Extracting files from gba roms

[Corsair15]

I've read somewhere that you can extract files, like midis, pngs, and stuff from gba roms with the emulator, Visual Boy Advance. Well, the problem is that I don't know how to use this option, or is it at least true, what I read there, because I don't seem to have any luck finding an option in VBA-s menu to extract files. Does anyone know anything about this?

[TchuBacha]

i not 100% sure but if you goto www.zophar.net there lots of tools for emulation that can extract sound files.

[hagbard]

You can capture screenshots with <F12> key by default, also save games (battery ram), but midis, I haven't seen that so far. The most similar and better thing are the GSF, GBA Sound Format, but can't be done with VBA. You need an specific player or a plugin for Winamp. More info, plugin & GFS files about that here

[Corsair15]

I tried downloading the GSF Player from http://www.caitsith2.net/gsf/player/HA_0.11.exe, but my computer keeps telling me, that it contains some kind of viruses. I'm not sure if it is safe to use... I also found a website full of Winamp plugins: http://support.xmplay.com/Plugins_input.html, I hope it'll work...

[hagbard]

Get it here

And the midi GBA music converter does exist btw, but it's worse than GSF imho

[Corsair15]

Oh, no! When I started the emulation, it told me, that it can no longer create direct sound operation! So I cannot even hear what I would like to extract! Eh, a microphone would have done the job, too even if the record wouldn't be so good. Now I can't use the record option at this place. I think it was... START SOUND RECORDING option? I think this was what they were referring to about at the "extracing files (midis/wavs) from roms with VBA"...

[hagbard]

Have you a DirectSound compatible sound card? And how about install a newer DirectX?
Sound cards are really cheap now if that's the problem

[Corsair15]

Yes, my sound card is DirectSound compatible. Too bad it failed right now. I just found on microsoft.com the newest DirectX 9.0c, but it is uninstallable just like 9.0b, unlike 9.0a, which I haven't found yet. Oh well, I'll install 9.0c, if that is the key to fix this problem. Well yes, if this doesn't work, I'll have to buy a new sound card...

[hagbard]

So it once worked but no more now? Did you change your Operating System or something? Perhaps take a look for updated drivers might help you too. And for DirectX, look for the Redist version. I succefully installed it on win98 sice sometime, on my work's PC.

[Corsair15]

Nope, I didn't change anything. It just suddenly canceled the DirectSound option without any other comments. The problem is, that I can't update the drivers: the computer which from I'm connected to the internet is also used by my father; this is a Pentium III with 900 Mhz. The problem is that this is not compatible with emulators, so I have to transfer them through direct cable connection to my Pentium II, which doesn't have internet, but direct cable connection and supports a few emulators. If I download the DirectX Redist version, I'm not sure, if I can uninstall the exe, if it's not a selfinstalling program. If its the install program, I'll transfer it. But the MAIN problem is that I don't seem to find any DOWNLOAD or something like that on that page (http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/d...displaylang=en). Do I have to register or do something before I can download DirectX 9.0c Redist version or I can directly download it, and I just don't see, where to click for the exe?