Cutscene audio ever gonna get fixed?

[SolomonGrundyThanksForTheTurkey]

Is it?

[Fhaarkas]

Originally posted by ThreeSon:

Originally posted by Fhaarkas:

I don't mind uploading the videos at all. Though they're 10GB in total and with my 512kbps up it'll probably take more than a week or so. I'm thinking setting up a torrent might be a good idea if it's okay.

Regardless I'll write a guide on what I did shortly.

Torrent would work fine for me. I'll certainly seed them for a good long while - I've got a pretty good upload of 5 mb/s or so.

Aite here's the magnet link -

magnet:?xt=urn:btih:F2053418E74CB62F6BC53017132018A0471D3445

[ThreeSon]

Originally posted by Fhaarkas:

Originally posted by ThreeSon:

Torrent would work fine for me. I'll certainly seed them for a good long while - I've got a pretty good upload of 5 mb/s or so.

Aite here's the magnet link -

magnet:?xt=urn:btih:F2053418E74CB62F6BC53017132018A0471D3445

Got it, and I see there's several other peers already. No seeds yet but I know that can take some time to register. I probably won't be at my computer much longer but I'll leave it running when I leave and hopefully it goes smoothly.

[Deathjester]

I'm having this problem as well, really kills the immersion :/
Running the game with everything on MAX.

I'm going to put my specs here if it helps the devs since i think they are reading this discussion.

Motherboard: ASrock H87 Pro 4
CPU: InterCore i5 4690K
GPU: EVGA Geforce GTX970
Power supply: CX Series™ Modular CX500M ATX Power Supply (corsair Yarr!)
OS: Windows 10 Home.
RAM: 16GB DDR3
2 x 1 TB HDD

[Atrum Ruina]

Hoping we get a patch for this. For me it's the last major issue with the game.

[ThreeSon]

Originally posted by Fhaarkas:

I have just re-encoded all the videos into 2-channel configuration, remap the other channels to FR and FL, boost the audio level by 2.4x and I can confirm the problem is fixed for me now. Hell it ended up sounding even better than the original game if I may say so myself. Finally immershun!

I'm still getting the whole package, but I've been able to retrieve the first cutscene (Scene_02.wmv) and compare it with the original Darksiders release. Great work! I agree that your re-encoded scenes even sound a little better than the originals now, instead of much worse as they do in the default Warmastered package.

I will keep a backup of the torrent file and all the new videos once I have all of them, so in case the problem is never patched by the developer, I can still re-seed to anyone who wants them. Unfortunately it will cost 10 GB of downloads which may be a lot for people with a monthly cap, but it's better than nothing.

With your permission, I'd like to write a brief community guide that people can comment on to request a re-seed of the new videos. I'll give full credit to you.

I think it would be a useful assist for people who are willing to absorb the full download, if for whatever reason they are not able to perform the re-encoding themselves.

[Fhaarkas]

Originally posted by ThreeSon:

I'm still getting the whole package, but I've been able to retrieve the first cutscene (Scene_02.wmv) and compare it with the original Darksiders release. Great work! I agree that your re-encoded scenes even sound a little better than the originals now, instead of much worse as they do in the default Warmastered package.

I will keep a backup of the torrent file and all the new videos once I have all of them, so in case the problem is never patched by the developer, I can still re-seed to anyone who wants them. Unfortunately it will cost 10 GB of downloads which may be a lot for people with a monthly cap, but it's better than nothing.

With your permission, I'd like to write a brief community guide that people can comment on to request a re-seed of the new videos. I'll give full credit to you.

I think it would be a useful assist for people who are willing to absorb the full download, if for whatever reason they are not able to perform the re-encoding themselves.

That's great to hear! I was a bit nervous the quality might be too amateurish. No problem about the guide, go ahead.

[ThreeSon]

Originally posted by Fhaarkas:

Originally posted by ThreeSon:

I'm still getting the whole package, but I've been able to retrieve the first cutscene (Scene_02.wmv) and compare it with the original Darksiders release. Great work! I agree that your re-encoded scenes even sound a little better than the originals now, instead of much worse as they do in the default Warmastered package.

