Thrik Posted September 10, 2011 Share Posted September 10, 2011 Sounds quality this does. I thought they'd never lift the lid on all the movie stuff. Let the POTC comparisons commence! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZombieAtPlay Posted September 10, 2011 Share Posted September 10, 2011 Will the xbox version come with a full 1000 gamerscore, do you think? I'd love to get acheivements for doing silly things like buying everthing in the shop on booty island. *ding* Real pirates plunder! - 20g Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Haggis Posted September 11, 2011 Share Posted September 11, 2011 Oh crikey, now I know that it includes the movie storyboard, I just have to get this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kolzig Posted September 12, 2011 Share Posted September 12, 2011 Can't wait for my shipment from Amazon to arrive. It will come with Rage in next month. (Have to use that super saver option) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sinus Posted September 12, 2011 Share Posted September 12, 2011 "USE monkey wrench WITH built-in player" - "I can't use those two things together!"Â Damn... we'll find a way though, I'm sure ;-) Â Hopefully. I find this release a bit frustrating. First they announce a fully localized version with stand-alone Soundtrack, then it's only subtitled and the soundtrack is only accessible via this launcher executable with annoying clicking sounds when selecting tracks. Â Tried some unPAKers but nothing worked. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laserschwert Posted September 12, 2011 Share Posted September 12, 2011 Well, I got one 190MB file out of the "Launcher.pak" with Benny's MI Explorer, but I don't knowif it's actually the music. It's got the file extension .aws and I've got no idea what that is. Â It's really stupid to have the launcher be the only way to listen to the music, especially when switching to another window mutes the music! Â Benny, any ideas? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thrik Posted September 12, 2011 Share Posted September 12, 2011 It's not one of those magical CDs that works in an actual CD player too is it? If not I expect Benny can come up with a solution, but failing even that there's always line-in recording. ; Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laserschwert Posted September 12, 2011 Share Posted September 12, 2011 Actually it's a DVD, so, no. Â "Line-in" recording isn't even necessary nowadays, as most recording programs and/or soundcards can just set "what you hear" as an audio source. Â Still I bet Benny will make us proud yet again Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thrik Posted September 12, 2011 Share Posted September 12, 2011 That's what I meant, sound cards I've had often do that when you select 'line in' as the recording channel and don't actually have anything plugged into that port. I really can't see it being necessary though, Ben is after all limitless in capabilities. ; Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kusi81 Posted September 12, 2011 Share Posted September 12, 2011 The file you meant is ogg! I renamed it but couldn't played. Then I've simply tried to convert it with the dbPoweramp Converter. It worked! :-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laserschwert Posted September 12, 2011 Share Posted September 12, 2011 Really?? I didn't find OGGs, but maybe I haven't looked thoroughly enough... Â Edit: Nope, extracted the whole launcher.pak ... no OGGs in there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kusi81 Posted September 12, 2011 Share Posted September 12, 2011 Really?? I didn't find OGGs, but maybe I haven't looked thoroughly enough... Edit: Nope, extracted the whole launcher.pak ... no OGGs in there.   There's a file, around 200 to 300MB. The ending is like aw* (sry I don't know exactly, I'm currently not at home) This you've to rename as ogg. On my VLC this wasn't playable (curious, I know) - but it's convertable. I'll take a look at home. :-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laserschwert Posted September 12, 2011 Share Posted September 12, 2011 Oh, I see... yeah, AWS... like 190 MB Â I'l give it a try! Â Edit: Yay, it worked... unfortunately it's one single file now. Cutting commenced! Â Edit2: They're not making it easy, as the tracks aren't in the correct order in that file! Sound quality is awesome, by the way. Does anybody know how to check the spectrum of an audio file to check for data compression? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Threepwood4life Posted September 12, 2011 Author Share Posted September 12, 2011 Brief video showing the launcher with concept art and soundtrack menus  (This BBCode requires its accompanying plugin to work properly.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gabez Posted September 12, 2011 Share Posted September 12, 2011 They really did a fantastic job with these special editions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
