A plugin to change the music?

[Amon_Knives]

I was wondering while reading some of these threads, that I wonder if it is possible to create a plugin so you can change the music like retexturing can change the textures. Like for Zelda OOT, ever since it cam out, hundreds of symphonies have created orchestrated music from that game and it would be awsome to make it add to the whole high of the game. Mind you, it should only be used for good (no rob zombie in Mario 64 ).

[Kid A]

no rob zombie in Mario 64

Why not??? . It would be a great such a plugin with thouse features.

[optimus$prime]

changing the music would be great
there is a soundtrack cd of zelda oot which is played by an orchestra

sounds excellent

http://www.altpop.com/stc/reviews/lozooths.htm

[cloudscapes]

Probably not possible.
I think it uses a combination of MOD and MIDI. It's not as simple as expecting a full MP3 or WAV track to play.

[Amon_Knives]

but we can dream.

[M Cubed]

I've never understood why it was so difficult for the person to play the sound file on their PC WHILE playing the rom.....

[Amon_Knives]

I've never understood why it was so difficult for the person to play the sound file on their PC WHILE playing the rom.....

Would you want to start John Cena's music on windows media player every time his ring entrance came on?

[JMPIV4]

But think it needs to be in the game code already.
Could Still disable music/sound and load an external file and played through plugin.

[optimus$prime]

Probably not possible.
I think it uses a combination of MOD and MIDI. It's not as simple as expecting a full MP3 or WAV track to play.

but it's also possible to use 32bit png for color indexed bmps.

there is a doom port called jdoom (doomsday engine) where you can use oggs instead of original midi

[Kamran]

"there is a doom port called jdoom (doomsday engine) where you can use oggs instead of original midi"

Yes, you're right. But that was only possible because Doom source code was released to public. With the source code in hand, a programmer can disable, change or replace entire original resources with completely new ones. Or rewrite some parts of code to support an entirely new sound / graphics format. Changing music / sounds for a N64 game might not be that easy without having the source code for that particular game.

But I still don't believe it's impossible. Some games make use of streaming music (MP3, Bad Fur Day) instead of sequenced music (MIDI, Super Mario 64). There might just be a way to play external tracks instead of original ones.