Homebrew Creating a .btsnd, is it possible?

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I've setup redNAND on my system for safety purposes as I'm making an attempt to create an installable homebrew title.

I'd like to create a BTSND file to go with it, should I ever get something working. (BTSND is the file containing the music that plays on the splash screen.)

Is this possible? I know I can play them back using vgmstream and foobar2000, but unfortunately vgmstream cannot convert other audio tracks into BTSND as far as I know.

I have the leaked SDK (v2.13.01), so I'm willing to bet there is a program in there for it, but I haven't dug through it yet to find out.
 
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That would be cool. I've always wanted that. It's only a matter of time until somebody makes a tool to convert music to btsnd.
 

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https://gyazo.com/bcdbff403fc8300ffa3c29ce4744c8fb
theres one of the ways i did it <3
thats also how you can make the pictures compile right. you HAVE to run them through that tool

Well now I feel dumb. I opened up that program myself and just completely looked over the convert boot sound option.

Thank you!

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theres one of the ways i did it <3
thats also how you can make the pictures compile right. you HAVE to run them through that tool

Hey, one more question. Is it safe to actually run the cafe.bat file, since we obviously don't have dev kits? Or is there no point in doing so?
 

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Well now I feel dumb. I opened up that program myself and just completely looked over the convert boot sound option.

Thank you!

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Hey, one more question. Is it safe to actually run the cafe.bat file, since we obviously don't have dev kits? Or is there no point in doing so?
if you hex edit D:\cafesdk\CafeSDK\SDK\cafe_sdk\system\bin\tool\mastering\resources\makemaster\tik_sys.bin and replace it with the wii u common key instead of the dev common key, anything you compile will be retail packed. thats what i did for system config tool
 

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if you hex edit D:\cafesdk\CafeSDK\SDK\cafe_sdk\system\bin\tool\mastering\resources\makemaster\tik_sys.bin and replace it with the wii u common key instead of the dev common key, anything you compile will be retail packed. thats what i did for system config tool

If something is "retail" packed, what would happen if it was installed on sysNAND?

Sorry, I'm a bit of a newcomer to Wii U hacking. I only recently started learning how to code from WiiUBrew, the tutorials available on here, and of course the examples available from libwiiu.
 
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If something is "retail" packed, what would happen if it was installed on sysNAND?

Sorry, I'm a bit of a newcomer to Wii U hacking. I only recently started learning how to code from WiiUBrew, the tutorials available on here, and of course the examples available from libwiiu.
itd install normally? as long as you compiled it all good and all

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I'm sorry for asking this, because I know you have already answered it, but where can I download cafe sdk and that addon with app config tool? I was looking for it everywhere but I didn't find anything usable.. Can you give me a link or a "hint"? I don't know what pastebin page are you talking about, sorry.
 

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I'm sorry for asking this, because I know you have already answered it, but where can I download cafe sdk and that addon with app config tool? I was looking for it everywhere but I didn't find anything usable.. Can you give me a link or a "hint"? I don't know what pastebin page are you talking about, sorry.
there isnt a point to getting the app config tool
afaik we can do it all with legal tools
 

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