Posted May 25, 2013
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The Unreal Gold soundtrack is remarkably good, but GOG wasn't able to include it because of licensing issues. However, if you want to take some time you can convert the music files yourself. (There may be a post already explaining this, but I decided to create my own because of the sale this weekend.)
The program I recently discovered was AIMP3 - http://www.aimp2.us/aimp3-download.php - which seems to work much faster than my old method of ModPlug Player + SUPER converter. So here's how I'd suggest going about this:
1) Get AIMP3, install (you may want to deselect a few options to use AIMP3 as default for other file formats)
2) Locate the Unreal Gold music; for me the files are located in C:\Program Files\GOG.com\Unreal Gold\Music. (There should be 48 of them, only about 40 megs worth altogether.)
3) Start up AIMP3. (If all you want to do is listen to the awesomeness, just drag and drop the UMX files into the playlist area under the orange "Default" button. However, I'll continue with conversion.)
- Press Ctrl+K for the Audio Converter shortcut. Then skip to Step 6.
4) In the upper-left corner, click the grey arrow button (hovering over it will it is the "main menu" button.) Go to Utilities, then select Audio Converter.
5) A dialog box may come up saying that you cannot convert to MP3. Just click OK. (You may want to use a separate converter to do that, but iTunes can automatically convert WMA to MP3 or AAC.)
- Press Ctrl+Insert to select the folder contents you want to add. Then skip to Step 7.
6) Here we are in the Audio Converter. Select the "+" dropdown button in the upper-right corner, and select Add Folders.
7) Navigate to the "Music" folder under Unreal Gold (My Computer -> Local Disk (C:) -> Program Files, etc.) and select it. Press Ok.
8) You should see 48 files appear in the main converter list area - Bounds of Foundry, Chizra, Hub 7, Shared Dig, etc.
9) Under "Format" (bottom area beneath the list), I'd suggest selecting WMA to keep the file sizes lower than FLAC or WAV, and to the right of that with the "...", I'd select 320000 for a bitrate. But you can choose what you want, of course. (You can also have the songs converted into a different folder via "Move output to:".)
10) Press "Start". This may take 5-10 minutes depending on your PC power (I'm on what is almost a decade old machine, though it was a beast in '04).
That should basically be it! Move the music to iTunes, let it automatically convert, then listen on your iPod. Or if your playa has drag-and-drop capabilities, just ... drag and drop.
Most of this you could have figured out elsewhere online or by yourself, but I figured I'd at least generate a little interest because the game is on sale this weekend and the music is REALLY good.
Feel free to post your own method if you think it is better, or offer suggestions for others.
The program I recently discovered was AIMP3 - http://www.aimp2.us/aimp3-download.php - which seems to work much faster than my old method of ModPlug Player + SUPER converter. So here's how I'd suggest going about this:
1) Get AIMP3, install (you may want to deselect a few options to use AIMP3 as default for other file formats)
2) Locate the Unreal Gold music; for me the files are located in C:\Program Files\GOG.com\Unreal Gold\Music. (There should be 48 of them, only about 40 megs worth altogether.)
3) Start up AIMP3. (If all you want to do is listen to the awesomeness, just drag and drop the UMX files into the playlist area under the orange "Default" button. However, I'll continue with conversion.)
- Press Ctrl+K for the Audio Converter shortcut. Then skip to Step 6.
4) In the upper-left corner, click the grey arrow button (hovering over it will it is the "main menu" button.) Go to Utilities, then select Audio Converter.
5) A dialog box may come up saying that you cannot convert to MP3. Just click OK. (You may want to use a separate converter to do that, but iTunes can automatically convert WMA to MP3 or AAC.)
- Press Ctrl+Insert to select the folder contents you want to add. Then skip to Step 7.
6) Here we are in the Audio Converter. Select the "+" dropdown button in the upper-right corner, and select Add Folders.
7) Navigate to the "Music" folder under Unreal Gold (My Computer -> Local Disk (C:) -> Program Files, etc.) and select it. Press Ok.
8) You should see 48 files appear in the main converter list area - Bounds of Foundry, Chizra, Hub 7, Shared Dig, etc.
9) Under "Format" (bottom area beneath the list), I'd suggest selecting WMA to keep the file sizes lower than FLAC or WAV, and to the right of that with the "...", I'd select 320000 for a bitrate. But you can choose what you want, of course. (You can also have the songs converted into a different folder via "Move output to:".)
10) Press "Start". This may take 5-10 minutes depending on your PC power (I'm on what is almost a decade old machine, though it was a beast in '04).
That should basically be it! Move the music to iTunes, let it automatically convert, then listen on your iPod. Or if your playa has drag-and-drop capabilities, just ... drag and drop.
Most of this you could have figured out elsewhere online or by yourself, but I figured I'd at least generate a little interest because the game is on sale this weekend and the music is REALLY good.
Feel free to post your own method if you think it is better, or offer suggestions for others.
