Serious question - when will *THE* Genesis music format arrive? by Dais! at 1:20 AM EDT on May 11, 2010
So there was GYM, and that wasn't perfect.
And then there was VGM, but apparently that isn't perfect.
(somewhere in the middle there was GSR)
Then there's the 32x and the Sega CD, which to my limited understanding both could have their audio (the stuff that isn't redbook) reproduced in the standard Genesis format, only for some reason nobody is doing that. Am I wrong?
Just...lay it out for me, simple and stupid.
Are we all waiting on some upcoming new Genesis/32x/MCD format, some GENSF or whatever that will blow everything else away?
Unknownfile was working on MDSF back in 2007 or 2008, and it seemed like it was near completion, but then that somehow died hard and I haven't heard a word about the format or anyone working on it since.
Uhh, you make it sound like there's no Dreamcast sound format... When there freaking is. And no, neither GYMs nor VGMs are not streams. They are sound CPU register logs.
Personally, the title I'm most interested in ripping* is Waterworld, which I found to have a surprisingly enjoyable rawness to it:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=696g2CYjUVg
*acknowledging that my interest has no actual correlation to the effort I'm willing to put forth
I don't want to spend the time making a VGM rip if another superior format is on the horizon. I have enough neurotic problems re: imperfection already.
I'd also like to see some sets of 32x music and the non-redbook from Sega CD titles (like Snatcher), but I vaguely recall people saying either that VGM wasn't ready or that it would be a waste to do such rips when another format would be coming along soon.
spoiler alert by unknownfile at 10:00 PM EDT on May 12, 2010
it's actually because the debuggers for 32x and sega cd suck ass