Replacing Ingame Music - Anyone found a way?

**millionsknives** · 2010-09-30 18:43

Has anyone found out how to swap custom music into the game yet? Or does anyone know the music files location and what type they're stored as? I've had a look around the files and nearly all seem to be in .dat format without any labelling to work out what's what.

There's enough ranting about the games music so I'd have thought someone would have figured this out by now.

Thanks

(Idk if talking about this is strictly allowed, but we have topics about Windower etc so I'm on a limb assuming this is no different)

**Jmeat** · 2010-10-03 12:43

Would also be interested to learn if this is possible. There is some epic music in the OST that I am too impatient to wait for. (38.mp3

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**BerenTebogo** · 2010-10-03 21:45

Jmeat :O

**Jmeat** · 2010-10-04 18:36

Originally Posted by SathFenrir

Jmeat :O

zomgsath! Hope you've been well. =)

**sum0** · 2010-10-04 19:29

There is a .dat format paper out there on the audio .dat format but the site is offline atm: rapture.no-ip.org/sscf.format.txt

Someone already converted the vorbis/ogg .dat files into standard ogg format you can get them below:

megaupload.com/?d=IVEO3Y7K
megaupload.com/?d=U3NRWOYA
megaupload.com/?d=RIHBKY1G

Looks like the person who did it also posted a copy of the .dat audio format you can check it out here:
ffevo.com/topic/2324-ffxiv-vorbisogg-audio-files/

With that you should be able to convert vorbis/ogg files into .dat format that ffxiv can use.

**SephYuyX** · 2010-10-04 20:23

I was the one who found the music and converted it, it took me about 10 minutes to do it via Audacity, im not sure why that guy went bassackwards to convert the dats to ogg that way, or is just BSn.
But anyway.

You want the hard way?
The structure has changed ever so slightly, but if you want to go through a bit of effort, then np.

Here is the list of the music:

Code:

