how do i get winamp to play .rgm files?

Veej007 · 28th March 2004, 07:27

these are sega genesis sound files. i have looked around zophar.net and can't seem to find anything that works. where can i get an input plugin that will let me play these in winamp?

MasterViVi · 28th March 2004, 11:43

If you can find a decoder anywhere on the internet, install it. Then at ;RGM in your DirectSound settings.

DJ Egg · 28th March 2004, 18:22

RGM & RSN are compressed GYM and SPC files.
What you'll need to do is:
Rename them to RAR, then extract the GYM files.
These will now play in Winamp with the GYM plugin from zophar.net

I'm not sure, but the latest YMAMP plugin might support RGM,
but if not, you'll have to unrar them, as above.

The other GYM plugin is GYMX.
Though as I'm not too familiar with either,
you'll have to try them out for yourself to see which is best.

Previously, the only known player that handles RGM directly is *******n
(hmm, dead link, but there's an active d/l link on the zophar.net gym page)

Veej007 · 28th March 2004, 20:53

how do i extract rar archives?

amano · 28th March 2004, 20:59

http://www.izsoft.dir.bg/download.htm

IZArc is an excellent freeware pack/unpack suite. It can compress 7-zip and decompress rar (among several others).

Just give it a try.

DJ Egg · 28th March 2004, 22:49

I use 7Zip, others use Winrar
Never heard of izarc before, but it doesn't look too bad...

amano · 28th March 2004, 23:43

I used 7-zip before but was missing drag and drop support somehow. so I searched again and found IzArc. It does the same strong 7z compression as 7zip itself, has drag and drop and decodes rar and ace (7-zip is lacking the latter one). And it has drag and drop which is the biggest drawback with 7-zip. The only thing I cannot do with izarc is creating self extracting 7z files. But nothing is perfect...

(I checked with Ad-Aware and it found nothing bad in IzArc

)

Veej007 · 29th March 2004, 00:38

awesome.

yeah, i had 7zip and thought it would work, but for whatever reason it wouldn't do anything when i fed it the rar.

how about rsn files? gbs?

also, can i write these files to wav using diskwriter and then compress with lame, or is that a big no-no?

DJ Egg · 29th March 2004, 02:20

afaik, RSN is compressed SPC
Again, rename to .rar and extract
There's 3 SPC plugins to choose from @ zohar.net...

As for the 2nd part of the question,
you already know my views about transcoding.

Veej007 · 29th March 2004, 02:28

yeah, i do.

i guess i'm wondering if it ACTUALLY counts as transcoding though. these playback files are tiny, but i doubt that's because they've already undergone audio compression. i mean, the sizes are more midi-like than anything, and i have no problem with the idea of writing midi signals to wav and then compressing it.

Kickboy12 · 29th March 2004, 03:35

Good Archiving Programs:
WinZip
IZarc
Power Archiver
7-Zip
WinRAR
ZipZag

I think I covered all of them...
Those are just the ones I have installed

28th March 2004, 07:27	#1
Veej007 Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2002 Posts: 349	how do i get winamp to play .rgm files? these are sega genesis sound files. i have looked around zophar.net and can't seem to find anything that works. where can i get an input plugin that will let me play these in winamp?

28th March 2004, 18:22	#3
DJ Egg Techorator Winamp Team Join Date: Jun 2000 Posts: 35,122	RGM & RSN are compressed GYM and SPC files. What you'll need to do is: Rename them to RAR, then extract the GYM files. These will now play in Winamp with the GYM plugin from zophar.net I'm not sure, but the latest YMAMP plugin might support RGM, but if not, you'll have to unrar them, as above. The other GYM plugin is GYMX. Though as I'm not too familiar with either, you'll have to try them out for yourself to see which is best. Previously, the only known player that handles RGM directly is *******n (hmm, dead link, but there's an active d/l link on the zophar.net gym page) Playlist -\|- Twitter

28th March 2004, 20:59	#5
amano Major Dude Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: where the llamas come from! Posts: 951	http://www.izsoft.dir.bg/download.htm IZArc is an excellent freeware pack/unpack suite. It can compress 7-zip and decompress rar (among several others). Just give it a try. eeeee eeeeeee eeeee eeeee eeeee 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 88 8eee8 8e 8 8 8eee8 8e 8 8 8 88 8 88 8 8 88 8 88 8 8 8 88 8 88 8 8 88 8 88 8 8eee8 Last edited by amano; 28th March 2004 at 21:28.

28th March 2004, 22:49	#6
DJ Egg Techorator Winamp Team Join Date: Jun 2000 Posts: 35,122	I use 7Zip, others use Winrar Never heard of izarc before, but it doesn't look too bad... Playlist -\|- Twitter

28th March 2004, 23:43	#7
amano Major Dude Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: where the llamas come from! Posts: 951	I used 7-zip before but was missing drag and drop support somehow. so I searched again and found IzArc. It does the same strong 7z compression as 7zip itself, has drag and drop and decodes rar and ace (7-zip is lacking the latter one). And it has drag and drop which is the biggest drawback with 7-zip. The only thing I cannot do with izarc is creating self extracting 7z files. But nothing is perfect... (I checked with Ad-Aware and it found nothing bad in IzArc ) eeeee eeeeeee eeeee eeeee eeeee 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 88 8eee8 8e 8 8 8eee8 8e 8 8 8 88 8 88 8 8 88 8 88 8 8 8 88 8 88 8 8 88 8 88 8 8eee8

28th March 2004, 11:43	#2
MasterViVi Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2003 Posts: 286	If you can find a decoder anywhere on the internet, install it. Then at ;RGM in your DirectSound settings.

28th March 2004, 20:53	#4
Veej007 Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2002 Posts: 349	how do i extract rar archives?

29th March 2004, 00:38	#8
Veej007 Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2002 Posts: 349	awesome. yeah, i had 7zip and thought it would work, but for whatever reason it wouldn't do anything when i fed it the rar. how about rsn files? gbs? also, can i write these files to wav using diskwriter and then compress with lame, or is that a big no-no?

29th March 2004, 02:20	#9
DJ Egg Techorator Winamp Team Join Date: Jun 2000 Posts: 35,122	afaik, RSN is compressed SPC Again, rename to .rar and extract There's 3 SPC plugins to choose from @ zohar.net... As for the 2nd part of the question, you already know my views about transcoding. Playlist -\|- Twitter

29th March 2004, 02:28	#10
Veej007 Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2002 Posts: 349	yeah, i do. i guess i'm wondering if it ACTUALLY counts as transcoding though. these playback files are tiny, but i doubt that's because they've already undergone audio compression. i mean, the sizes are more midi-like than anything, and i have no problem with the idea of writing midi signals to wav and then compressing it.

29th March 2004, 03:35	#11
Kickboy12 Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Bay Area, California Posts: 242	Good Archiving Programs: WinZip IZarc Power Archiver 7-Zip WinRAR ZipZag I think I covered all of them... Those are just the ones I have installed

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