Does fheroes2 support audio from original CD tracks ?

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fheroes2 is a recreation of Heroes of Might and Magic II game engine.

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Does fheroes2 support audio from original CD tracks ? #4953

Closed Saroumane closed 2 years ago

Saroumane commented 2 years ago

Your question

Hello, I understand that Homm2 Gold (DOS) from GOG.com is the most supported version for fheroes2. However is it possible to use fheroes2 with :

Win95 version from GOG.com (I understand GOG provides it as a bonus CD image, but I'm not sure that original CUE/BIN audio tracks are included ?)
a retail CD of Homm2 original edition / classic edition ? (is it mandatory to rip a CUE/BIN file to use audio tacks ? or is it possible to use a real CD-ROM drive ?)

(I don't want to use ripped audio tracks from GOG as they have audible glitches)

Thanks for your feedback !

oleg-derevenetz commented 2 years ago

Hi @Saroumane, fheroes2 does not support playing music tracks directly from CD (or CD image). You will need to rip them one way or the other (in the OGG format).

Win95 version from GOG.com (I understand GOG provides it as a bonus CD image, but I'm not sure that original CUE/BIN audio tracks are included ?)

According to the contents of the homm2.ins file from the GOG distribution, it seems that the CD image itself does not contain audio tracks, and they are "mounted" using the *.ogg files from the music folder.

Saroumane commented 2 years ago

@oleg-derevenetz Thank you for this answer. Is it planned on the 'feature roadmap' ?

oleg-derevenetz commented 2 years ago

@Saroumane

Thank you for this answer. Is it planned on the 'feature roadmap' ?

Not the top priority at least. Nowadays, apps are no longer distributed on CDs.

Saroumane commented 2 years ago

Sure, I perfectly understand that. CUE/BIN support would be awesome for digital preservation, though.