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# vgmstream
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This is vgmstream, a library for playing streamed (prerecorded) video game audio.
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Some of vgmstream's features:
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- [Hundreds of video game music formats and codecs](doc/FORMATS.md), from typical game engine files
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to obscure single-game codecs, aiming for high accuracy and compatibility.
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- Support for looped BGM, using file's internal metadata for smooth transitions, with accurate
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sample counts.
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- [Subsongs](doc/USAGE.md#subsongs), playing a format's multiple internal songs separately.
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- Many types of companion files (data split into multiple files) and custom containers.
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- Encryption keys, internal stream names, and many other unusual cases found in game audio.
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- [TXTH](doc/TXTH.md) function, to add external support for extra formats, including raw audio in
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many forms.
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- [TXTP](doc/TXTP.md) function, for real-time and per-file config, like forced looping, removing
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channels, playing certain subsong, or fusing multiple files into a single one.
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- Simple [external tagging](doc/USAGE.md#tagging) via .m3u files.
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- [Plugins](#getting-vgmstream) are available for various media player software and operating systems.
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The main development repository: https://github.com/vgmstream/vgmstream/
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Automated builds with the latest changes: https://dl.vgmstream.org
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Common releases: https://github.com/vgmstream/vgmstream/releases
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Help can be found here: https://www.hcs64.com/
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More documentation: https://github.com/vgmstream/vgmstream/tree/master/doc
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## Getting vgmstream
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There are multiple end-user components:
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- [vgmstream-cli](doc/USAGE.md#testexevgmstream-cli-command-line-decoder): A command-line decoder.
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- [in_vgmstream](doc/USAGE.md#in_vgmstream-winamp-plugin): A Winamp plugin.
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- [foo_input_vgmstream](doc/USAGE.md#foo_input_vgmstream-foobar2000-plugin): A foobar2000 component.
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- [xmp-vgmstream](doc/USAGE.md#xmp-vgmstream-xmplay-plugin): An XMPlay plugin.
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- [vgmstream.so](doc/USAGE.md#audacious-plugin): An Audacious plugin.
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- [vgmstream123](doc/USAGE.md#vgmstream123-command-line-player): A command-line player.
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The main library (plain *vgmstream*) is the code that handles the internal conversion, while the
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above components are what you use to get sound.
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If you just want to convert game audio to `.wav`, easiest would be getting *vgmstream-cli* (see
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below) then drag-and-drop one or more files to the executable. This should create `(file.extension).wav`,
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if the format is supported. More usable would be installing a music player like *foobar2000* (for
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Windows) or *Audacious* (for Linux) then the appropriate component, so you can listen to VGM without
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converting and set options like infinite looping.
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See [components](doc/USAGE.md#components) in the *usage guide* for full install instructions and
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explanations. The aim is feature parity, but there are a few differences between them due to
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missing implementation on vgmstream's side or lack of support in target player or API.
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Note vgmstream cannot *encode* (convert from `.wav` to some video game format), it only *decodes*
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(plays game audio).
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### Windows
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You should get `vgmstream-win.zip`, which also bundles various components, or
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`foo_input_vgmstream.fb2k-component` for the installable foobar2000 plugin from the
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latest prebuilt binaries on our website:
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- https://dl.vgmstream.org
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You can also get them from the less frequently updated releases on GitHub:
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- https://github.com/vgmstream/vgmstream/releases
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If the above links fail, you may also try the alternative, somewhat recent versions built by
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[bnnm](https://github.com/bnnm):
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- https://github.com/bnnm/vgmstream-builds/raw/master/bin/vgmstream-latest-test-u.zip
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If you prefer, you may compile the components from source as well, see the
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[build guide](doc/BUILD.md) for more information.
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### Linux
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For convenience, releases distribute a command-line decoder in `vgmstream-cli.zip`. It is
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statically linked and should work on all systems running Linux kernel v3.2 and above.
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- https://dl.vgmstream.org
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- https://github.com/vgmstream/vgmstream/releases
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Building from source will also give you *vgmstream.so*, an Audacious plugin, and *vgmstream123*,
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a command-line player.
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When building from source code, many components have to be installed or compiled separately. The
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[build guide](doc/BUILD.md) describes this process in more detail. For a quick build on Debian and
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Ubuntu-style distributions, run `./make-build-cmake.sh`. The script will be installing various
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dependencies, so you may prefer to copy the commands from the file and run them one by one.
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### macOS
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Please follow the [build guide](doc/BUILD.md).
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## More info
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- [Usage guide](doc/USAGE.md)
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- [List of supported audio formats](doc/FORMATS.md)
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- [Build guide](doc/BUILD.md)
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- [TXTH file format](doc/TXTH.md)
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- [TXTP file format](doc/TXTP.md)
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Enjoy! *hcs*
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