(Again?) How do I put custom music on SRB2?

[Greg]

I was learning how to use SLADE and I thought about adding custom music to my STSCA Demo 2.3 update, but even after reading several wikis and tutorials, no matter how hard I try, I can't get it to work. I've asked about this before, but I still don't understand and haven't been able to figure it out.

 

[El-fire]

First you need your music to be in the .OGG file format. You can use Audacity to accomplish that. Next you make a marker in your Music folder in your PK3 and call that marker "O_*song name here but preferably 4 letters long*" then in the level header, just put the name of the song excluding the "O_" and you should be good.

Example:
Music Folder: O_GFZ1
Level Header: Music = GFZ1

 

[Greg]

First you need your music to be in the .OGG file format. You can use Audacity to accomplish that. Next you make a marker in your Music folder in your PK3 and call that marker "O_*song name here but preferably 4 letters long*" then in the level header, just put the name of the song excluding the "O_" and you should be good.

Example:
Music Folder: O_GFZ1
Level Header: Music = GFZ1

Thanks man, it helped a lot, it worked!

 

[xdf]

First you need your music to be in the .OGG file format. You can use Audacity to accomplish that. Next you make a marker in your Music folder in your PK3 and call that marker "O_*song name here but preferably 4 letters long*" then in the level header, just put the name of the song excluding the "O_" and you should be good.

Example:
Music Folder: O_GFZ1
Level Header: Music = GFZ1

actually it doesn't have to be ogg, it can be many other formats listed here: https://wiki.srb2.org/wiki/Sound_and_music_tutorial#Accepted_sound_formats

 

[Greg]

actually it doesn't have to be ogg, it can be many other formats listed here: https://wiki.srb2.org/wiki/Sound_and_music_tutorial#Accepted_sound_formats

Thanks but it already worked

 

[Aquavine]

actually it doesn't have to be ogg, it can be many other formats listed here: https://wiki.srb2.org/wiki/Sound_and_music_tutorial#Accepted_sound_formats

One issue with that... UNNECESSARY FILE SIZE BLOAT!!! .Ogg’s with around 64/kbps bitrate are great for making whole mappacks with multiple stages or zones only 10 to 20mb’s max. 2 minutes of a Ogg like that is around 800kb’s - 1.5mb’s.

It’s always good to care about optimization, because 5 stage map pack having 20mb’s is kinda bleh personally...

 

[xdf]

One issue with that... UNNECESSARY FILE SIZE BLOAT!!! .Ogg’s with around 64/kbps bitrate are great for making whole mappacks with multiple stages or zones only 10 to 20mb’s max. 2 minutes of a Ogg like that is around 800kb’s - 1.5mb’s.

It’s always good to care about optimization, because 5 stage map pack having 20mb’s is kinda bleh personally...

vgm/vgz's are probably the smallest music formats that srb2 supports, but they don't work like your average ogg or mp3

 

[Greg]

One issue with that... UNNECESSARY FILE SIZE BLOAT!!! .Ogg’s with around 64/kbps bitrate are great for making whole mappacks with multiple stages or zones only 10 to 20mb’s max. 2 minutes of a Ogg like that is around 800kb’s - 1.5mb’s.

It’s always good to care about optimization, because 5 stage map pack having 20mb’s is kinda bleh personally...

I think my file is 23MB with 8 levels and 7 custom songs, from what I've seen.

Post automatically merged: Dec 8, 2025

And how do I do it for MIDI music?

 

[Aquavine]

I think my file is 23MB with 8 levels and 7 custom songs, from what I've seen.

Post automatically merged: Dec 8, 2025

And how do I do it for MIDI music?

I’d say that this is pretty good I think. And for midi files you need to name the filie D_ instead, and it needs to have the same name as the O_ file to work.

 

[Greg]

I’d say that this is pretty good I think. And for midi files you need to name the filie D_ instead, and it needs to have the same name as the O_ file to work.

OK

Post automatically merged: Dec 8, 2025

I’d say that this is pretty good I think. And for midi files you need to name the filie D_ instead, and it needs to have the same name as the O_ file to work.

Does it have to be the same file?

Post automatically merged: Dec 8, 2025

Guys, I just wanted to say that I got what I wanted: MIDI and digital.