Hello everyone! :) *first post*
I have a couple of question...
1. Does OST mean 'original sound track'?
1.2 What does 'streaming' mean?
2. In general whats better downloading ost or a music game rip or 'streaming??'?
3. If OST is 'original sound track' are these like official CD's released by the game's company?
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more coming soon... thanks :)

Hello there.
Here's my point of view on your questions:

1) "OST" means Original Sound Track.. or Official Sound Track.
I like to use this term for Official Releases, that's the way it should be.
But you'll find lot of people naming game rips "OST".. i personally don't like that at all.

2) OST or Game Rip ? This is a hard question and can be debated.
Often.. OST are not really really complete and some tracks can be missing, and you could want a Game Rip to have those missing music.
On the other way OST can have a better sound quality than a game rip (but that depends on lot of things, at least OST have a better sound than an rip made with emulation).
If you can find an official soundtrack that is complete, i guess there is no use to make/ask a game rip.
Finally there is the little difference of "officiality", collectors like me will prefer to have the official releases, something you can put a name on it, a good tracklist, album/music credits, covers.. Something that can be difficult with a game rip.
But the game rip is also needed, there are millions of games without a soundtrack.

3) That is harder than "OST = official".. there is a high chance for the music to be official if the album is called "original sound track", but like i said you'll find lot of names or mislabelled unofficial stuff..
The best way to know if it has been officially released is to check a good Video Game Music database. (like Game Music Revolution).
90% of official soundtracks have a Catalog Number, and you can easily search/find them with it.
Note that official albums can also use lots of different names.. like "Music From", "Inspired By" "Sound Of"..

Game Companies use different Publishers for their soundtracks..
For example, Konami use "King Record", capcom use their own record label "Suleputer".. and the list goes on and on.

This is the place you should look if you search for official releases:
Game Music Revolution - VGM Database (http://www.gmronline.com/index.asp)

Cool :) I looked at the VGM database...
More specific I was looking at Metroid. I see they have maybe about 3 OST. But here I see people posting OST for like 7 metroids... I know what you mean, they should label their rips game rip / ost / recording...
Anyways, thanks for your input, I really appreciated :)

I know, that's weird.. but there are only 3 official soundtracks for the whole Metroid serie.

The rest are Game Rips.
There is no shame taking rips to listen to your favorite game's music.

I don't mind about game rips if they are well done, and are properly labelled/tracklisted, and another important thing is to always give credits to the ripper.

Do you know:
Are game rips from Wii and NDS possible?

I have some from NES, SNES, GB, GBA, N64, GCN but are Wii and NDS possible?

Do you know:
Are game rips from Wii and NDS possible?

I have some from NES, SNES, GB, GBA, N64, GCN but are Wii and NDS possible?
Yeah... Use a headphone jack and connect to your computer to record for a DS. Depending on how you do it, there are multiple ways to rip from Wii. Why? If GCN is possible, why not Wii?

oooo the headphone jack method ewwww :( Anyways, im sure Wii is possible but I guess my question would be how or where do they do it?

Another Q.
Galbadia Hotel has mp3's of Metroid Primes 1, 2, Hunters.
How do they do it? Headphone jack method?

How does the guy from the Metroid thread do it? Headphone too?

The OSTs sometimes sound worse and more incomplete than game rips. For example, a friend of mine did the Donkey Kong Country series from the actual SNES games. He did a magnificent job, which beats that of the original soundtrack, which had missing tracks, the volumes of some songs were off, and many more.

I don't know how the rips are done..
That's another downside of Game Rips, until a good ripper gives his ripping method on a proper nfo file.

I can say that Sarah (Galbadia Hotel), will not answer you since everything on the site have been leeched without any knowledge.

You better ask directly on the thread how they ripped the music.


@30treei8:
Yeah i remember that one version of Donkey Kong soundtrack really had a terrible sound.. but i don't remember which one.
Are you sure the Japanese soundtracks version were incomplete?
If i am right they are way better than US soundtracks version... or the contrary...

Yeah, that happened to DKC2. The mining track was missing as well as 3 additional, obscure tracks. The volumes were often odd either loud or very quiet (the bayou theme was quiet, though the next was very loud) and the tracks cut off sometimes out of nowhere for a split second...and this was the OST I bought at Wal-Mart back in 1995.

Pardon my spelling and grammar, since I speak Portuguese as a first language and English is a little difficult for me.