04/07/2010  03:08 AM         2,260,880 08.DAT
04/07/2010  03:08 AM         3,230,296 09.DAT
04/07/2010  03:08 AM         3,134,227 0A.DAT
04/07/2010  03:08 AM         2,949,592 0B.DAT
04/07/2010  03:08 AM         2,936,014 0C.DAT
04/07/2010  03:08 AM         3,106,053 0D.DAT
04/07/2010  03:08 AM         2,048,158 0E.DAT
04/07/2010  03:08 AM         3,762,478 0F.DAT
04/07/2010  03:08 AM         1,864,288 10.DAT
04/07/2010  03:08 AM         7,688,943 11.DAT
04/07/2010  03:08 AM         2,709,809 12.DAT
04/07/2010  03:08 AM         2,245,787 13.DAT
04/07/2010  03:08 AM         1,706,680 14.DAT
04/07/2010  03:08 AM         1,804,780 15.DAT
04/07/2010  03:08 AM         1,749,052 16.DAT
04/07/2010  03:08 AM         3,277,706 17.DAT
04/07/2010  03:08 AM         2,497,912 18.DAT
04/07/2010  03:08 AM         2,684,972 19.DAT
04/07/2010  03:08 AM         1,966,679 1A.DAT
04/07/2010  03:08 AM         2,034,176 1B.DAT
04/07/2010  03:08 AM         3,626,220 1C.DAT
04/07/2010  03:08 AM         6,735,012 1D.DAT
04/07/2010  03:08 AM         6,757,964 1E.DAT
04/07/2010  03:08 AM         5,493,326 20.DAT
04/07/2010  03:08 AM         2,846,840 21.DAT
04/07/2010  03:08 AM         2,061,484 22.DAT
04/07/2010  03:08 AM         2,752,786 23.DAT
04/07/2010  03:08 AM         1,883,299 24.DAT
04/07/2010  03:08 AM         1,826,774 25.DAT
04/07/2010  03:08 AM         2,776,526 26.DAT
04/07/2010  03:08 AM         4,150,907 27.DAT
04/07/2010  03:08 AM         1,099,153 28.DAT
04/07/2010  03:08 AM         2,247,342 29.DAT
04/07/2010  03:08 AM         1,478,432 2A.DAT
04/07/2010  03:08 AM         2,135,444 2B.DAT
04/07/2010  03:08 AM         3,060,065 2C.DAT
04/07/2010  03:08 AM         2,397,948 2D.DAT
04/07/2010  03:08 AM         3,411,570 2E.DAT
04/07/2010  03:08 AM         2,700,953 2F.DAT
04/07/2010  03:08 AM         1,789,515 30.DAT
04/07/2010  03:08 AM         3,588,656 31.DAT
04/07/2010  03:08 AM         1,652,113 32.DAT
04/07/2010  03:08 AM         2,912,107 33.DAT
04/07/2010  03:08 AM         2,107,508 34.DAT
04/07/2010  03:08 AM         3,226,641 35.DAT
04/07/2010  03:08 AM         2,398,435 36.DAT
04/07/2010  03:08 AM         1,739,131 37.DAT
04/07/2010  03:08 AM         2,205,001 38.DAT
04/07/2010  03:08 AM         2,626,829 39.DAT
04/07/2010  03:08 AM         1,853,415 3A.DAT
04/07/2010  03:08 AM         3,068,635 3B.DAT
04/07/2010  03:08 AM         2,712,309 3C.DAT
04/07/2010  03:08 AM         1,648,353 3D.DAT
04/07/2010  03:08 AM         1,706,362 3E.DAT
04/07/2010  03:08 AM         7,075,503 3F.DAT
04/07/2010  03:08 AM         1,837,778 40.DAT
04/07/2010  03:08 AM         2,477,053 41.DAT
04/07/2010  03:08 AM         2,684,971 42.DAT
04/07/2010  03:08 AM         2,003,253 43.DAT
04/07/2010  03:08 AM         2,734,447 44.DAT
04/07/2010  03:08 AM         2,028,852 45.DAT
04/07/2010  03:08 AM         3,458,983 46.DAT
04/07/2010  03:08 AM         2,572,595 47.DAT
04/07/2010  03:08 AM         2,372,356 48.DAT
04/07/2010  03:08 AM         2,222,436 49.DAT
04/07/2010  03:08 AM         2,905,675 4A.DAT
04/07/2010  03:08 AM         1,560,364 4B.DAT
04/07/2010  03:08 AM         2,395,004 4C.DAT
04/07/2010  03:08 AM         1,633,984 4D.DAT
04/07/2010  03:08 AM         2,600,838 4E.DAT
04/07/2010  03:08 AM           207,847 4F.DAT
04/07/2010  03:08 AM         3,227,559 50.DAT
04/07/2010  03:08 AM           502,364 51.DAT
04/07/2010  03:08 AM           127,141 52.DAT
              74 File(s)    197,353,660 bytes

If you have the music files I made from them, you can simply find the music you want to replace by playing each file one by one, and change it to the music you want it to by renaming it and overwriting it, like you would armor dats in XI. If you dont have the music, im sure you can find it easily.

However since the structure changes, not much, but still, you just have to do a search.

Say you want to change UlDah music, (lets say it' ends up being 50.dat, youre going to have to go through every song to find the right one), with whatever music 51.dat is.

Do a search in your XIV directory for 50.dat and 51.dat, and fine the one that matches the sizes listed above. Chances are there will be more than one of each of those files.

So take 51, rename it 50, and move it to the directory 50 is in, and there you go. Make sure you made a backup.

Hard way to do it, but the only way to do it right now.

**sum0** · 2010-10-04 21:05

His posts contains 516 audio files with exact path to the dat files. You only have 74 with just filenames (which makes finding them alot more tedious). Don't see why you have to belittle someone else's work just to make yourself feel better.

**SephYuyX** · 2010-10-04 21:27

I need to make my small penis feel bigger, duh.

In any case, theres only 74 (probably a few more now) music files, the rest are just sound bites. I could spend the 5 minutes to find exact paths for them, but nah.

**millionsknives** · 2010-10-05 06:51

Ty for the input all.

