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[Legacy_Tarot Redhand]

               As someone asked about the difference between BMU files and MP3 files I did a little experiment. I took a short mp3 file and used mp3tobmu on it, putting the resultant bmu file in the same directory as the mp3 file. I then compared the file sizes and noted that there was only an 8 byte difference. In order to discover what these 8 bytes were and where they are distributed within the bmu file, I then used winmerge to compare the 2 files. The result was somewhat surprising to say the least. The only difference is that mp3tobmu inserts those 8 bytes at the very beginning of the file and changes the extension to .bmu. The actual value of those 8 bytes equates to the text "BMU V1.0". And that's it.

TR
               
               

               

                     Modifié par Tarot Redhand, 29 mai 2013 - 11:02 .
                     
                  

            

[Legacy_Empyre65]

               Good detective work, Tarot. Now, what happens if you put an MP3 with the "wrong" format (different bit rate, etc.) into mp3tobmu?
               
               

               
            

[Legacy_Tarot Redhand]

               First it warns you and then if you insist it will do what I said earlier.

TR
               
               

               
            

[Legacy_Dark_Ansem]

               so mp3tobmu is not really necessary if one wants to convert from bmu to mp3?
               
               

               
            

[Legacy_Tarot Redhand]

               That depends. Strictly speaking, no - not if you've got access to something like a hex editor to insert that bit of text that I mentioned. On the other hand if you still want to know for sure that the resulting bmu will work in nwn (mp3 according to mp3tobmu needs to be in mono not stereo for example) then mp3tobmu is still useful.

TR