PS2 .PSS files with AC3 audio

[P-chan]

Hi there. 

I started a project for my rom hack for Wild Arms 5 on PS2 which completely removes Japanese lyrics in both OP and ED songs. 

The problem was, WA5OP.PSS and WA5ED.PSS are .PSS files with .ss2 and .ac3 audio tracks. I could not figure out how to mux SS2 and AC3 audio tracks properly in .PSS files. I attempted to remux the .PSS files with .SS2 and AC3 audio but it seems to not work. The sound POPS when at the end of playback with the hacked WA5ED.PSS which might be the same issue for WA5OP.PSS. I even attempted to do a playback test on custom .PSS file that replaced the Dolby logo for Genji PS2 game but it crashes when attempting to playback.

Is there a proper way to mux .PSS files with AC3 audio? I'll provide examples later at least.

Edited January 22 by P-chan

[ikskoks]

Here are all PSS tools I know:


* foobar2000 + vgmstream plugin (for playing audio only)
* Media Player Classic
* [https://www.zophar.net/utilities/ps2util/pss-plex.html PSSPlex]
* [https://www.zophar.net/utilities/ps2util/pss-demux.html PSS Demux]
* [https://www.zophar.net/utilities/ps2util/pss-player.html PSS Player]
* pss2wav
* PSS Downsampling Tool
* RipPSS
* PS2 Movie Player
* Cube Media Player 2
* TMPGEnc
* [http://nickle.shimbe.net/Archives/psscut010.lzh PSS Cutter] (+ source code)
* [https://psx-core.ru/load/0-0-0-634-20 ps2str GUI]

Maybe one of these can be helpful 🙂 Let me know here if you succeed.

[P-chan]

On 1/22/2025 at 3:28 PM, ikskoks said:

Here are all PSS tools I know:


* foobar2000 + vgmstream plugin (for playing audio only)
* Media Player Classic
* [https://www.zophar.net/utilities/ps2util/pss-plex.html PSSPlex]
* [https://www.zophar.net/utilities/ps2util/pss-demux.html PSS Demux]
* [https://www.zophar.net/utilities/ps2util/pss-player.html PSS Player]
* pss2wav
* PSS Downsampling Tool
* RipPSS
* PS2 Movie Player
* Cube Media Player 2
* TMPGEnc
* [http://nickle.shimbe.net/Archives/psscut010.lzh PSS Cutter] (+ source code)
* [https://psx-core.ru/load/0-0-0-634-20 ps2str GUI]

Maybe one of these can be helpful 🙂 Let me know here if you succeed.

Well, not really. TMPGEnc is paid software and none of the tools support AC3 audio. But i came up an idea! I think i should continue development and mark it as an alpha build with the only limitation is surround sound is not supported for the opening and ending like other movie files btw. If i ran into other issues, i should cancel development again. Please stand by.