Is there a way to use Rapture tools to quickly scan for specific dats? As I don't see the option. Do I have to scan my files using Windows, then run down the list in R-Tools to find em orz

**sum0** · 2010-10-07 16:53

Originally Posted by millionsknives

Has anyone found out how to swap custom music into the game yet? Or does anyone know the music files location and what type they're stored as? I've had a look around the files and nearly all seem to be in .dat format without any labelling to work out what's what.

There's enough ranting about the games music so I'd have thought someone would have figured this out by now.

Thanks

(Idk if talking about this is strictly allowed, but we have topics about Windower etc so I'm on a limb assuming this is no different)

PM me a link to your .ogg file and I'll convert it to .dat for you.

These are the ogg formatted audio files which include sfx and bg music. From what I seen FFXIV can play ogg files upto 6 channels and 440kbit bitrate. You should be able to replace any of these dat files with the .dat I send you and ffxiv should play it.

Spoiler: show

**Jmeat** · 2010-10-08 18:54

Thanks for the information, sum0! Swapped La Noscea's battle theme for 38.dat. Mmmm. Epic rat battle.

**Kainé** · 2010-10-11 03:51

How do I know which one is the track I want to replace..?

**millionsknives** · 2010-10-11 06:35

Originally Posted by sum0

PM me a link to your .ogg file and I'll convert it to .dat for you.

These are the ogg formatted audio files which include sfx and bg music. From what I seen FFXIV can play ogg files upto 6 channels and 440kbit bitrate. You should be able to replace any of these dat files with the .dat I send you and ffxiv should play it.

Spoiler: show

Sorry for my slow responce, been a hectic week and I'm barely getting time to research this, which is why I'm asking so many questions and not giving out much useful info ; ;.

Thanks a lot for this list, it's a massive time saver. I'm going to go through and label whats what to help others out.

I plan to replace pretty much all the music I've heard in-game, so we could be a while to-and-fro-ing files. How is it you're changing the files to .dat? Rapture tools with Export and Import, using a .ogg file?

It seems there might be a problem with getting the music to loop at all which can be found here: http://www.ffevo.com/topic/2324-ffxi...560#entry15560
Has anyone here had this problem?

How do I know which one is the track I want to replace..?

If you download Rapture Recourse Manager which is linked a bit further up this thread, you can look up those files and listen to whats what.

(Edit: Once we have a way that 100% works and links to everything needed, l'll edit the OP informing people what to do)

**Kainé** · 2010-10-12 10:00

Originally Posted by millionsknives

If you download Rapture Recourse Manager which is linked a bit further up this thread, you can look up those files and listen to whats what.

Eh.. I tried that but the site is down and won't let me download.. :/

**Jmeat** · 2010-10-12 12:16

Originally Posted by Kainé

How do I know which one is the track I want to replace..?

I compiled a small list of tracks I've discovered their source(s). I have more, but I'm at work and this is all I have in my iTunes Library at the moment.

0A.DAT - Cutscene(s)
0B.DAT - Mor Dhona Outdoor Battle Theme
0C.DAT - Levequest, Phase 2
0D.DAT - Black Shroud Outdoor Battle Theme
0E.DAT - Levequest, Black Shroud
0F.DAT - Coerthas Outdoor Battle Theme
1A.DAT - Levequest, Thanalan
1B.DAT - Dungeon Battle Theme (Most zones)
1D.DAT - Vocal Track Heard in opening nation CSs
1E.DAT - Vocal Track Heard in opening nation CSs (Same?)
2A.DAT - Random CSs
2B.DAT - Random CSs
2C.DAT - Unknown
2D.DAT - CSs
2E.DAT - Unknown
2F.DAT - Unknown
3A.DAT - Unknown
3B.DAT - Limsa Lominsa
3C.DAT - La Noscea
3D.DAT - CSs
3E.DAT - Mistbeard Cove
3F.DAT - CSs(?)
4A.DAT - Unknown
4B.DAT - Unknown
4C.DAT - Unknown
4D.DAT - CSs
4E.DAT - Unknown
4F.DAT - Story/Craft Quest Complete Fanfare
08.DAT - Unknown
09.DAT - Limsa Lominsa Instanced Boss Fight
10.DAT - Unknown
11.DAT - Unknown
12.DAT - Behest Final Boss, Gridania Instanced Boss Fight
13.DAT - Unknown
14.DAT - Unknown
15.DAT - La Noscea Outdoor Battle Theme
16.DAT - Levequest, La Noscea
17.DAT - Unknown
18.DAT - Unknown
33.DAT - Gridania
37.DAT - Coerthas
38.DAT - Unknown
39.DAT - Unknown
42.DAT - Ul'Dah
48.DAT - Levequest, DoL
49.DAT - Crafting Theme

