Hey guys, I have a quick question to all you extractor people. I'm currently trying to extract dialouge from Halo 2, and while I've seemed to figure out where to get the exact sounds, when extracted (or even previewd) there sped up. I'd prefer not to have to edit every single one, since I'm extracting ingame dialouge for female marines. Does anyone know how to do this correctly?

Use Ambiance http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?w24yxg5vfyy
Best sound extractor I've seen.

I used both ADI and Ambiance and both failed to do what I needed. Luckily Yoko pointed me in the right direction by using "Gravemind", which extracts sounds perfectly.

I never knew Gravemind could extract sound. I need to try it out >.>

It does, however it uses Halo 2 Vista maps, not xbox maps.

1.6. When you name the file to extract make sure to add ".wav" to the end.

now I'm intrigued, where can I DL gravemind? I can't find it on google

http://www.monstrmoose.com/kantanomo/Gravemind%201.6B.rar

for gravemind to work do u just need h2v installed or the map editor too? because when I try to set the settings I get an exception...

THIS exception to be exact

System.UnauthorizedAccessException: Access to the path 'C:\Program Files\Microsoft Games\Halo 2\maps\03b_newmombasa.map' is denied.
at System.IO.__Error.WinIOError(Int32 errorCode, String maybeFullPath)
at System.IO.FileStream.Init(String path, FileMode mode, FileAccess access, Int32 rights, Boolean useRights, FileShare share, Int32 bufferSize, FileOptions options, SECURITY_ATTRIBUTES secAttrs, String msgPath, Boolean bFromProxy)
at System.IO.FileStream..ctor(String path, FileMode mode, FileAccess access)
at Mr_Mohawk_v12.Form1.Button2_Click(Object sender, EventArgs e)
at System.Windows.Forms.Control.OnClick(EventArgs e)
at System.Windows.Forms.Button.OnClick(EventArgs e)
at System.Windows.Forms.Button.OnMouseUp(MouseEventArgs mevent)
at System.Windows.Forms.Control.WmMouseUp(Message& m, MouseButtons button, Int32 clicks)
at System.Windows.Forms.Control.WndProc(Message& m)
at System.Windows.Forms.ButtonBase.WndProc(Message& m)
at System.Windows.Forms.Button.WndProc(Message& m)
at System.Windows.Forms.Control.ControlNativeWindow.OnMessage(Message& m)
at System.Windows.Forms.Control.ControlNativeWindow.WndProc(Message& m)
at System.Windows.Forms.NativeWindow.Callback(IntPtr hWnd, Int32 msg, IntPtr wparam, IntPtr lparam)
Edited by Delicon20 on Dec 3, 2011 at 07:31 PM

Basically what waffles said, and you should also try running it in admin mode.

same exception, do either of you have a folder in your halo 2 directory called settings? if so upload it I believe thatll fix the exception

Oh yeah, you have to make a folder called settings wherever the app is located. You dont need anything in it, just the folder.
Edited by Higuy on Dec 3, 2011 at 07:54 PM

No ones ever really gone

Can't wait till I get H2V! Audio is definitely one of my (if not THE most) favorite parts of Halo 2! I'd definitely love to bring some of that goodness to the Halo CE world for people to use, mainly because the Halo 1 audio isn't really that awesome on a character non-cutscene basis.

Hi

Ya I still check back once every 1-2 days sometimes a week later.

meh it doesn't come out right in gravemind when i do it

this is why we need instruction manuals people

then please enlighten me as to how you did it

I extracted a ton of stuff from New Mombasa just fine (entire female dialouge).

instructions? cuz im obviously doin it wrong then

Just open the map, go to snd!, select a sound, hit the sound editor tag, preview it, extract it (make sure to add .wav extension to the end of the name).

and if when you hit the play button it plays no sound?

and then when you open it in audacity the audio is a "bjzzeett" sound?

I had that problem when extracting dialouge and opening it in audoacity, so I just edited it all in Sony Vegas instead.

The same thing Happened to me...

is sony vegas free?

No.

damn

You need to re export it in the correct format for tool to actually read it.

so lemme get this straight, if I don't have sony vegas to edit the sounds with, I'm screwed?

I don't know, maybe look for some other sound editor? Sony Vegas is the only other one from Audacity that I've tried. But music and sfx worked fine in Audacity, just not extracted dialouge which is odd.

damn, none of em are workin, any1 wanna be a doll and extract the halo 2 marine, grunt, & elite dialog and get me the h2 material impact sounds? kthx

It took me basically an entire day to extract the female dialouge. Its long and extremely boring, but I do know that Yoko had extracted most of the Elite dialouge, so if you want that ask her. For the rest, im not sure, sorry.

I've recorded 3 sets of custom dialog and fixed MANY music loops as well as made custom ones, so it would've been a walk in the park for me, and I've pulled much more grueling long hauls with working on particles and effects, as well as creating large amounts of heavily modified textures. but seeing as how I can't manage to extract and edit the sounds now I can't do it myself, but believe me, I'd LOVE to be able to do it myself and publicly release all the sounds too. but ya'know

Hello all. I am having a bit of trouble with extracting the music from the Halo 2 maps. I having been toying around wit Gravemind 1.6b for a few hours now and finally got it to work...more or less. But I am having trouble extracting the music into a usable format. I have, of course, read through the previous posts, none of which seemed to helps sadly.
Right now I am focusing on a single file: sound\music\05_nostrings\05_tension_ns\alt_loop
If I can figure out the process of extracting a single song, I can apply it to the rest.
When I go to "extract" or Extract all" it prompts me to save me to save the file by replacing another. I tried that, and additionally tried putting a .wav or .mp3 after it to no avail. I am just missing something here? Any advice or help anyone can offer would be greatly appreciated!

Sorry I neglected to add that. The file is located in the "01b_spacestation" map under "snd!"

Super (C) is probably the best free converter out there, so you might be able to convert it with that.