CHART file?

[awsh]

HELP! I just downloaded Dark Matter off of Scorehero.com, yet it only appeared as a CHART file... I have no idea what to do with this and need help. It doesn't show up ingame, and I want to know how to make it work. Sorry, but I'm a complete n00b at all of this, I only got fofix yesterday... =P Please help.

[amak11]

Use the program EOF to convert the chart file to mid

Link below
viewtopic.php?f=11&t=32725

[awsh]

Use the program EOF to convert the chart file to mid

Link below
viewtopic.php?f=11&t=32725

OK, so i downloaded that and now i'm lost again... i have no clue how to convert the file... please help moar?

[amak11]

Open the program

file>import chart >[chart file where ever it is]

then save. a mid file should be created in the same directory

[awsh]

Open the program

file>import chart >[chart file where ever it is]

then save. a mid file should be created in the same directory

ugh... I'm sorry, but with what you gave me, EOF version 1.65 on windows, there is no "import chart" tab under file... So I still can't do anything... not sure what i did wrong or if you have an other version, but it isn't working for me.

[acrox999]

1. File->FeedBack Import->Choose your .CHART file->Open
*If it ask you for Music File(.ogg) so->Cancel->New->Choose the .MP3 file->Select->Fill out the boxes(Song Name, Artist)->Use Source Folder->File->FeedBack Import->Choose your .CHART file->Open
2. Song->Properties->Fill in the boxes
3. File->Save As...->notes.eof
4. Done.

[awsh]

1. File->FeedBack Import->Choose your .CHART file->Open
*If it ask you for Music File(.ogg) so->Cancel->New->Choose the .MP3 file->Select->Fill out the boxes(Song Name, Artist)->Use Source Folder->File->FeedBack Import->Choose your .CHART file->Open
2. Song->Properties->Fill in the boxes
3. File->Save As...->notes.eof
4. Done.

I'm getting pretty frustrated now... I have an mp3 file for the song, so i chose that for the music file, correct? It plays on windows media player. So i name the artist and song, click ok, use the source folder, and then a new box pops up saying choose ogg music file... -_- i DO NOT HAVE A FRIKIN OGG FILE! I'm sorry, but this is just getting ridiculous.

[OzzyOzrock]

You're obviously doing something wrong, as it should be converted to an .ogg file instantly. Are you sure you're using the pop-up window to choose the file?

[awsh]

OK, so following all those steps, after i name the song and artist, a new small window pops up saying OGG settings: Encoder Quality.
What do i do there? What i did was just keep it default and continue, whereas another window pops up saying to choose the ogg file, which for some reason is still not there... i have repeated this around 20 times and still nothing...

[OzzyOzrock]

Yeah, the default should work... ;_;

[awsh]

Yeah, the default should work... ;_;

Then i have no idea why it isn't... i'm sad now.

[raynebc]

Feedback import isn't meant for you to provide an MP3, you should have the file in OGG format already. If you have a chart open already (such as if you just created one), importing the chart file will replace what's open in EOF, and you'll be asked to provide the audio for the Feedback chart. If you did convert with the method acrox999 indicated (File>New), then it would have created a folder with the converted audio in EOF's configured song folder. If you didn't specify the default song folder path, it will be in the folder that the EOF program is in. At least at this point, you can provide the guitar.ogg (which was converted from the MP3 you specified earlier), and then you can check the sync. If you provide your own audio, there's never any guarantee that it will match exactly with the chart, especially since some folks prefer to alter the audio to remove silence, etc.

This is a long way to go about it, so if you prefer, you can use free software like Audacity or dBPoweramp to convert the MP3s to OGG files if you plan on doing ScoreHero conversions.

[awsh]

Feedback import isn't meant for you to provide an MP3, you should have the file in OGG format already. If you have a chart open already (such as if you just created one), importing the chart file will replace what's open in EOF, and you'll be asked to provide the audio for the Feedback chart. If you did convert with the method acrox999 indicated (File>New), then it would have created a folder with the converted audio in EOF's configured song folder. If you didn't specify the default song folder path, it will be in the folder that the EOF program is in. At least at this point, you can provide the guitar.ogg (which was converted from the MP3 you specified earlier), and then you can check the sync. If you provide your own audio, there's never any guarantee that it will match exactly with the chart, especially since some folks prefer to alter the audio to remove silence, etc.

This is a long way to go about it, so if you prefer, you can use free software like Audacity or dBPoweramp to convert the MP3s to OGG files if you plan on doing ScoreHero conversions.

I'm crying now. Even after finally finding a program to convert the mp3 to an ogg, it still somehow manages to play on windows media player and EOF says it can't load the file because it might not be a valid ogg file. WTF! I used BlazeMedia Pro free demo, btw.

[raynebc]

I already gave you the names of two free programs that are guaranteed to work for the audio conversion. I suggest you try one of them instead.

[acrox999]

Right, you probably doing something wrong. Did you import the MP3 in the same folder as the .CHART file? If its not, then you should put the MP3 along with the .CHART in the same folder.