Compressing .SOU?

Rakani Firedorn · Post by **Rakani Firedorn** » Mon Oct 31, 2005 2:24 pm

Just a quick one I hope.

Never bothered with compressing of LEC data files before now but decided I wanted to make a compilation dvd of all my games.

Using the compress monster sou util, either in mp3 or ogg doesnt work.
I'm assuming its because i dont have lame or ogg encoders, how do I set those up for use with the compression tool?

WNivek · Post by **WNivek** » Mon Oct 31, 2005 3:18 pm

If I remember correctly, you just need to copy the .EXEs to the same folder as the SOU compression tool.

... That, or make sure that the folder they reside in listed in the PATH environment variable.

Rakani Firedorn · Post by **Rakani Firedorn** » Mon Oct 31, 2005 4:06 pm

Where do you get the encoders from?

WNivek · Post by **WNivek** » Mon Oct 31, 2005 4:25 pm

Assuming you're a Windows user...

OggEnc2 (special optimised build)
http://homepage3.nifty.com/blacksword/o ... 050709.zip

Lame (from the first place I could actually find it)
http://www.trudyholler.com/extras/razor ... e-3.92.zip

Isaac_A_Steiner · Post by **Isaac_A_Steiner** » Mon Oct 31, 2005 4:52 pm

you can also try ScummVMQuickandEasy. It has a nice GUI for the compression tools. And you get the encoders aswell

Isaac

Rakani Firedorn · Post by **Rakani Firedorn** » Mon Oct 31, 2005 5:16 pm

Ta for both replies... I think i have quick n easy on here somewhere already.

Isaac_A_Steiner · Post by **Isaac_A_Steiner** » Mon Oct 31, 2005 8:24 pm

Be sure to get version 1.4.0 (or higher)

Isaac

Rakani Firedorn · Post by **Rakani Firedorn** » Tue Nov 01, 2005 12:05 am

Oh btw which format do you recommend to compress to?

WNivek · Post by **WNivek** » Tue Nov 01, 2005 8:00 am

Ogg Vorbis is better than MP3 in all respects.

Rakani Firedorn · Post by **Rakani Firedorn** » Tue Nov 01, 2005 8:58 am

So the compression to quality is pretty good? I guess its worth the extra time to do it that way then.

Speaking of audio compression, the SAGA compressor, does it work ok? I was thinking of doing it for ITE

Post by **eriktorbjorn** » Tue Nov 01, 2005 10:20 am

Rakani Firedorn wrote:Speaking of audio compression, the SAGA compressor, does it work ok? I was thinking of doing it for ITE

No, it doesn't.

Rakani Firedorn · Post by **Rakani Firedorn** » Wed Nov 02, 2005 3:00 pm

Is it ever going to?

or is it a wish that shall go unfulfilled?

Compressing .SOU?

Compressing .SOU?

Thankies