Needed Help With VAG Playback!

[HectyHector]

Hello! I'm very new to PSX Development, and I've followed the hello world guide to compile a hello world project via psyq.

While I did manage to compile Hello World project without any issues, I've now been trying to tackle making stuff on my own. One of the things I wanted to try doing is playing back a vag. I converted a wav by opening it in VAGTool, and then saving it as a .vag file.

I also found a thread with a .vag playback example here: http://www.psxdev.net/forum/viewtopic.php?t=153

However, there is a problem with this. I tried replacing the existing .vag in the example's source code (pedobear.vag) and then compiling the exe, but that doesn't do anything. I saw someone in the replies say something about uploading the vag to a certain address, but I have no idea on how to do that.

Help would be appreciated, thanks!

[Yagotzirck]

That example definitely needs some fixing - aside from the fact that it's meant to be used with xploder + caetla, even after adjusting it for emulators by embedding the .VAG file in the exe it works only with pedobear.vag, for the simple reason that it uploads the file to SPU RAM starting from offset 0 since pedobear.vag lacks a .VAG header for whatever reason.
So I tried to upload it starting at offset 0x30(basically skipping the header) to see if proper vag files get played, and they do... unfortunately the sample rate is hardcoded according to that of pedobear.vag, so if your vag's sample rate isn't the same as pedobear.vag's it will play either too fast or too slow
I'll try to fix it up and upload it once it's done.

EDIT: Alright, it should work now - all you have to do is edit datafile.asm and change this line:

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VAGname	equs	"test.vag"

by changing test.vag to the vag file you want to play (after placing it in the same folder as the project, of course), then double-click make.bat, and voilà

I didn't bother polishing the original code too much nor commenting my additions/changes since they seem pretty straightforward to me, so if something is unclear just ask and I'll try to clarify

[HectyHector]

That example definitely needs some fixing - aside from the fact that it's meant to be used with xploder + caetla, even after adjusting it for emulators by embedding the .VAG file in the exe it works only with pedobear.vag, for the simple reason that it uploads the file to SPU RAM starting from offset 0 since pedobear.vag lacks a .VAG header for whatever reason.
So I tried to upload it starting at offset 0x30(basically skipping the header) to see if proper vag files get played, and they do... unfortunately the sample rate is hardcoded according to that of pedobear.vag, so if your vag's sample rate isn't the same as pedobear.vag's it will play either too fast or too slow
I'll try to fix it up and upload it once it's done.

EDIT: Alright, it should work now - all you have to do is edit datafile.asm and change this line:

Code: Select all

VAGname	equs	"test.vag"

by changing test.vag to the vag file you want to play (after placing it in the same folder as the project, of course), then double-click make.bat, and voilà

I didn't bother polishing the original code too much nor commenting my additions/changes since they seem pretty straightforward to me, so if something is unclear just ask and I'll try to clarify

It worked! Thanks so much