Short: Rip the music from your PSX/PS2 games! Author: Neill Corlett, AmigaOS 4.0 compile by Spot / Up Rough Uploader: spot triad se (Spot / Up Rough) Type: mus/misc Version: 1.4 Architecture: ppc-amigaos >= 4.0.0 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- VB2rip - VB2 sound format ripping utility Version 1.4 Copyright 2001 Neill Corlett Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Introduction ------------ This is a command-line utility which rips music stored in VB2 format and various similar formats. These are commonly found in Playstation and Playstation 2 games, such as the Dance Dance Revolution series and Castlevania Chronicles. See games.txt for a list of supported games. Setup / Usage ------------- Run VB2rip with no parameters to see the following reference: Usage: vb2rip [options] inputfile(s) Options: -fmt format Specify the input file format -o path Specify the output filename (if one input file is given) or specify the output directory (if several are given) -mono Treat input file as monaural -stereo Treat input file as stereo -rate n Specify the sample rate -interleave n Specify the block interleave size -skip n Skip this many bytes after each block -offset n Start at the given offset in the input file -endflag Stop decoding when the sample end flag is reached -noendflag Ignore the sample end flag -maxbytes n Set the maximum number of input bytes to decode Example usage: vb2rip CD0:MUSIC.VB2 -o DH1: Supported input formats: Format Description ------------------------------------------------------------ raw Raw data (for experimentation) vb2 Konami multi-song .BIN/.VB2 file (Dance Dance Revolution, etc.) 8 .8 file (Suikoden) msa .MSA file (Psyvariar, possibly other PS2 games) xa2 .XA2 file (Extreme-G 3, possibly other PS2 games) Revision History ---------------- v1.4 - Near-total rewrite with many new input format options Added support for Psyvariar, Extreme-G 3 v1.3 - Added support for DDRMAX2 v1.2 - Added support for Suikoden v1.1 - Added support for Castlevania Chronicles, US version v1.0 - First version Where to find me ---------------- email: neill()neillcorlett.com www: http://www.neillcorlett.com/ ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- A really cool piece of code! I am enjoying the CastleVania Chronicles soundtrack as I type this. =) I recommend encoding the ripped tunes to mp3's using Lame or something similiar. Cheers! /Spot