**millionsknives** · 2010-10-13 08:46

Originally Posted by Kainé

Eh.. I tried that but the site is down and won't let me download.. :/

try this: http://www.megaupload.com/?d=8M5LGRP3

**Kainé** · 2010-10-13 09:45

Aaalright that's useful.. now how do I convert ogg to dat..? ^_^

**Kainé** · 2010-12-01 05:29

Any updates on this..?

**Kainé** · 2010-12-13 04:05

Alright I think I know how to replace the files.. the only thing left is how to make them loop.. but i'm working on it.. no actually I can't get them to loop for godsake..!

By the way.. if you have Rapture check out these files..

data\07\FD\01\87.DAT
data\07\FD\01\88.DAT
data\07\FD\01\89.DAT
data\07\FD\01\8A.DAT
data\07\FD\01\90.DAT

I guess Darth Vader is in FFXIV.. o.o

**Tenjou** · 2011-08-20 03:12

Hey All,

FINAL BOSS EDIT:

You might remember me from projectXI. Wanted to give a small update on what I have been working on. I -have- successfully managed to replace La Noscea's field music with that of the Phon Coast from FFXII. Now, I can confidently say that I can replace any music dat file. It will correctly scale with the volume slider in-game, and loop where you tell it to. Here's how:

1) Get the program here: http://www.ffevo.com/topic/2324-ffxi...g-audio-files/ Especially read the part about the bytes near 0x1C0.

2) Get EasyTag and clear all the tags off your favorite ogg file.

3) Get Audacity and open the ogg. Find out where the loop points are, and make sure the units are in "samples." Go to export it. As you do, it should offer you to tag it. Add the tags LoopStart and LoopEnd with the values you found.

4) Convert your favorite ogg file to dat using the program from step 1.

5) Back up the track you are replacing. Open it for reference.

6) From byte 0xC0 up to about 0x320 (where the plaintext reads "vorbis Xiph.org" etc), copy and paste the information from the original dat to the new one. The packet length might have changed. This is ok. This corrects the max volume problem.

7) Right after "vorbis" (in plaintext), you should see 06 44 AC. This indicates 6 channels at 44100 Hz. In my case, at least, I had to change the 06 to 02. All the official music dats have 02 here.

8) Around byte 0x1D0 (see step 1) you should notice a 32 byte long header. The fifth and sixth 4-byte fields correspond to loop start and end times, and seems to be the only thing the game goes off of when looping. To set the values, take your sample values and multiply by 0.4, then convert to hex. Note that you may need to change the multiplier to anywhere between 0.35 and 0.45, so experiment a bit. Not sure what the exact unit conversion is.

9) Around byte 0x5D0 is the actual ogg header. Copy everything from 8 bytes before the LoopStart and LoopEnd fields from here to around byte 0x320, directly after "libVorbis I 20090709" (in plaintext). Check to make sure file length is preserved! You can add or delete padding bytes in the field of 00s you see. If file length is not preserved the client will crash upon trying to load the music dat.

10) Not sure but you might also need to copy everything in the 0x400 to 0x500 neighborhood from the original dat to the new one.

11) Replace dat.

12) ???

13) PROFIT!

As an example, http://www.megaupload.com/?d=62673PHO what I have for Southern La Noscea. It's Phon Coast from FFXII. Yes the loop is slightly off, but it's good enough for me. I'll try to edit a few more tracks now to make sure I'm right about all this. Will upload what I have later.

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