Hacking wav2btsnd - simple tool to create .btsnd files

[timogus]

I made this little tool yesterday. Really nothing special, just repacking the file with a different head + endian.

https://bitbucket.org/timogus/wav2btsnd

You need to use RIFF WAVE files, 48000khz, 16bit stereo. You can easily create them with for example audacity

 

[NexoCube]

Have you tested it ?

Sounds great btw

 

[timogus]

Have you tested it ?

Sounds great btw

Yes of course. Why would I release something untested?

 

[NexoCube]

Yes of course. Why would I release something untested?

I don't know Wasn't meant to be rude, and thanks

 

[cathor]

Thanks , just what i was looking for!

Trying to run this from osx terimnal. What are the arguments for input/output file? any other options/flags available?

tried to run
java -jar wav2btsnd.jar myfile.wav

myfile.wav is 3 sec / 48000khz / 16bit stereo

This is what i get
"You need to provide a 48000khz 16bit steroe .wav as input"

Cheers,

 

[BDS]

For anyone wondering about btsnd's and loops, afaik they all loop from their loop start value to the end of the stream. The loop start value is the 32bit uint (in big endian) at 0x4 at the beginning of a btsnd.
If you don't want a loop, you just need to loop "silence".

To find the start value you want to set with your wav, either act as if you were about to make a brstm with BrawlBox (for example, if you have another free software that can do custom loops, you're free to share your knowledge) and get the number of samples for the start value or (much more "painful") try to be as precise as possible in some audio editing software (ex: Audacity) when finding the start point and multiply that value (in seconds) by 48000 (the sample rate). Then convert your number of frames in hex, for example with Windows'calc in programmer mode, open your btsnd with a hex editor such as HxD, select the block from 0x4 to 0x7 and (if your value has less than 8 chars, complete it with 0's at the beginning, ex: 296575=>0x4867f=>0x00048674) enter your start point value in hex.

 

[Xuman]

Perfect time for those to make and share theirs

 

[Zarklord]

just putting this here until he accepts my pull request
https://bitbucket.org/Zarklord/wav2btsnd/src/4d29b030f8d5e10007bb5ce91044dadd4be93dc8?at=master
done some changes that allow converting btsnd's to wav's and making nonLooping btsnd's or custom loopPoints

 

[galneon]

Thanks , just what i was looking for!

Trying to run this from osx terimnal. What are the arguments for input/output file? any other options/flags available?

tried to run
java -jar wav2btsnd.jar myfile.wav

myfile.wav is 3 sec / 48000khz / 16bit stereo

This is what i get
"You need to provide a 48000khz 16bit steroe .wav as input"

Cheers,

Same problem, only in Windows. File is definitely right, but I get the same error. Tried your syntax and [source] [destination].

 

[Zarklord]

Same problem, only in Windows. File is definitely right, but I get the same error. Tried your syntax and [source] [destination].

does the wav have metadata? cause as far as i can tell you cant have metadata

 

[galneon]

Nope, straight out of Presonus and as basic as it gets.

 

[Zarklord]

Nope, straight out of Presonus and as basic as it gets.

its probably not a "RIFF" wav file do you mind uploading the wav file?

 

[galneon]

its probably not a "RIFF" wav file do you mind uploading the wav file?

Here it is (yes, it's dead air).

 

[Zarklord]

Here it is (yes, it's dead air).

yeah its not a compatible wav(i might look into adding support) but for now just run it through audacity(open the wav and then re-export)

 

[galneon]

That worked. Thanks!

Edit: Here's my placeholder (dead air) boot sound if anyone wants it.

It can be useful for your Haxchi launcher, or shortcuts to homebrew apps in sigpatched mode. How useful, I don't know--does the absence of a boot sound prevent an application from launching? Beats me, but if an application already has a boot sound, you can replace it with this.

 

[AboodXD]

just putting this here until he accepts my pull request
https://bitbucket.org/Zarklord/wav2btsnd/src/4d29b030f8d5e10007bb5ce91044dadd4be93dc8?at=master
done some changes that allow converting btsnd's to wav's and making nonLooping btsnd's or custom loopPoints

Wait, does this really support looping?

 

[Zarklord]

Wait, does this really support looping?

actually non looping bootSounds are not possible my no loop bootSound is looping silence added right at the end of the sound

 

[AboodXD]

Yeah, I just tried it...
It's silent...

 

[JohnathanMonkey]

yeah its not a compatible wav(i might look into adding support) but for now just run it through audacity(open the wav and then re-export)

When we export this using audacity, what exactly do we need to export this as? I click export, but there doesn't seem to be an option for a Riff wav using audacity. Please see the attached images. I think I am just missing something, but when I replace the bootSound.btsnd, it just plays the original sound like I never replaced it at all.

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Here is the WAV file:

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https://mega.nz/#!5wJWiTaY!0fHIdbN0ik43dMxqUecBUWLPPX5Ne5j8PuiA_tkLdNg

 

[Deleted User]

When we export this using audacity, what exactly do we need to export this as? I click export, but there doesn't seem to be an option for a Riff wav using audacity. Please see the attached images. I think I am just missing something, but when I replace the bootSound.btsnd, it just plays the original sound like I never replaced it at all.

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Here is the WAV file:

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https://mega.nz/#!5wJWiTaY!0fHIdbN0ik43dMxqUecBUWLPPX5Ne5j8PuiA_tkLdNg

Audacity outputs RIFF WAV files by default. You just need to make sure that at the bottom of the screen, you select 48000Hz (the default selection is 44100Hz), then click File -> Export Audio and make sure that WAV is selected as the file format. On the next screen, you will be asked to add metadata to the file, ensure that all these boxes are blank.