I have questions about files in the Streamsounds folder . . .

[Dark_Ansem 12]

Just to confirm: isn't the mus_sbat_* the same music as the mus_bat_* files?

Correct. The *sbat files, on Pc, are recorded in a different format than the rest of the music, in KOTOR1, and they represent the "endings" that play when combat ends. The stingers, in other words.

[Sith Holocron 2,406]

Then my followup is: why bother with the sbat files when the formatting of the bat files are easier to deal with?

[Dark_Ansem 12]

Then my followup is: why bother with the sbat files when the formatting of the bat files are easier to deal with?

Because, if I want to add custom battle music, I need to understand how the sbat files are. How long, any further specifics, etc.

[rebus_x 3]

This post is not of the files in StreamSounds, but rather about other .wav TSL sound files (which really are MP3s with fake header; they are located in StreamMusic and StreamVoice). I think this topic would be appropriate, considering its name, though I admit it's been a long time.

 

I couldn't play those by renaming them to .mp3. But there is actually a way to play those files with Media Player Classic and K-Lite Codec Pack. If you use MPC as your everyday media player, then you can install both x86 and x64 versions; in the following instruction the x86 version is used for playing TSL fake .wav files (and also any actual .wav files), and the x64 one - for whatever you wish. Note that the x86 one won't be able to play many other file formats, such as .flac, due to the settings described below.

 

1. Install K-Lite Codec Pack (I use Mega edition), with both x86 and x64 Media Player Classic players. During the installation you can associate both of them with preferred file types; choose .wav for the x86 version.

2. Open Codec Tweak Tool -> DirectShow (x86). Disable the LAV Splitter. Now, with the x86 MPC, this splitter won't be used to read files.

3. Open the x86 Media Player Classic. In Preferences -> External Filters, add the filters MPEG-I Stream Splitter and MP3 Decoder DMO.

 

After that, you're all done.