Getting sound clips from duke3D?

Akerfeldt · 03-23-2006, 01:06 PM

I was wondering if there was a way to rip some of the sound clips from the game? On the game disk, there is a folder with VOC files which appears to be all of the sounds and one-liners from the game. Anyone know a way to convert them to wav format, or simply a site where clips can be obtained?

PS.....I know a few clips are available in the goodies bundle on the disk, but I'm looking to get some of Duke's other classic one-liners.

TerminX · 03-23-2006, 01:11 PM

Yes, the VOC files are all of the sounds from the game. You can probably batch convert them to WAV using something like dBpowerAMP.

Akerfeldt · 03-23-2006, 01:39 PM

I tried dBpowerAMP but it doesn't let me access the VOC files. When I go to open a file to convert, the VOC folder is empty as if that format isn't recognized by the program.

TerminX · 03-23-2006, 01:44 PM

Try this in conjunction with dBpowerAMP.

Jim · 03-23-2006, 02:18 PM

Goldwave (has a batch processing as well).

Akerfeldt · 03-23-2006, 04:31 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by TerminX

Try this in conjunction with dBpowerAMP.

Cool, thanks. Ok, I've been able to convert the files but when I play them I don't hear any sound.

TerminX · 03-23-2006, 04:45 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Akerfeldt

Cool, thanks. Ok, I've been able to convert the files but when I play them I don't hear any sound.

Ugh, I just tried it myself and met the same results. Set dBpowerAMP's conversion settings to "bits as source", "freq as source", and "channels as source" and you should get a wav that actually plays.

Akerfeldt · 03-23-2006, 05:00 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by TerminX

Ugh, I just tried it myself and met the same results. Set dBpowerAMP's conversion settings to "bits as source", "freq as source", and "channels as source" and you should get a wav that actually plays.

No luck yet.

TerminX · 03-23-2006, 05:08 PM

Oh ffs, I just tried it with a few files and while it sometimes works, it seems to be kind of intermittent. Try Goldwave as Jim suggested.

I wouldn't be surprised if a lot of the problem is that many of the VOC files in Duke3D are sampled at 8000Hz (as opposed to more common sampling rates such as 11025Hz, 22050Hz and 44100Hz).

03-23-2006, 01:06 PM	#1
Akerfeldt	Getting sound clips from duke3D? I was wondering if there was a way to rip some of the sound clips from the game? On the game disk, there is a folder with VOC files which appears to be all of the sounds and one-liners from the game. Anyone know a way to convert them to wav format, or simply a site where clips can be obtained? PS.....I know a few clips are available in the goodies bundle on the disk, but I'm looking to get some of Duke's other classic one-liners.

03-23-2006, 01:11 PM	#2
TerminX	Re: Getting sound clips from duke3D? Yes, the VOC files are all of the sounds from the game. You can probably batch convert them to WAV using something like dBpowerAMP. __________________ EDuke32 \| Duke4.net forums, the largest Duke Nukem 3D community on the Internet Visit #eduke32 on irc.freenode.net!

03-23-2006, 01:39 PM	#3
Akerfeldt	Re: Getting sound clips from duke3D? I tried dBpowerAMP but it doesn't let me access the VOC files. When I go to open a file to convert, the VOC folder is empty as if that format isn't recognized by the program.

03-23-2006, 01:44 PM	#4
TerminX	Re: Getting sound clips from duke3D? Try this in conjunction with dBpowerAMP. __________________ EDuke32 \| Duke4.net forums, the largest Duke Nukem 3D community on the Internet Visit #eduke32 on irc.freenode.net!

03-23-2006, 02:18 PM	#5
Jim	Re: Getting sound clips from duke3D? Goldwave (has a batch processing as well).

03-23-2006, 05:08 PM	#9
TerminX	Re: Getting sound clips from duke3D? Oh ffs, I just tried it with a few files and while it sometimes works, it seems to be kind of intermittent. Try Goldwave as Jim suggested. I wouldn't be surprised if a lot of the problem is that many of the VOC files in Duke3D are sampled at 8000Hz (as opposed to more common sampling rates such as 11025Hz, 22050Hz and 44100Hz). __________________ EDuke32 \| Duke4.net forums, the largest Duke Nukem 3D community on the Internet Visit #eduke32 on irc.freenode.net!