I will keep a backup of the torrent file and all the new videos once I have all of them, so in case the problem is never patched by the developer, I can still re-seed to anyone who wants them. Unfortunately it will cost 10 GB of downloads which may be a lot for people with a monthly cap, but it's better than nothing.

With your permission, I'd like to write a brief community guide that people can comment on to request a re-seed of the new videos. I'll give full credit to you.

I think it would be a useful assist for people who are willing to absorb the full download, if for whatever reason they are not able to perform the re-encoding themselves.

That's great to hear! I was a bit nervous the quality might be too amateurish. No problem about the guide, go ahead.

As near as I can tell, they're basically perfect. I might have boosted the volume only slightly more - maybe 2.5 or 2.6x - but as they are now I honestly cannot tell the difference between the new re-encodes and the originals from the first Darksiders release. So, they now sound exactly as the developer intended, which is how it should be.

Very much appreciate your work in fixing this. One of the primary perks of PC gaming is the helpful community. :)

[Atrum Ruina]

Maybe the devs can just use the re-encoded ones you produced as an official patch for the game. =P Doubt it but that would be pretty great.

[ThreeSon]

Here we go:

http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=925390466

If anyone has comments or questions, let me know.

As I mentioned in the guide, I don't have a lot of experience with audio mixers and video encoders, so I won't be much help for those who want to re-encode the videos themselves. But I may be able to help with questions regarding the torrent download.

[Aethilion]

You should act cautiously here. I don´t want to be rude and i am very impressed by what you managed to do, but to alter game files and share them publicly could cause you some trouble (copyright). Maybe remove the magnet link(s) and the guide for now and ask the developer/THQ if you may share it.

[ThreeSon]

Originally posted by Aethilion:

You should act cautiously here. I don´t want to be rude and i am very impressed by what you managed to do, but to alter game files and share them publicly could cause you some trouble (copyright). Maybe remove the magnet link(s) and the guide for now and ask the developer/THQ if you may share it.

If the developer or publisher makes any request to remove the link to the files, I will certainly do that immediately.

I can't imagine why they would do that though. You can find the same cutscenes all cut together and posted on Youtube right here. That video has been up for 2 1/2 years now. There isn't any difference between that video and the re-encoded cutscenes, so I don't know why they would have a problem with one but not the other.

There are many other similar patches out there for other games that do nothing but offer improved music or video, like this one for Final Fantasy VIII. This patch[gtaforums.com] for GTA San Andreas actually includes songs from third-party licensees. And that is a Rockstar game, who are not exactly gun-shy when it comes to takedown requests.

Further, this is a patch designed to fix a problem affecting many of their customers that they are not able to solve themselves. It is a benefit to them to have them available to everyone, just as with the hundreds or thousands of other community patches out there for other PC games.

So, like I said it's extremely unlikely Nordic is going to be bothered by this. But if they are, then that's fine and I guess we'll all learn how to remix the files ourselves. Right now though, considering it's been months since the problem was first reported and it doesn't look like an official fix is ever going to happen, this is the only option we have available, so I'm leaving the link in place.

[Aethilion]

It´s okay. I just wanted to be sure you won´t be in trouble for your much needed work.
I hope it is like you said and they won´t bother.

[ThreeSon]

Originally posted by Aethilion:

It´s okay. I just wanted to be sure you won´t be in trouble for your much needed work.
I hope it is like you said and they won´t bother.

Yeah I'm not worried about it. Appreciate the concern because it's always good to keep these things in mind.

[SyntaxError]

Hi, I know it's been a while, but if anybody who is involved with this or has managed to grab the torrent reads this -- could you seed again please? Unfortunately my know-how is insufficient to do the procedure myself, so if anybody could seed again, it'd be much appreciated.

[ThreeSon]

Originally posted by SyntaxError:

Hi, I know it's been a while, but if anybody who is involved with this or has managed to grab the torrent reads this -- could you seed again please? Unfortunately my know-how is insufficient to do the procedure myself, so if anybody could seed again, it'd be much appreciated.

I'm still seeding it myself right now, and I show a few others also seeding it as well. Is the torrent still stuck at 0% with the metadata not downloaded? If that is the case there may be an issue with your torrent client being blocked by your firewall.