RWS ADPCM(?) files

0x029A · **Joined:** 09 Mar 2010 01:20 **Posts:** 3

Hello Luigi and all,

I have some music in RWS (Renderware? ADPCM?) format in a game which I would like to extract. None of the usual tools work, EKSZbox works 'somewhat' - it creates WAV files that play for a second or two (in MPC/CCCP and sndrec32, not in Winamp and such). xpadpdec doesn't work with these files, it only extracts noise. I''ve noticed they're tagged 0x0065. I've uploaded a sample here: http://www.speedyshare.com/files/21333150/STRA0.RWS

I'd be grateful for any help ripping those tunes.

aluigi · **Posted:** 09 Mar 2010 12:47

unfortunately I can't help with this type of archive, it's not a quick job

0x029A · **Joined:** 09 Mar 2010 01:20 **Posts:** 3

Too bad... thank you, aluigi.

I assume there isn't any known tool out there that can extract/decrypt/convert those?

aluigi · **Posted:** 09 Mar 2010 15:19

after a quick search I have seen the following tool that allows to dump the sections of the RWS files but I guess it's not what you want:
http://www.steve-m.com/downloads/tools/rwanalyze/

so the dumped section is practically the raw data and for the conversion you should guess the codec and build an header for trying to convert it with the specific tools... not a so quick job

0x029A · **Joined:** 09 Mar 2010 01:20 **Posts:** 3

Thank you. Yes, that tool just showed me the nested container structure. I guesstimated the header to be 2048 bytes on my own, which wasn't too far off. Ah well, seems I have to unpack the old Virtual Audio Cable and loop the sound back in realtime...

Luigi Auriemma

RWS ADPCM(?) files