What music filetype should I use, for SMPE

I'm pretty sure this belongs here, as I'm discussing a fangame

Also, I can't use OGGs; they're too complicated. The whole supersound.dll thing didn't work for me, so don't even suggest it.

This post has been edited by Spritanium on Nov 19 2008, 11:47 PM

Hmm

mp3

midi's suck

You could use MP3s with a low bitrate, which have a litle lower quality and take up less space, but I dunno how that'd affect loading times.

And then you could have MIDIs with an extreme amount of work put into them.

I say it depends on the game you're making. If it has simplistic graphics and such, use MIDIs

This post has been edited by Pikaboo on Nov 20 2008, 12:16 AM

oggs

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OGGs or you shall fail.

EDIT: You dont like Supersound? WTH SUPERSOUND ROCKS!

This post has been edited by OniLink10 on Nov 20 2008, 12:22 AM

Note how I said not to even suggest OGGs

I'm sorry, but I don't see how hard it is to get the **** out of a topic if you have nothing productive to say

EDIT: I never said I didn't like it; I said it didn't work for me. Please learn how to read.

This post has been edited by Spritanium on Nov 20 2008, 12:23 AM

yeah but you know how stubborn spritanium can be (I'm not really trying to offend you by saying this, because it's true. Heck, I'm stubborn >:D)

But yeah, mp3's. I really don't like midi's because I always get the classic midi gargle ****

How am I stubborn? I'm just a little pissed off that he blatantly ignored my specifications.

So did MechaBowser.

Exactly how is supersound not working for you? Is it too hard, glitching out, ect?

I think BASS.DLL supports .ogg's, if you're looking for alternatives (And assuming you're using game maker)

Mecha's cool though.

Now I really think we should stop talking about OGGs because I've already specified that I'm not interested

If you don't understand Supersound.dll we can help you with it. And the Bolded part... that was cruel. That's like saying Obama can get away with Terrorism because he's cool. Ok, bad comparison, but yeah.

This post has been edited by OniLink10 on Nov 20 2008, 12:46 AM

I don't like the idea of having a complicated system just to shave off a megabyte or two. That's why I gave you two options and specifically asked for nobody to recommend OGGs. Thank you for offering to help, but I'm really not interested.

Also, I wasn't trying to offend you :P

This post has been edited by Spritanium on Nov 20 2008, 12:51 AM

that's not very nice

Can I not ask a simple question without getting dozens of pointless posts

I've already said mp3 like two times :\

most people don't like midi's because their quality is horrible half of the time

MP3 with a 56Kb/s Bit Rate. That's what MKFusion uses.

Well, that's the difference between someone downloading your fangame or not. OGG's are going to massively allow you to have good quality sound at a really low filesize. It's best to have a complicated system to shave off a megabyte or two for every single song, because it all adds up in the end and turns your fangame from a 50 MB nightmare to a 20 MB quality-sound awesome fangame.


Because your other choice is to use mp3's, and by the time you get them to a small filesize that equals an ogg's, it's going to have such crap quality that it's not even worth it to have them and you might as well go with MIDI's in that case.


I honestly think it's worth it to attempt working with this supersound dll you spoke of or find an alternative to get OGG's working somehow, even though I know you aren't fond of said option.



Otherwise... I guess if you're still going to be stubborn enough, then given the choice between the two, I'd say MIDI.

MP3s don't load properly on game maker.

SPCs are also an option. And MIDIs work, when they're chosen well.