In computer games, there is often high-quality and interesting music. Often, a soundtrack is recorded specifically for a specific game, but you want to be able to listen to it at any time, saving it to your hard drive or uploading it to the player. This can be done in a number of ways.
It is necessary
Internet access or a disk with the necessary software
Instructions
Step 1
For the most popular and widespread video games, as a rule, special utilities are created for unpacking music files and extracting soundtracks for games. They are available on the fan sites of the games. They often work through the command line and do not have a familiar graphical interface.
Step 2
In addition, there are universal unpacking programs. Among them: Game Audio Player (freeware). This simple program has a player. Run the utility, add files to the playlist (by clicking File - Add File, or using the File - Scan File command). Select the required files and save them with File - Save File. Convert them to WAV (File - Convert File) format if necessary. The program is not able to work with all audio file formats used by game developers. A similar utility with wider format support is WinRipper (freeware).
Step 3
Magic Extractor (freeware) unpacks game files without dividing them into music and other resources, so you will have to look for sound files separately among the received data. To unpack, specify the path to the game folder (distribution) and select the required files (if, of course, they are supported and displayed).
Step 4
Another universal file unpacker is FMV Extractor (freeware). Specify the path to the game distribution kit, select the necessary files and save them.
Step 5
Use Total Recorder (paid) if you want to record audio in real time, i.e. during playback. The utility intercepts the audio stream and records it without loss of quality. Another similar paid program is FairStars Recorder.
Step 6
The universal utility Dragon UnPACKer allows you to view game files, extract its resources, including music. This program can work even with files of unknown formats.
Step 7
Awave Studio utility (paid) will help if game sound files are available but stored in an unknown format. It will convert them to some more familiar audio format.
Step 8
Visit the resource Extractor.ru. It is entirely devoted to unpacking data (including soundtracks) from games. There you can find utilities, game file format converters, unpacked game resources for these purposes. The forum will prompt and answer the questions that arise on the topic "how to extract music from the game", if they remain after reading the articles on unpacking.
