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Music and Vendetta:)

Dec 11, 2003 Stan link
I am not too familiar with all the techies but... i already found a software to convert mp3 files into ogg. format that's used by vendetta (Altomp3 player), but where can i put my music? And can I even play my own music? Or are the music files stored only on the server? Is it possible to play your own music while playing the game (of course using the ingame playmusic, or playlist commands)?
I couldn't find any ogg files in the folder where the game is on my comp? Anybody can answer please? Would appraciate the help:)
Dec 11, 2003 Celkan link
I'm having similar problems, except I know exactly where my stuff is. My problem is that I can't get my oggs to get into a m3u format. No program I can find can do that. its all vpl or something similar. Can you (the devs, preferably incarnate) help me find a Vorbis program for OSX that will do this?

Currently I've been able to make an m3u with iTunes. However, that is with mp3s because iTunes doesn't support ogg vorbis. What I did with the m3u was open it in textedit and changed the paths to the files to that of the corresponding oggs. this resulted in QUITE a lot of error messages in my console when I tried to play it while ingame.

Stan, in your case, all you need to do is when you type the /playmusic command is to type the path to the .ogg file.
Example: /playmusic D:/Documents/Music/myogg.ogg

if you want to play an ogg encoded in the game itself, all you need to type is /playmusic nameofogg.ogg because (i think) the game engine assumes the directory to look in is in the Vendetta folder.
Dec 11, 2003 Magus link
I think winamp automatically saves its playlists as M3u. But I don't use it anymore so I'm not sure.
Dec 11, 2003 roguelazer link
m3u is very simple. It is a straight text file with a complete path "ie D:\Music\Some_Song.ogg" for each song on a separate line.


For example, here is what D:\Music\testlist.m3u might look like:

    D:\Music\01-Some-Song.ogg
    D:\Music\02-Some-Other-song.ogg
    D:\Music\Final-Song.ogg
Dec 11, 2003 Celkan link
well I wrote something like that... and it wouldnt load... :? oh well.

Dec 12, 2003 Archon link
Celkan:
Here is a list of .ogg convertors for the Mac.

http://www.vorbis.com/software.psp?pid=4
Feb 20, 2004 toshiro link
*bump*

tutorial on how to play music in vendetta:

get an ogg encoder. www.vorbis.com has a selection of encoders, pick the one that works (i use amadeus 2, on a mac).

encode the files, and put them in a folder.
get the path of each file (drop it in the terminal on osx, other OSs unknown)
put the path of each file in a text file, like roguelazer mentioned it

append m3u to the txt file, so that it looks like this: testlist.m3u

put it in C:\, or your home directory (on macs, just put it in the startup disk)
get the path

in vendetta, type:

/playlist /path/testlist.m3u

voilą
Feb 20, 2004 ctishman link
Check mine:

#EXTM3U
#EXTINF:156,Edgen Halo
./oggs/edgen1.ogg
#EXTINF:215,Edgen Halo 2
./oggs/edgen2.ogg
#EXTINF:238,Edgen Halo 3 - Ruined Desert
./oggs/edgen3.ogg
#EXTINF:69,Marty O'Donnell - Halo, Lost Song
./oggs/halo-lost.ogg
#EXTINF:213,Marty O'Donnell - Halo, Opening Suite
./oggs/halo1.ogg
#EXTINF:505,Marty O'Donnell - Halo, Truth and Reconciliation Suite
./oggs/halo2.ogg
#EXTINF:89,Marty O'Donnell - Halo, Brothers In Arms
./oggs/halo3.ogg



----end of m3u file. This line isn't included in your M3u. It's just here to let you know that I'm no longer talking about what's in my m3u--

Here's what the computer needs to know:

#EXTM3U <--So, I'm gonna be feeding you an M3u. Got it?
#EXTINF:156,Edgen Halo <--Here's one of the files:song length in seconds,name
./oggs/edgen1.ogg <--here's the path, from the Vendetta root directory in.
#EXTINF:215,Edgen Halo 2 <--Here's the next file:song length in seconds,name
./oggs/edgen2.ogg <--here's the path, from the Vendetta root directory in.