Multiple ADX files in SFD (Multilanguage support)

[JustKarushi]

I have a question, can I add more .adx files to the .sfd file, and what commands to use for multilanguage?

[ThisKwasior]

I have no idea how this issue escaped me. At this moment it's not possible to mux multiple ADX streams, it's in the works. I don't really understand the multilanguage question though - do you mean audio files with multiple languages?

[MarioTainaka]

Hi there! thanks for making an accessible version of these tools for the masses. Is multi language ADX muxing in the works?

[ThisKwasior]

@MarioTainaka Hello! Release from 4 days ago covers the initial support for this. It does break some stuff though, so if any problem occurs, please use the first release.

Here are some examples of mutliple languages working: https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/3619041/159117968-396edefa-c697-495e-8d54-891da8ea395d.mp4 https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/3619041/159117971-9e7e5601-f509-4fb4-a23f-8652ec7f1508.mp4

[MarioTainaka]

Thanks a bunch! Mind giving me an example of the command argument you have to use if say for example you have one mpeg file with two ADX tracks one English and one Japanese? thanks again!

[ThisKwasior]

This is the command from examples above: sfdmux.exe e0001.sfd bakamitai.mpeg bakamitai_jp.adx bakamitai_en.adx

The order of adx files in input will be the same in the output file (as in, the ID will increment). So as you can see, japanese is the first file available. It all depends on the SFDs you want to replace though.

[MarioTainaka]

Thank you!! i'll try it out in Sonic Generations and report back.

[MarioTainaka]

Just tried out gens the audio for all 5 tracks is completely silent.

[MarioTainaka]

Here's the file in question rename it to ev011.sfd for easy testing and try playing the very first cutscene.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1VWD3gMcxaCJrV2ESXT_qDsb9zMMCO48G/view?usp=sharing

[ThisKwasior]

Checked it out. I guess it's silent because it uses AIX containers instead of plain ADX or because I didn't finish reverse-engineering the sofdec packet. Either way, I will figure out both in some time. At least video works - that's promising.

[MarioTainaka]

Could you maybe look into creating an AIX converter or encoder? as far as I understand it's a container for the ADX files. I think that's the reason why multiple langagues don't work even when using official tools.

[MarioTainaka]

right now if you encode multiple ADX files with Official tools it will only play the file in slot 1 for all langauges

[ThisKwasior]

I'll look into it, but this week is gonna be tough on free time.

[MarioTainaka]

Thank you!! here are the files I used, keep in mind that all other languages that aren't English (0) or Japanese (1) are copies of the English ADX file.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1duA7pJzBy3WUgCI9zeYJ1ru3M-kQigc8/view?usp=sharing

[MarioTainaka]

Hey there! any progress on this?

[ThisKwasior]

Sorry, progress has been slow. I will probably have something usable next week

[MarioTainaka]

Please, take your time. I was just wondering if you were alive LOL

[ThisKwasior]

Got some progress done. Will commit changes in few days after I clean up the code.