Help playing video game formats (PSF, etc.)!

[1337haXXor]

So I installed the winamp plugin to the plugin folder for mediamonkey and I can play PSF files and others, but will I be able to add them to my library and edit them? It's such a great format because of its tiny size and accuracy and I wonder if anyone else uses it..

[nohitter151]

Yes you can add to library and enter metadata for the files (database only)

[1337haXXor]

I didn't have PSF checked in the addon section.. So I got it now, thanks! Also, do I need the psflib file, or not? I know how it works, making the actual PSF files smaller, but how does that work in a editable library? And what do you mean by database only?

[Lowlander]

Adding new format support through Addons won't allow you to edit the files themselves in any way. It will allow for scanning (adding to Library) and playback. Any tag editing you do in MediaMonkey will only save those edits to the MediaMonkey database. The files themselves won't be updated.

[1337haXXor]

Ok, that makes sense. So switching to another media program in the future would not save any of that data.. Unless they had a method to import a MM database, I guess? Not that I'm thinking of switching, just trying to future-proof. Ok, so a couple more questions. Would album artwork then have to be saved in a folder as opposed to the tag? What do I do with the psflib file, just keep it in the same folder as the psf files? Does the same go for all video game formats, like USF, SPC, 2SF, etc. (I'm half adding these as keywords for anyone else curious, as there were no threads returned via search for ANY of these)? Pretty sure these are all a yes, but here's the BIG question: can I play these on my phone with MMA? I only need playback and the ability to sync back playcounts, would this be possible?

[Lowlander]

You'd either depend on MediaMonkey support the format natively in the future (seems unlikely), a program being able to read the MM database or scripting an export that can be read by the other program.

[nohitter151]

Ok, that makes sense. So switching to another media program in the future would not save any of that data.. Unless they had a method to import a MM database, I guess? Not that I'm thinking of switching, just trying to future-proof. Ok, so a couple more questions. Would album artwork then have to be saved in a folder as opposed to the tag? What do I do with the psflib file, just keep it in the same folder as the psf files? Does the same go for all video game formats, like USF, SPC, 2SF, etc. (I'm half adding these as keywords for anyone else curious, so there were no threads returned via search for ANY of these)? Pretty sure these are all a yes, but here's the BIG question: can I play these on my phone with MMA? I only need playback and the ability to sync back playcounts, would this be possible?

I doubt that these formats even have any tagging support, so yes all track metadata would be in the MM database and any associated art would be saved to the folder where the tracks are.

No, MMA would not support these formats, but you could probably convert them to formats playable by MMA using auto-conversion.

[bredovtrevis]

That all lines up with how these exotic game-audio formats usually behave — most of them never had proper tagging support, so relying on the MM database is really the only practical option if you want everything organised neatly. Artwork in the folder is definitely the safest long-term approach.

[bredovtrevis]

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