[xvag files] Newb need help please.

[Neogamer789]

Hello everyone I tried to extract sound files of the last of us and I did it And now I have .xvag and I tried to deinterlave the files but I can't.

I tried with this topic : viewtopic.php?f=17&t=5014 (I don't understand anything with blocksize)
And here the files (just a sample) if you need: https://mega.co.nz/#!xMsw0BSb!d_yaUWqJg ... pCGel7fnrg


It would be realy nice if you help me (I will give you a free hug )

[brendan19]

The sample file you provided is just a stereo file that vgmstream can playback just fine

You will only need to deinterleave the XVAG if it has more than two channels.

You can also tell if you need to deinterleave an XVAG file when you try to listen to it and it sounds disjointed and doesn't playback smoothly.

[Neogamer789]

Thank you a lot Just Winamp was missing (I need to read readme carfully me)

You're just so cool guys
And I've just one more question. It's possible to extract xvag files ?

And it's normal that some sounds are stuttering like this one https://mega.co.nz/#!8Nd0QRwL!LivtTt9k0 ... 1GKI54E8f0

[brendan19]

Extract? no as they are just audio files.

Deinterleave, yes

If it stutters during playback, that means it's most likely more than two channels.

The file you provided is 4 channels, and also in the filename it says "quad" as well

Header size is 0x134 which can be found at the offset 0x06
Number of channels is 4 which can be found at the offset 0x2B
INTSIZE is 0x3000

Any questions?

[Neogamer789]

Yes How do you find INTSIZE ?

[brendan19]

Okay, I'll use the file you provided before, the stuttering file "amb-bed-tommys-dam-ext-quad.xvag"

INTSIZE can be found by going to the very end of the file using a hex editor.

There will be a whole section of "00"s

What you need to do is this: From the end of the file, you need to highlight all of the data starting from the very last 00 and scroll up the file until you encounter another section of "00"s just like there is at the end of the file. At the end of this new section of "00"s the first two bytes will be "FF FB" which is known as the MPEG flag.

Your highlighted selection should start on the "FF FB" immediately after that section of "00"s and go all the way to the very last byte of the file.

Copy and paste that highlighted part into a new file in your hex editor and the offset given at the end of this section you copied is the INTSIZE of a single interleave block

For this file, "amb-bed-tommys-dam-ext-quad" the INTSIZE is 0x3000

[Cameron007]

I converted the XVAG files from Resistance 2 with VGMStream, but the quality is iffy. What to do then?

[brendan19]

Post the original XVAG file

[Cameron007]

https://mega.nz/#F!s580xR4Y!G1-dlg0GCJ8uT8Ydpq9Ong

The first 3 are VAG, FYI.

[brendan19]

The XVAG files you posted playback just fine on vgmstream without any deinterleaving as they are just stereo files.

You only need to deinterleave the file if there is more than two channels.

[AnonBaiter]

You only need to deinterleave the file if there is more than two channels.

But how can you deinterleave the file if there is more than two channels? The quickBMS script that deinterleaves the file didn't work for me, and I'm not talking about the one Researchman edited for XVAG for more than 2 channels or something since it uses an old revision.

[Cameron007]

But do you notice the quality? I'm pretty sure it's supposed to sound clearer than that.

[brendan19]

But how can you deinterleave the file if there is more than two channels? The quickBMS script that deinterleaves the file didn't work for me, and I'm not talking about the one Researchman edited for XVAG for more than 2 channels or something since it uses an old revision.

Give me a file and I'll walk you through it

But do you notice the quality? I'm pretty sure it's supposed to sound clearer than that.

The XVAGs playback just fine and they're 48kHz so I do not think so unless some post processing is applied to the audio tracks by the game.

The VAG files, maybe since they're mono and quite a low frequency. The only thing that comes to mind is if those tracks are coming through an old radio or something in the game which would explain using that fidelity and that's why they are that quality.

[Cameron007]

But how can you deinterleave the file if there is more than two channels? The quickBMS script that deinterleaves the file didn't work for me, and I'm not talking about the one Researchman edited for XVAG for more than 2 channels or something since it uses an old revision.

Give me a file and I'll walk you through it

But do you notice the quality? I'm pretty sure it's supposed to sound clearer than that.

The XVAGs playback just fine and they're 48kHz so I do not think so unless some post processing is applied to the audio tracks by the game.

The VAG files, maybe since they're mono and quite a low frequency. The only thing that comes to mind is if those tracks are coming through an old radio or something in the game which would explain using that fidelity and that's why they are that quality.

Funny, some of the XVAG are only 32000 Hz. Maybe those are the ones that sound crappy.

[AnonBaiter]

But how can you deinterleave the file if there is more than two channels? The quickBMS script that deinterleaves the file didn't work for me, and I'm not talking about the one Researchman edited for XVAG for more than 2 channels or something since it uses an old revision.

Give me a file and I'll walk you through it

Here you go.