options can be turned off via the GUI if you want, or via a command line parameter.
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linkmaster_6 · Trick Member Joined: 21 Apr 2006

This is pretty nice im trying it on a song that i patched alrday but dident work

i will tell yea how it turns out

myst_trainer

Thank you very much for creating this program. This is a definite for any ITG2 arcade player to have. (^^)v
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Valex · Trick Member Joined: 13 Jul 2006 Location: Lindenhurst, NY

Frosty555 · Trick Member Joined: 14 Jun 2003

Frosty555 · Trick Member Joined: 14 Jun 2003

Revision 1.3 is here!!

There are MAJOR bug fixes in this revision:

- The converted stepmania file was being truncated, and so 10-100 steps were getting chopped off the last stepchart in the simfile
- Fixed the problem where some ogg files failed to normalize properly due to a pcmwav_read() error
- A couple other minor bug fixes and changes, some cosmetic fixes to the script files

You can redownload it from the link at the top of the thread.
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Valex · Trick Member Joined: 13 Jul 2006 Location: Lindenhurst, NY

ICNH · Trick Member Joined: 06 Sep 2004 Location: Mahwah, NJ

And no rolls. It's based off 3.9.
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