Extracting Audio with ScummVM from old games

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Extracting Audio with ScummVM from old games

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Someone named linux_jeff posted this in one of the Sierra related channels...

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linux_jeff: well damn after all that hard work....... scummvm has well........... an attempt at doing the same thing built in just not as good (edited)
linux_jeff: their way converts the audio my way maintains and preserves the original audio file as well as converts
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SV can extract as an SCIAGI sound resource or save as MIDI. Granted it is MIDI without the patch applied.
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SV's MIDI extract is bugged and extracts it at the wrong tempo (slightly slower or faster I can't remember). The other version of SV is bugged and doesn't always export every MIDI channel.
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It would be a nice project for someone more familiar with the file formats, etc. If someone could write a good backend in C# I would happily write a GUI for it. But I don't know anyone with both the knowledge and inclination to do so. It could make a nice plugin for Companion.
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That linux_jeff user might know how - his video does it his own way. Which I am not sure if it fixes the patch/pitch or anything else.
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