Homebrew [Tutorial] How to make BGM.bcstm files for 3DS Themes

[Hashtastrophe]

Well, I'll take a look at whatever the right file is. And if it's too big like that other one then lowering the quality is the only way to make it smaller, aside from cutting it up.

I should also mention that the song you did give me was already slow sounding. I thought it sounded odd but figured it was either like that to start with or it happened when you were converting to .wav somehow.

 

[rockthetemp123]

http://www.filedropper.com/sorrythisistheone

This is the correct file, I dont even know how the other one ended up like it did...

 

[rockthetemp123]

Thanks so much for this btw, my gf is gonna love this ^.^ Your a star!

 

[Hashtastrophe]

Hmm. I can't seem to get it to convert without the crackling. brawlcustommusic.com's domain seems to have expired and EFE creates bcstm files that are waaaay too big*. Doing it the other way (wav->brstm->bcstm) results in the popping noises for this song. I don't have this issue with my themes though.

I'll keep poking around and see if I can fix that but no promises.

*They're actually just the same size as the .wav. Which is really not ideal.

 

[medoli900]

Or you can use BrawlBox and BRSTM-BCSTM conversion tool.

 

[Hashtastrophe]

Or you can use BrawlBox and BRSTM-BCSTM conversion tool.

I'll give that a shot, thanks.

Edit: Nope. Converting to brstm at all ruins the song. I might know what's up though.

Nevermind, got it. Normalizing fixed that horrid clipping. No idea why that didn't occur to me at the beginning lol. I make myself sad sometimes. http://www.mediafire.com/download/a6f5j7n2vu3jggp/bgm_fixedforrealthistime_Iswear.zip

 

[rockthetemp123]

Thanks so much for doing this finally got it working but now I have a problem, after restarting the theme goes back to the default white one you got any ideas about this?

 

[Xenon Hacks]

Thanks so much for doing this finally got it working but now I have a problem, after restarting the theme goes back to the default white one you got any ideas about this?

Enable persistent theme cache in ex data tool on your 3ds

 

[rockthetemp123]

Tried that doesnt help!

 

[Hashtastrophe]

Tried that doesnt help!

Apply a theme from the eshop, not one of the colour ones. Can be a free theme like the Sonic or the Halloween cat ones.
Then apply the theme with the extdata tool.

Also try enabling the theme cache and the persistent theme cache before applying the custom theme.

 

[Fulcaire]

Got it working fine for me just one minor issue; It keeps looping on the 3DS when it ends when I don't want it to loop. I made sure NOT to check the box next to Loop and I've even tried alternative ways such as unchecking the other Loop box and also undoing the "Loop from beginning to end."
Still plays it in a loop.. any suggestions?

 

[Hashtastrophe]

I haven't looked into bcstm creation since the beginning of February but I used to have the opposite issue where the song never looped. Once I got it working, I never bothered looking at it again. (Sysnand still has my badly looped music playing lol) I can take a look and see if I can get it to not loop though.

Alright. I can get it to not loop on my end.
I used BRSTM Converter C#.exe with BRSTM (Wii) as output and Looping (defaults) set to Don't loop.
Then ran it through BRSTM2BCSTM.exe
The original file was a .wav

If you can't get it to work, send me the file in a PM or something and I'll take a look.

 

[Fulcaire]

I haven't looked into bcstm creation since the beginning of February but I used to have the opposite issue where the song never looped. Once I got it working, I never bothered looking at it again. (Sysnand still has my badly looped music playing lol) I can take a look and see if I can get it to not loop though.

Alright. I can get it to not loop on my end.
I used BRSTM Converter C#.exe with BRSTM (Wii) as output and Looping (defaults) set to Don't loop.
Then ran it through BRSTM2BCSTM.exe
The original file was a .wav

If you can't get it to work, send me the file in a PM or something and I'll take a look.

Thanks for the help! Unfortunately, it is still looping and I can't get it to not loop.. I'll be pming you a link to the .wav and let you see if you can get it to not loop.

 

[KaiserReich]

How do i give ouput file more volume

 

[Derverd]

What's the maximum length of the .wav we can use?

 

[Xenon Hacks]

What's the maximum length of the .wav we can use?

there's is not a size limit on the wav but the bcstm cannot be more than 3.3mb

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How do i give ouput file more volume

increase the quality of the wav but be careful not to go over the 3.3mb bcstm limit

 

[Hashtastrophe]

increase the quality of the wav but be careful not to go over the 3.3mb bcstm limit

What does the quality have to do with how loud it is? Just turn up the volume (increase the gain by a bit) in whatever program you used to create the .wav.

 

[Xenon Hacks]

What does the quality have to do with how loud it is? Just turn up the volume (increase the gain by a bit) in whatever program you used to create the .wav.

its been a while since i've used this to make any themes and if memory serves me correct increasing the khz made the sounds crisper and louder but this also depends on the source.

 

[Hashtastrophe]

its been a while since i've used this to make any themes and if memory serves me correct increasing the khz made the sounds crisper and louder but this also depends on the source.

Increasing it won't do much except add to the file size. (see here for why). Only way to get higher quality is to rerecord or recreate it.
If you just want it louder, increase the track's gain by a little bit. Be careful not to introduce (more) sound clipping though.

 

[Xenon Hacks]

Increasing it won't do much except add to the file size. (see here for why). Only way to get higher quality is to rerecord or recreate it.
If you just want it louder, increase the track's gain by a little bit. Be careful not to introduce (more) sound clipping though.

its been months since i've made any themes I usually use flac rips as my source hence the reason for dbpoweramp