makabro Posted September 12, 2011 Share Posted September 12, 2011 What about the commentary sessions that the creators did for MI2:SE?, Is that included aswell? I saw a bunch of videos on YouTube and it was said that they will include them in this release :S Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sinus Posted September 12, 2011 Share Posted September 12, 2011 another misleading statement ... Â only the audio, sorry. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Silent Man Posted September 13, 2011 Share Posted September 13, 2011 I'm very disappointed by such misleading statements, because I think that 90% of us is going to buy this release just because of the extra contents. Â I'm happy that it's possible to rip the audio files quite easily! About OGG files, if the format is OggPCM then it's lossless audio, otherwise if the format is OggVorbis it's lossy with variable bitrate. Â http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ogg#Ogg_codecs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laserschwert Posted September 13, 2011 Share Posted September 13, 2011 I didn't see a way to actually check the original file's bitrate... once converted (to WAV) it's of course uncompressed.  But doing the math:  137 minutes of music = 190 MB 8220 seconds = 1556480 kb 1 second = 189,35 kb  So the bitrate should be around 190 kbps. It's a huge step upward from the in-game MI1 music, but wasn't MI2's music uncompressed in-game? Still the Collection's tracks sound different than in-game... not only regarding arrangement (like in "Woodtick Suite"), but also instrumentation (the slap bass in MI2's opening is different from the one in the game). It might be worth compiling a complete soundtrack including these alternates. Also MI1 features a "flute less" main theme in the menu (which the Collection's launcher uses as well, although not complete), which should be included too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Silent Man Posted September 13, 2011 Share Posted September 13, 2011 Still the Collection's tracks sound different than in-game... not only regarding arrangement (like in "Woodtick Suite"), but also instrumentation (the slap bass in MI2's opening is different from the one in the game). Â Alternative takes? VERY very interesting. I was wondering how each track ends, since the iMuse system implies loops. Maybe it's where these different arrangements come from? By the way I love that slap bass in MI2 and I think that on the Special Edition version is not as good as it should be. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thrik Posted September 13, 2011 Share Posted September 13, 2011 If it's OGG it's probably not as simple as that Laser, unlike MP3 it always uses variable bitrates so parts of a track could be like 16kb/s and others 320kb/s depending on the audio detail at any given moment. It uses quality levels rather than bitrates to determine overall quality, and I believe higher qualities basically increase the maximum bitrate it can balloon to when needed.  Without further analysis it could very well be the OGGs are set to the maximum quality level which would mean sounding at least as good as a 320kb/s MP3, which would be pretty great — although I'd still prefer a proper CD release at some point. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Silent Man Posted September 13, 2011 Share Posted September 13, 2011 Without further analysis it could very well be the OGGs are set to the maximum quality level which would mean sounding at least as good as a 320kb/s MP3, which would be pretty great — although I'd still prefer a proper CD release at some point.  Yeah, I totally agree. I would be ready to pay a few extra bucks for a stand-alone music CD. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laserschwert Posted September 13, 2011 Share Posted September 13, 2011 Jesse Harlin told me that while it's not the worldwide iTunes release he was was hoping for, he's still happy that it's released at all. Â So I guess a CD was never in the cards anyway. But I've gotta say, the tracks do sound pretty clear to me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Teeth Posted September 13, 2011 Share Posted September 13, 2011 So, are the games themselves changed or updated at all from the downloadable versions? I saw they've changed LeChuck's face on the MI2:SE boxart. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MusicallyInspired Posted September 13, 2011 Share Posted September 13, 2011 Seriously doubt it. They also changed Guybrush's head. But the launcher still shows the original box arts complete with classic hair. As do the screenshots. I doubt anything's changed, but I don't have a copy so I can't confirm. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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