Game music question-

Xerxes · 19th June 2002, 03:38

I'm trying to extract the neat orchestral music from "Heros of Might and Magic 4" but am unable to. I assume its in a file called "music.h4r" which I tried to open in pkzip to no avail. Does anyone have a trick to doing this?

rm' · 19th June 2002, 03:40

There is this delightful program called GAP (Game Audio Player) which someone on the forums once pointed me to. It can play/convert all kinds of proprietary game audio formats. Unfortunately, I don't have a link, although I'm sure you can find it on Google.

Atmo · 19th June 2002, 03:48

This??

It sounds ok...I'm downloading it now.

rm' · 19th June 2002, 03:52

Yeah, that's the one :-)

Jon Deaux · 19th June 2002, 04:32

YOW!!!!Coolness!!!
ThankX RM'

rm' · 19th June 2002, 04:39

No problem

Now... if only I could remember who suggested it to me first...

Xerxes · 19th June 2002, 05:16

Didn't work

Sandman2012 · 19th June 2002, 05:21

IIRC Heroes 3 had all of it's music in .mp3 format on the install disc and in the Program File folder. Have you completely explored both of these. I don't have HOMM 4 so I don't know if it's different.

BTW, how is 4? I loved three but haven't finished either expansion.

rm' · 19th June 2002, 05:23

Quote:

Originally posted by Xerxes
Didn't work

You could always run Total Recorder in the background while playing the game. Of course, you will need major editing work after the job is done, but you will still end up with what you want

Xerxes · 19th June 2002, 06:05

Yes, it appears that the music is in an mp3 like format because i see reference to "mp3" in the other files. I've looked everywhere but couldn't find anything more promising than that music.h4r, my guess being that they are somehow compressed in there.

RM- where can I get total recorder?

rm' · 19th June 2002, 06:13

Try Powerarchiver to open the file... maybe it is compressed in another scheme, such as RAR or ACE. Powerarchiver supports virtually every compression scheme out there. Total Recorder can be found here.

Bilbo Baggins · 19th June 2002, 06:49

Our very own Peter has a similar program called WinRipper on his website that I found to be better than GAP.

Xerxes · 19th June 2002, 08:18

Damnation...

that power archive couldnt figure it out, BB's and RM's programs couldnt do it...

So after 2 hours of searching through mindless b-boards, i came upon a link to a RUSSIAN site that has a special tool just for extracting these very songs- apparantly their compression was a little tricky the way they did it.

http://www.heroes.ag*****stuff/music/

but now i'm happy

That russian site also has the mp3's on there individually- i HIGHLY suggest you download the "nature" and "chaos" themes... especcially if you like epic choral music (Bilbo...)

the "Might" theme is also excellent... it has the "infernal machine" sound down pat.

19th June 2002, 03:38	#1
Xerxes Capitalist Alumni Join Date: May 2000 Location: my 4 Houses on Park Place Posts: 8,688	Game music question- I'm trying to extract the neat orchestral music from "Heros of Might and Magic 4" but am unable to. I assume its in a file called "music.h4r" which I tried to open in pkzip to no avail. Does anyone have a trick to doing this?

19th June 2002, 03:48	#3
Atmo The Freak (Forum King) Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Australia Posts: 9,400	This?? It sounds ok...I'm downloading it now. :Psykotech:

19th June 2002, 04:32	#5
Jon Deaux Major Dude Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Ozark Mountains Posts: 850	YOW!!!!Coolness!!! ThankX RM' "Nothing really matters much to me"-Freddie Mercury

19th June 2002, 05:21	#8
Sandman2012 <3 foobar2k (Forum King) Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Phoenix, AZ Posts: 3,203	IIRC Heroes 3 had all of it's music in .mp3 format on the install disc and in the Program File folder. Have you completely explored both of these. I don't have HOMM 4 so I don't know if it's different. BTW, how is 4? I loved three but haven't finished either expansion. pabook.net

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19th June 2002, 03:40	#2
rm' Banned Join Date: Jul 2000 Posts: 11,361	There is this delightful program called GAP (Game Audio Player) which someone on the forums once pointed me to. It can play/convert all kinds of proprietary game audio formats. Unfortunately, I don't have a link, although I'm sure you can find it on Google.

19th June 2002, 03:52	#4
rm' Banned Join Date: Jul 2000 Posts: 11,361	Yeah, that's the one :-)

19th June 2002, 04:39	#6
rm' Banned Join Date: Jul 2000 Posts: 11,361	No problem Now... if only I could remember who suggested it to me first...

19th June 2002, 05:16	#7
Xerxes Capitalist Alumni Join Date: May 2000 Location: my 4 Houses on Park Place Posts: 8,688	Didn't work

19th June 2002, 06:05	#10
Xerxes Capitalist Alumni Join Date: May 2000 Location: my 4 Houses on Park Place Posts: 8,688	Yes, it appears that the music is in an mp3 like format because i see reference to "mp3" in the other files. I've looked everywhere but couldn't find anything more promising than that music.h4r, my guess being that they are somehow compressed in there. RM- where can I get total recorder?

19th June 2002, 06:13	#11
rm' Banned Join Date: Jul 2000 Posts: 11,361	Try Powerarchiver to open the file... maybe it is compressed in another scheme, such as RAR or ACE. Powerarchiver supports virtually every compression scheme out there. Total Recorder can be found here.

19th June 2002, 06:49	#12
Bilbo Baggins Wind Chime of the Apocalypse Join Date: May 2000 Location: The Forest Posts: 17,228	Our very own Peter has a similar program called WinRipper on his website that I found to be better than GAP.

19th June 2002, 08:18	#13
Xerxes Capitalist Alumni Join Date: May 2000 Location: my 4 Houses on Park Place Posts: 8,688	Damnation... that power archive couldnt figure it out, BB's and RM's programs couldnt do it... So after 2 hours of searching through mindless b-boards, i came upon a link to a RUSSIAN site that has a special tool just for extracting these very songs- apparantly their compression was a little tricky the way they did it. http://www.heroes.ag*****stuff/music/ but now i'm happy That russian site also has the mp3's on there individually- i HIGHLY suggest you download the "nature" and "chaos" themes... especcially if you like epic choral music (Bilbo...) the "Might" theme is also excellent... it has the "infernal machine" sound down pat.