compressing custom made audio

[decanos78]

Hi, this has prob been asked so many times but i can't find anything on here
that explains this process.. so..

Is it possible to archive your custom music that you've had made when you
archive your completed game for distribution so people can't use your own
music?

Just that my games music is completely original made just for my game that
I have paid for, will be $250 at the end of this week, and I don't want people
to steal/use them. If there is a way can someone please link me to a noobs
tutorial with the process to do this please.

Thanks.

 

[Kingdom Ablaze]

this discussion has been going on since rmxp most people will tell you you cant do it, others will tell you you can but its easy to decrypt. there are lots of answers, some more valid then others, here is what i did to prevent my audio from being stolen (please note that it can still be reverse engineered, i just never heard of anyone doing it)

1. i created my own audio format and stored all my audio files in it.
2. i created an encrypted installer for my game that created a random 128 bit password in the registry, then as it installed the files it encrypted them with that key.
3. i used a dll i wrote to decode and play the audio files for playback.

i know this is quite possible to reverse engineer, but ive never seen a tool made to do it. and its still better then any other way ive heard of. alot of people tend to disagree with me on this i dont mean to cause a debate, just telling you one of your options, assuming you know enough to do my method

 

[decanos78]

LOL okay... you lost me inbetween 1. and 2.. lol

 

[SephirothSpawn]

this discussion has been going on since rmxp most people will tell you you cant do it, others will tell you you can but its easy to decrypt. there are lots of answers, some more valid then others, here is what i did to prevent my audio from being stolen (please note that it can still be reverse engineered, i just never heard of anyone doing it)

1. i created my own audio format and stored all my audio files in it.
2. i created an encrypted installer for my game that created a random 128 bit password in the registry, then as it installed the files it encrypted them with that key.
3. i used a dll i wrote to decode and play the audio files for playback.

i know this is quite possible to reverse engineer, but ive never seen a tool made to do it. and its still better then any other way ive heard of. alot of people tend to disagree with me on this i dont mean to cause a debate, just telling you one of your options, assuming you know enough to do my method

Very neat idea. :thumb:

 

[Kingdom Ablaze]

Seph holy crap i havent seen you in ages!!!!!!!! you taught me everything i know, back then i was plague180

LOL okay... you lost me inbetween 1. and 2.. lol

long story short, it took me a year to do and involes lots and lots of programming and optimising since transcoding can take alot of time.

 

[Xilef]

Personally I'd look into running zlib in rmxp and make a password encrypted zip full of the audios that can only be accessed in game, would be difficult to set up but easier to manage once it gets going. Downside is of someone really wants that audio they can still find ways to decrypt.

Have you considered simply naming the files ambiguously and adding lots of meta data so you can tell when someone has stolen your audio and you send them an angry letter?

 

[Kingdom Ablaze]

Personally I'd look into running zlib in rmxp and make a password encrypted zip full of the audios that can only be accessed in game, would be difficult to set up but easier to manage once it gets going. Downside is of someone really wants that audio they can still find ways to decrypt.

Have you considered simply naming the files ambiguously and adding lots of meta data so you can tell when someone has stolen your audio and you send them an angry letter?

my first thought is to decrypt game (plenty of tools out there) look at ruby code, pretso chango password for zip, am i wrong?

 

[decanos78]

well, all this sounds way too complicated for me, decrypting,coding >.< im a total
noob when it comes to things like that.