Problem testing songs

**ruippeixotog** · Joined: 14 Dec 2006 Posts: 220

Some days ago, I found this forum, and the custom song part interested me. After reading all the tutorials here, I started to make midis, and I already have two of them with all the notes; but I need to test the songs, because I am sure that they aren't perfectly synchronized with the mp3.
I tried this method, using FileInjector and the offsets in the text file, but I must have done something wrong, because I opened the ARK in ghex and I couldn't open any midi/vgs ("Not a valid MIDI/VGS file" error).
I tried using ghex to replace the midi and the vgs, created the ISO, but it didn't work in VgsPlayer.

What can I possibly be doing wrong? Is there any better way to test songs? It takes a long time...

Another problem: All vgs I created worked perfectly in ghex. I tried replacing midis there, but I couldn't see the note chart I created ("Unhandled MIDI command" error). Some people here said it was normal, but when I used sephiroth or sargoth's songs, they showed perfectly, like any original song. Does it mean that my midi has some error?

When I finish the midis, I will post here, but I need help

**Meteodragoon** · Joined: 22 Jul 2006 Posts: 220 Location: Colorado

**katamakel** · Joined: 16 Jun 2006 Posts: 1467 Location: Stockholm, Sweden

**ImaCarrot** · Joined: 06 Mar 2006 Posts: 2687

If you use the FileInjector method; you don't have to use Ghex at all. I haven't really come across any errors with that method, just the limitations of the utility, so I'm not sure what you may be doing wrong.

VGSPlayer won't play the GH2 disc at all, with or without custom songs. If you are using GH, VGSPlayer won't play custom songs that you injected using Ghex because Ghex changes all the file offsets. If you use ShadowZero's utilities, you can play custom songs in VGSPlayer, only if you are using GH though.

There currently is not a better way to test songs, there will be soon though.

I'm not sure what Seph and Sargoth do to their songs to get them to show up in Ghex, none of mine ever do and it isn't a problem.

**Sargoth** · Joined: 15 Oct 2006 Posts: 242

**ruippeixotog** · Joined: 14 Dec 2006 Posts: 220

Thanks for the quick response

**katamakel** · Joined: 16 Jun 2006 Posts: 1467 Location: Stockholm, Sweden

**ruippeixotog** · Joined: 14 Dec 2006 Posts: 220

But you said Vgsplayer had the song offsets hard coded, in your last post... doesn't it mean that it won't read modified offsets?

Anyway, I'm having another problem with FileInjector... I copied unmodified GH1 to HDD, and tried again... but somehow, it didn't work this time, the ARK remained unmodified, even if it appeared the "looks like success" normal message after. The files aren't read-only, and I input the offset correctly (without the space between the numbers). What can be wrong?

**katamakel** · Joined: 16 Jun 2006 Posts: 1467 Location: Stockholm, Sweden

**Sephiroth87** · Joined: 18 Nov 2006 Posts: 88

**ruippeixotog** · Joined: 14 Dec 2006 Posts: 220

Here's a screen of your "welcome to the jungle"...

All custom songs I tested appeared, except mine... but if you say it's not a problem, ok ;)

FileInjector still doesn't do any modification, it's very strange

maybe i'll try burning a dvd, to see if I can play it...